A new levy on tomatoes has pitted some restaurateurs, importers and cherry tomato aficionados against Florida farmers and their signature crop: the big, round tomatoes commonly sliced for burgers.
The Florida Tomato Committee is touting the upcoming crop as “the best tasting in years”. The marketing organization for tomato growers estimates that 80 percent of the winter crop was wiped out this ...
If you bite into a tomato between the months of October and June, chances are that tomato came from Florida. The Sunshine State accounts for one-third of all fresh tomatoes produced in the United ...
A few months ago, the Florida Tomato Exchange — a conglomerate of large, corporate industrialized, Florida-based tomato growers and packers — filed a request with the U.S. Department of Commerce to ...
The week’s best and worst from Jason Riley, Allysia Finley and Dan Henninger For a taste of unadulterated protectionism, grab a Florida tomato. The Trump Administration is protecting Sunshine State ...