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Post by daylilydude on Mar 9, 2012 8:19:19 GMT -5
"As one large Florida farmer said, 'I don't get paid a single cent for flavor,' ". "He said, 'I get paid for weight. And I don't know of any supermarket shopper who tastes her tomatoes before she puts them in her shopping cart.' ... It's not worth commercial plant breeders' while to breed for taste because their customers — the large farmers — don't get paid for it." www.npr.org/2011/06/28/137371975/how-industrial-farming-destroyed-the-tasty-tomato
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Post by paulf on Mar 9, 2012 8:44:12 GMT -5
All we can really do is to stop buying supermarket tomatoes. Like that will ever happen.
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Post by izzy on Mar 10, 2012 15:14:33 GMT -5
Those commercial farmers are not asking the right questions - why does it cost more to grow a good tasting tomato? Build a better mousetrap, and the world will come running to your door!
People will pay for quality - if they have trust in the food they purchase. Currently that is not the case. Folks have been hoodwinked, tricked, and lied to about the food they feed their families. It's lack of faith that has fueled the grow-yer-own movement - and that is not a bad thing. Who knows, we may soon be ending an era of "peak mono-cropping" and all that goes with that territory.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 27, 2012 18:01:33 GMT -5
If people realized the massive amounts of chemicals that are used to produce a tomato in Florida they would think twice about buying one ... Plus the fact that not only are those tomatoes tasteless they also have practically no nutrients that we expect from our veggies. It is a big contributor to the weight gain we see here in America--IMHO- tomatoes and other such veggies commercial raised have no nutrients or extremely low as compared to what was grown years ago, therefore it takes more just to sastify a persons hunger . They are only grown and bred for looks and traveling long distances .
So many people eat very few veggies as compared to previous generations instead they load up on junk food and callory rich foods . Have you ever watched a person eat in the golden arches---- double this super size that and gobble it down. How can they even taste what they are swallowing with very little chewing but consider they do not know how tasty food can be. Don't mean to sound so harsh but I been growing our own veggies now for years and can see the difference between my kids who were raised on home grown veggies and meat and those who were not. And the biggest difference is in how and what they eat and feed their own children and their weight and health .
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Post by izzy on Apr 27, 2012 22:05:24 GMT -5
How can they even taste what they are swallowing with very little chewing but consider they do not know how tasty food can be. That's a mouth-full!! I was the only vegetarian at a recent informal get-together. It was amazing how much food slid down the gullet without so much as a taste. I was last to finish - it takes time to chew those veggies.
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Post by pepperhead212 on May 1, 2012 22:17:31 GMT -5
One of the main problems with commercial tomatoes is that they are bred for shipping (as well as lbs./plant). And the best tasting tomatoes are the ones that are the juiciest, not those rock hard tomatoes that can be picked with a hint of ripeness, shipped across the country, and still be hard when ripe, with none broken open. And then there are those ones that are rock hard, then gassed, which is another story in itself.
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Post by horsea on Nov 4, 2013 12:18:09 GMT -5
I understand that if toms. are destined to travel thousands of miles and handled a lot from field to grocery store that they would "have" to be kinda hard. Perfectly normal. Nobody is going to buy mushed tomatoes. There'll be juice all over the truck, too! However, tell me, folks, what excuse does a greenhouse operator have for growing virtually tasteless, equally hard-as-rock tomatoes for local distribution and direct selling out of his greenhouse?? That is the case near where I live. They built a beautiful greenhouse with lots of toms and sold them right there for a hefty price and so help me I just wanted to feed them to my chickens... ![>:(](//storage.proboards.com/3247375/images/xBUm2oJh3gJvTO8Vuitf.png) Boy, if it was me with a nice greenhouse like that, I'd grow the tastiest varieties imaginable and I think the public would be most happy to pay extra for those.
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Post by Laura_in_FL on Nov 4, 2013 13:08:41 GMT -5
I've even seen that at a Farmer's Market here locally. Round, red...and hard and tasteless. Why would I go to a Farmer's Market for the same lousy tomatoes I could buy at the grocery store? Actually, the Tasti-Lee tomatoes at the grocery store are considerably better than those red baseballs.
Ah well, that's why we garden!
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Post by tomato on Nov 4, 2013 18:25:56 GMT -5
Tastilee is too firm. It also is only a 6.5 to 7 on the flavor scale. Granted that 7 is tons better than the 1's and 2's on the store shelves.
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Post by Laura_in_FL on Nov 5, 2013 10:23:48 GMT -5
Well, sure! I wasn't promoting Tasti-Lee as comparable to homegrown tomatoes. Just saying it's better than the red baseballs I saw at that one market. In June when I have my own tomatoes, I wouldn't pay a dime for a Tasti-Lee. But in January, it's one of the better options for a fresh tomato. Kumato tomatoes are somewhat better, but here they tend to be 2-3 times as expensive. I can't remember the last time I bought one of the regular supermarket tomatoes. Unfortunately I sometimes run into them in restaurant salads. ![(puke)](//storage.proboards.com/3247375/images/CVlkKifM_13GKenn_i5r.png) There are only two options then: drown them in dressing or pick around them. (No wonder so many people think they don't like tomatoes!)
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