1.0 link 113811 <![CDATA[Tomato Growers Report Salmonella Scare Damages Industry]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/07/19/tomato-growers-report-sal_n_113811.html RICHMOND, Va. &mdash; The 6,000 acres of tomatoes grown on Virginia's sea-swept Eastern Shore were never implicated in the national salmonella outbreak _ they were still on the vine weeks after people starting getting sick.

Still, that hasn't made much difference to tomato broker Batista Madonia III, who has seen sales and prices plummet in the wake of a salmonella outbreak that sickened people in 42 states and left the nation's tomato industry feeling woozy as well.

]]> 2008-07-27T05:12:00-04:00