Tomatoes

The Secret -- I Saw, Close-up, the Real Root of Global Economic Collapse

Frances Moore Lappe | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

Read More: Labor, Charlie Crist, Florida, Slavery, Farmworkers, Wages, Coalition of Immokalee Workers, Food, Tomatoes, Economy, Working-Conditions, Politics News

Why do I call this modern-day form of slavery and its legal face -- this kind of gross injustice -- the secret of today's imploding economies?

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The Tomato, the Banker, and the Alderman

Flora Lazar | Posted 05.25.2011 | Chicago

Read More: Leon Despres, Vegetables, Farmers Markets, Food, Gardening, Hyde Park, Ron Grzywinski, Tomatoes, Community Development, Shorebank, Socially Responsible Investing, Urban Gardening, Leaon Despres Tomato, Hyde Park Gardening, Despres Tomato, Chicago News

The Despres Tomato's characteristic thin skin and fragility are probably not a reflection of the 100-year-old alderman who was known throughout his career for his tenacity.

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What's Fair Got to Do with the Price of Green Tomatoes?

Leslie Hatfield | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green

Read More: Labor, Labor Day, Lucas Benitez, Coalition of Immokalee Workers, Food, Melody Gonzalez, Slow Food Nation, Farmworkers, Tomatoes, Fair Food, Video, Green News

One group is moving ahead with a campaign to pressure corporations to pay a little more (a penny a pound, to be exact) for tomatoes. And they're winning.

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You Say Tomato, I Say Heirloom

Josie Garthwaite | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green

Green Zebras, Mortgage Lifters, White Wonders, and other heirloom tomato varieties are taking American palates by storm this week. At least 52 San Fra...

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With Liberty And Fresh Tomatoes For All

Jodi Lipper and Cerina Vincent | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living

Read More: Black in America, Healthy Canned Options, Tomatoes, The Balanced Life, Healthy on a Budget, Healthy Diet, Healthy Living News

A couple weekends ago, we found ourselves glued to an unsettling CNN special called "Blacks in America." One thing that instantly struck a cord with ...

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Vegetable Profiling: Tomatoes See Red

Suzette Standring | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living

Read More: Police, Fda, Jalapenos, Profiling, Food, Salmonella, Salsa, Prejudice, Tomatoes, Outbreak, Poisoning, Healthy Living News

Tomatoes are seeing red at being wrongly blamed as the contamination cause of a national Salmonella outbreak. Now jalapeno peppers have replaced tomatoes as the possible culprit.

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Salmonella: Jalapenos, Probably Not Tomatoes, At Fault

AP | LAURAN NEERGAARD | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business

Read More: Salmonella, Tomatoes, Jalapenos, Jalapeños, Salmonella Scare, Fda, Salmonella Outbreak, Business News

WASHINGTON — Government inspectors finally have a big clue in the nationwide salmonella outbreak: They found the same bacteria strain on a singl...

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Tomato Growers Report Salmonella Scare Damages Industry

AP | STEVE SZKOTAK | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business

Read More: Tomatoes, Salmonella Tomatoes, Tomatoes Salmonella, Tomato Industry, Tomato Farmers, Business News

RICHMOND, Va. — The 6,000 acres of tomatoes grown on Virginia's sea-swept Eastern Shore were never implicated in the national salmonella outbrea...

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FDA Lifts Tomatoes Salmonella Warning

AP | LAURAN NEERGAARD | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living

Read More: Salmonella, Tomatoes, Fda, Fda Salmonella Warning, Fda Tomatoes Salmonella, Tomatoes Salmonella Warning Lifted, Healthy Living News

WASHINGTON — It's OK to eat all kinds of tomatoes again, the U.S. government declared Thursday _ lifting its salmonella warning on the summer fa...

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Something Is (Still) Rotten In Food Oversight

Al Meyerhoff | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

Read More: Salmonella Tomatoes, Food and Drug Safety, Food and Drug Administration, Tomatoes, Florida Tomatoes, E.Coli, Politics News

From spinach to tomatoes, E.coli to salmonella, despite public uproar, congressional hearings and industry promises, nothing really has changed but the bug and the vegetable (fruit actually).

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Lou Dobbs Stomps Out the Smoldering Match

Robert J. Elisberg | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media

Read More: Salmonella Tomatoes, Lou Dobbs, Dobbs Impeachment, Dobbs Impeach Bush, Tomatoes, Media News

Lou Dobbs is a bright, thoughtful, concerned and caring. The shame is that too often he tends to get distracted from using those qualities together when a microphone is placed before him.

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Dobbs: Impeach Bush Over Tomatoes

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media

Read More: Salmonella Outbreak, Impeachment, Lou Dobbs, Lou Dobbs Tomato Scare, Salmonella Tomatoes, Fda, Salmonella Scare, Tomatoes, Impeach Bush, Dan Abrams, Beat the Press, Impeach, Video, Media News

Thursday night, Lou Dobbs called for George Bush's impeachment over his mismanagement of the Food and Drug Administration which has, in Dobbs' view, u...

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Our Food Sucks And You Know It

Allison Kilkenny | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green

Read More: Salmonella Tomatoes, Food, Vegetarian, Fda, Tomatoes, Green News

Americans can't fix their unhealthy eating until supposedly "healthy" food is clean of bacteria originating in diseased cows.

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Tomatoes Coming Off Of Some Menus Due To Salmonella Scare

Reuters | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business

Read More: Salmonella Tomatoes, Salmonella Restaurants, California Tomatoes, Tomatoes, Florida Tomatoes, Video, Business News

Top restaurant chains are taking some tomatoes off the menu, hoping to avoid the tomato Salmonella scare. ...

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Salmonella In Tomatoes: It Wasn't California Or Florida

Posted 05.25.2011 | Business

Read More: Mcdonald's Tomatoes, Salmonella Outbreak, Salmonella Tomatoes, Salmonella, California Tomatoes, Tomatoes, Florida Tomatoes, Business News

Tomatoes grown in California and Florida are safe to eat, according to U.S. health officials investigating a salmonella outbreak that has sickened 167...

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17-State Salmonella Outbreak Linked To Raw Tomatoes

AP | CARLA K. JOHNSON | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business

Read More: Salmonella, Tomatoes, 17-State Salmonella Outbreak, Business News

CHICAGO — Federal officials hunted for the source of a 17-state salmonella outbreak linked to three types of raw tomatoes, while the list of sup...

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McDonald's Stops Serving Tomatoes After Salmonella Outbreak

AP | MEGAN K. SCOTT | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business

Read More: McDonald's, Tomatoes, Salmonella, Salmonella Outbreak, Salmonella Tomatoes Mcdonalds, Mcdonald's Tomatoes, Business News

A salmonella outbreak linked to raw tomatoes serves as a reminder to take extra care with summer fruits and vegetables. More than 20 people have been ...

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