[Magdalen] The worthless tomato.

[Lynn Ronkainen]

Mucho GMO tomatoes here- all the nice cherry tomatoes on the cute containers with "names"??  - GMO. All the plum tomatoes in nearly all our grocers - chain s big and local  - GMO from Mexico and Central America and South America. Some are HUGE. 
I think even my fave local farm stand has gone GMO. last year their zucchini blossoms - a big treat in my house were flavorless. 
Lynn 



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On Aug 19, 2016, at 8:12 PM, Charles Wohlers <charles.wohlers at verizon.net> wrote:

AFAIK, there are no GMO tomatoes (as yet).

Around here, most all farms are organic. This weekend is Kingdom Farm & Food days, so tomorrow we'll be visiting Todd Parlo's Walden Heights Orchard (all organic nursery stock, mostly apples), and then on Sunday it's Field Days at High Mowing Seeds - the largest all-organic seed co. in the US.

Chad Wohlers
Woodbury, VT USA
chadwohl at satucket.com



-----Original Message----- From: Lynn Ronkainen
Sent: Friday, August 19, 2016 8:49 PM
To: magdalen at herberthouse.org
Subject: Re: [Magdalen] The worthless tomato.

Jay in regard to  Grainger County tomatoes... are they organic? ...or have
they been perfected by the folks that have been bringing us GMO fruit that
is tweaked, and apples that don't 'brown' when left in the open air
(actually a healthy thing to eat, when it happens).

Lynn

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When I stand before God at the end of my life I would hope that I have not a
single bit of talent left and could say, "I used everything You gave me."
attributed to Erma Bombeck
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From: "Jay Weigel" <jay.weigel at gmail.com>
Sent: Friday, August 19, 2016 1:32 PM
To: <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
Subject: Re: [Magdalen] The worthless tomato.

> They may be "worthless" but they are damn good! I look forward to tomato
> season every year. This year the Kroger store in Harrisonburg has been
> carrying Grainger County, TN, tomatoes, and I am in heaven! For those
> unfamiliar, Grainger County tomatoes are to the true tomato aficionado what
> the Vidalia is to an onion lover.....absolute perfection! It is thought to
> be a combination of breeding just the right stock, plus the red clay soil
> and the climate. Grainger County is just on the other side of Cherokee Lake
> (the dammed-up Holston River) from where I lived for 35 years and the dirt
> and climate are basically the same. Virginia, eat your heart out.....the
> much-touted Hanover tomatoes just aren't in it!
> 
> On Fri, Aug 19, 2016 at 2:25 PM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen <
> magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:
> 
>> 
>> 
>> In a message dated 8/19/2016 1:38:47 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
>> scottknitter at gmail.com writes:
>> 
>> And they  make my skin flare up with hives, so they're less than
>> worthless in my  case! (Unless cooked...so there's value in their
>> flavor in that  case.)>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>> 
>> 
>> If you have a flat-out allergy to tomatoes, that must be really difficult,
>> because there are insidious tomatoes in just about everything.
>> Another hard ones are peanut allergy or chocolate allergy.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> David S.