Tomatoes, Ripe for the Picking

Yesterday we spoke of Javier del Sol and his protest of a penny a pound on labor costs regarding tomatoes. He wants the growers to give each picker one cent more for each pound, equating to what could be one penny for each tomato they pick. Have you weighed tomatoes lately? Today it is far more than a measly penny.

There was a period where the cost of tomatoes had skyrocketed to the price of insanity. I stopped buying them. Consumers looked to Florida tomatoes after the freeze in Mexico. Little did I or anyone know that there was actually a tomato mafia that stole entire truckloads while the price kept climbing. Florida tomatoes were ripe for the picking. By the time we got to buy them, the price was off the chart.
It still is.

Read the story about the mysterious case of the produce bandits.

Tomatoes have tasted bla for years. Give me one of Vice Mayor Suzanne Mulvehill's homegrown tomatoes or a Jersey tomato any day...the best!