Read more tomatoes stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/5276/tomatoes.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 14:28:12 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/57547/tomatoes-bring-fair-trade-movement-stateside.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWith tomato pickers earning 45 cents per 32-pound bucket—the same wage as 30 years ago—fair-labor coalitions have long staged protests and boycotts. Now one of the country's biggest food-services companies is taking up the cause, the Washington Post reports. Bon Appetit says that if growers don't agree to...http://www.newser.com/story/57547/tomatoes-bring-fair-trade-movement-stateside.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 29 Apr 2009 11:01:26 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/57467/finally-a-leak-proof-tomato.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagDutch scientists say they've built a better tomato, ABC News reports. The “Intense” variety is being heralded as “leak-proof” and an end to soggy sandwiches by Tesco, the British supermarket chain that will sell it. The tomato—the result of a Dutch seed-breeding program—leaks virtually none of its juices...http://www.newser.com/story/57467/finally-a-leak-proof-tomato.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 28 Apr 2009 17:45:07 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/54827/can-tomatoes-grow-to-love-shakespeare.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA tomato by any other name might taste as sweet, but will it grow as fast without the sound of a human voice? A new British study intends to find out with recordings of Shakespeare's verse and a poem by John Wyndman. The recordings will be played to the plants...http://www.newser.com/story/54827/can-tomatoes-grow-to-love-shakespeare.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 31 Mar 2009 4:16:29 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/52225/a-little-slavery-is-not-ok-gov-crist.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA dozen years of prosecutions against Florida slave-holders still hasn't convinced Gov. Charlie Crist to back the cause—but he better, Barry Estabrook writes in Gourmet. Advocacy groups, who have tried for 2 years to meet with him, now threaten to re-enact slavery abuses in the state’s capital. Such pressure...http://www.newser.com/story/52225/a-little-slavery-is-not-ok-gov-crist.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 02 Mar 2009 17:54:23 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/51586/would-better-laws-have-caught-salmonella-scare.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA third of US states do not require testing of the salmonella bacteria involved in reported illnesses, possibly hampering national efforts to identify outbreaks, MSNBC reports. If testing were mandatory, proponents say, a strain’s widespread dissemination could be more quickly identified and the source more easily pinpointed. But states without...http://www.newser.com/story/51586/would-better-laws-have-caught-salmonella-scare.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 23 Feb 2009 18:33:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/38692/uk-cook-eats-own-hot-sauce-dies.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA budding British cook died last week after eating his own spicy tomato sauce, the London Times reports. Andrew Lee, 33, challenged his girlfriend’s brother to a contest, arriving with a jar of the sauce, made with chilies his father had grown. After eating it, he felt itchy and discomfited,...http://www.newser.com/story/38692/uk-cook-eats-own-hot-sauce-dies.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 29 Sep 2008 14:37:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/38198/feds-dig-into-price-fixing-by-egg-tomato-processors.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Justice Department is investigating allegations of price-fixing by tomato and egg processors, the Wall Street Journal reports today. California processor SK Foods is facing allegations it bribed buyers at six companies to pay inflated prices for tomato paste and chili peppers. Tomato prices have surged 16% over the past...http://www.newser.com/story/38198/feds-dig-into-price-fixing-by-egg-tomato-processors.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 23 Sep 2008 15:35:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/36086/salmonella-outbreak-likely-over-cdc.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said today the salmonella outbreak that sickened more than 1,440 people appears to be over. A joint investigation by the CDC and the Food and Drug Administration found strong evidence that jalapeno peppers were a major carrier of the bacteria, and that...http://www.newser.com/story/36086/salmonella-outbreak-likely-over-cdc.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 28 Aug 2008 13:40:53 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/33771/salmonella-at-mexico-farm-fda.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe salmonella strain linked to a nationwide outbreak has been found in irrigation water and a serrano pepper at a Mexican farm, federal health officials said today. The FDA's food safety chief called the finding a key breakthrough in the case, as did another health official. "We have a smoking...http://www.newser.com/story/33771/salmonella-at-mexico-farm-fda.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 30 Jul 2008 15:07:51 CDT