Blogs about: Tomatoland

Featured Blog

Tomatoes and the Perfect Produce Syndrome

Lucy wrote 1 week ago: Somewhere along the way, consumers developed an expectation that fruits and vegetables only taste go … more →

Tags: Food & Drink, Tomato, heirloom, uniform ripening, GM, GENETICALLY modified, Ethylene, produce

New Page: Movies and Books2 comments

eatfortheearth wrote 1 week ago: I spent a while creating a new page about the movies I’ve seen and books I’ve read about … more →

Tags: Thoughts, Jonathan Safran Foer, eating animals, Michael Pollan, King Corn, the omnivore's dilemma, Just Food, food inc, Fresh

Organized Labor and Farmworkers' Rights

kevinjpost wrote 2 months ago: With the national media covering the changes in laws affecting organized labor, I thought it was int … more →

Tags: Bookster, Migrant Workers

Chemical Warfare

kevinjpost wrote 3 months ago: Hey Booksters! So, how’s the book? I’d like to take a minute to comment on what I believe is one of … more →

Tags: Bookster, Industrialized Agriculture, Organic Fruits, BUYING ORGANIC

Finished Tomatoland? Continue with These Great Reads!

kevinjpost wrote 3 months ago: I’ve noticed that the copies of Tomatoland: How Modern Industrial Agriculture Destroyed Our Most All … more →

Tags: Bookster, online book discussion

Bookster: Introducing "Tomatoland"

kevinjpost wrote 3 months ago: Hey Booksters! Anyone else like to eat? If you’re like me, you put a particular amount of attention … more →

Tags: Bookster, Online Discussion

Tomatoland by Barry Estabrook1 comment

eatfortheearth wrote 4 months ago: Often, when buying a fruit or vegetable and thinking about the farm that it has come from, I picture … more →

Tags: Thoughts, Industrial Agriculture, barry estabrook, Tomatoes

Tomatoland: Perfect Tomato Season Reading

districtfarmer wrote 9 months ago: Tomato, 2011. The weather was so much better. With tomato season in full swing, I’m feeling cheated. … more →

Tags: General Interest, Tomatoes, Feature, barry estabrook, Agriculture, Book Review

Food Writer Barry Estabrook Interview

jeffgangemi wrote 9 months ago: December 6, 2011 Barry Estabrook is a journalist and former contributor to the now-defunct Gourmet m … more →

Tags: food and food systems, interviews, local food, barry estabrook, politics of the plate

On Tomatoland

Laura Finazzo wrote 9 months ago: Image from http://politicsoftheplate.com/ I picked up Barry Estabrook’s Tomatoland with a litt … more →

Tags: On books, On Social Justice, book, nonfiction, barry estabrook, politics of the plate, Tomato, Industrial Agriculture, FARM LABOR

Slavery 2012 (Not what you might expect)3 comments

korimiller wrote 9 months ago: Okay, I don’t know if I’ll do anything with this particular topic, and so what if I do? … more →

Tags: Kid Lit News, kid lit news, Readers Theater, modern slavery

Chris Hedges and Joe Sacco create an epic of reportage and protest

Ian McGillis wrote 9 months ago: Chris Hedges is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author who has reported from the front lines … more →

Tags: narratives, Al Gore, An Inconvenient Truth, barry estabrook, Bill McKibben, Bosnia, Camden New Jersey, Chris Hedges, Darfur

Cardboard tomatoes from Florida2 comments

thebovine wrote 10 months ago: by Jim Romahn, on Agri007: “I have just finished reading Tomatoland, by Barry Estabrook, and l … more →

Tags: News, health, barry estabrook, Pesticides, Jim Romahn, Agri007

So why processed food?

fairfoodfieldnotes wrote 10 months ago: I’m just starting to read Marion Nestle’s Food Politics after months of reading her blog … more →

Tags: Books, rants, Processed food, Food Politics, Reading List

Tomato Tuesday: Gluten-free Tomato Tart8 comments

fifthfloorkitchen wrote 10 months ago: Today, July 24th, 2012, bloggers are donating their posts to the fight for slave-free tomatoes.  Che … more →

Tags: Tomatoes, trader joe's, Whole Foods, Farmer's Market, Tart, the giving table, Gluten-free, slave-free tomatoes, slave free

3 books I chose.2 comments

uguisumochi wrote 10 months ago: I went to Barns and Noble’s and bought 3 books. “The Sweet Life in Paris” by David … more →

Tags: Life, Books, Amazon, Reading, Coffee, barns and nobles, The Problems of Philosophy, The Sweet Life In Paris, Home

Opinion: In books, a harvest of discovery

Maria Eugenia Alcón wrote 10 months ago: CHICAGO — Now that we’re in the summer reading season, here’s a toast to the seren … more →

Tags: Education, food, immigrant, Kitchen, Fields, Garlic, tomator, estabrook, workers

Manna…I Mean Mayonnaise, From Heaven2 comments

lauras50by50 wrote 11 months ago: Before leaving on his most recent business trip, my husband tantalized us by frying up a mess of bac … more →

Tags: Family, cooking, fresh mayonnaise, bacon lettuce and tomato sandwich

From Tomatoes to Chocolate - Go Organic & Fair Trade1 comment

Barbara Talisman, CFRE wrote 11 months ago: My blog book report on Tomatoland shared important information on bad farming practices in Florida a … more →

Tags: A Better You, Resources You Can Use, Ethan Austin, Startups & Burritos, Fair Trade chocolate, organic farming


Related Tags
All →

Follow this tag via RSS