Lycopene in Tomatoes Fights Endometriosis
By Vanessa Richins I am beginning to wonder if there is anything lycopene CAN’T do. A new study suggests that it can help reduce the damage done by endometriosis. Endometriosis is a condition in...
View ArticleDei Fratelli’s No Salt Added Tomato Products
By Michelle Fabio In honor of Heart-Healthy Awareness Month in February, Dei Fratelli is reminding its customers that many of its tomato products have no salt added, making them as heart healthy as...
View ArticleTomato Sauce May Be Better Source of Lycopene Than Raw Tomatoes
By Michelle Fabio Plant & Food Research, along with Lincoln University, is claiming that tomato sauce may actually be better than raw tomatoes if you want to add more lycopene to your diet. The...
View ArticleTomatoes: Good For Your Heart!
By Vanessa Richins One complaint from people about why they don’t eat healthier is that it’s cheaper to eat convenience and fast foods. Depending on your area, this may be true on the surface....
View ArticleEat a Tomato, Lose Weight
Article By Vanessa Richins Photo By ChiotsRun.com Yes, tomatoes are spectacular indeed. In addition to all the other health benefits they provide, a new study suggests that tomatoes could be a weight...
View ArticleBattling Salmonella in Tomatoes
By Vanessa Richins Last summer, headlines everywhere blazed about a salmonella scare that was supposedly connected to tomatoes. Many stores and restaurants stopped carrying our favorite fruit for a...
View ArticlePick the Best Quality, Grow the Best Fruit-Seed Saving
By Mindy McIntosh-Shetter As the previous blog covered seed saving and seed tape there still exists a time-tested concept that every gardener knows. You start out with good quality plants you end up...
View ArticleTomato the Super Food
By Mindy McIntosh-Shetter Having a husband as a chef and my self an agriculturist we were doomed to be a health-conscious couple. While my interest has always been eating right and growing the fruits...
View ArticleSalsa A Great Food For The Health Conscious
By Guest Writer Penny Mohney of Penny’s Tomatoes Due to an increasing awareness of nutritional issues, salsas have become the best selling condiments in North America. This is largely because they are...
View Article4 Reasons to Grow and Eat Tomatoes
Photo Credit: Red Zebra tomato in bloom by tacobel_canon used under CC BY 2.0 By Mindy McIntosh-Shetter Just the other day, I was asked why I raise so many tomatoes. This past year, I simply raised 70...
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