Includes bibliographical references (pages 194-206) and index.
Summary
Investigative food journalist Barry Estabrook reveals the huge human and environmental cost of the $5 billion fresh tomato industry and the price we pay as a society when we take taste and thought out of our food purchases.
Contents
On the tomato trail -- Roots -- A tomato grows in Florida -- Chemical warfare -- From the hands of a slave -- An unfair fight -- A penny per pound -- Matters of taste -- Building a better tomato -- Tomatoman -- Wild things.