Have you ever bitten into a supermarket tomato and wondered where all the flavor went? You're not imagining things. That ...

Creole tomatoes are not a particular cultivar. When farmers in Plaquemines and St. Bernard parishes called their tomatoes Creole, it meant they were grown in the rich alluvial soil of the area and ...

RUTLEDGE (WATE) – The Grainger County Tomato Festival kicks off Thursday. There will be music and activities at the event. But why do so many Americans love the plant that was once called a “love ...

• Fruit or vegetable? Botanically speaking, a fruit. Horticulturally (and legally), a vegetable. In 1893, the U.S. Supreme Court legally classified the tomato as a vegetable because it is used as one.

Medically reviewed by Marisa Moore, RDN, MBAMedically reviewed by Marisa Moore, RDN, MBA Have you ever wondered if a tomato is a fruit or a vegetable? Botanists classify tomatoes as fruit because they ...

Ninety-five percent of the 29 million U.S. home gardeners who plant vegetables grow tomatoes. They average six plants, which yield about 45 tomatoes per plant. Every man, woman and child consumes ...

A few years ago I was given the assignment to take photos at the Heirloom Tomato Festival, held at the Carroll County Farmers Market. A festival for tomatoes? I wondered what could be interesting ...

RUTLEDGE (WATE) – The Grainger County Tomato Festival kicks off Thursday. There will be music and activities at the event. But why do so many Americans love the plant that was once called a “love ...