Comments on: Yet Another Reason to Avoid Out-of-Season Tomatoes http://jcarrot.org/yet-another-reason-to-avoid-out-of-season-tomatoes Jews, Food, and Contemporary Issues Mon, 21 May 2012 04:07:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Avigail Hurvitz-Prinz http://jcarrot.org/yet-another-reason-to-avoid-out-of-season-tomatoes/comment-page-1#comment-14173 Avigail Hurvitz-Prinz Fri, 06 Mar 2009 18:14:30 +0000 http://jcarrot.org/?p=3581#comment-14173 Here's another resource for learning about tomatoes and farmworkers: http://www.wnyc.org/flashplayer/player.html#/playStream/fm939 Here’s another resource for learning about tomatoes and farmworkers:

http://www.wnyc.org/flashplaye.....ream/fm939

]]> By: Judith http://jcarrot.org/yet-another-reason-to-avoid-out-of-season-tomatoes/comment-page-1#comment-14017 Judith Sun, 01 Mar 2009 10:29:08 +0000 http://jcarrot.org/?p=3581#comment-14017 Small Planet Foods (which makes Muir Glen) is a subsidiary by General Mills. To see which multinational corporations owns what in the organic food industry go to: https://www.msu.edu/~howardp/organicindustry.html. Only way to know if a food was ethically grown is to grow it yourself or get to know a local farmer. Small Planet Foods (which makes Muir Glen) is a subsidiary by General Mills. To see which multinational corporations owns what in the organic food industry go to: https://www.msu.edu/~howardp/organicindustry.html. Only way to know if a food was ethically grown is to grow it yourself or get to know a local farmer.

]]> By: patti http://jcarrot.org/yet-another-reason-to-avoid-out-of-season-tomatoes/comment-page-1#comment-13989 patti Fri, 27 Feb 2009 19:46:33 +0000 http://jcarrot.org/?p=3581#comment-13989 i received an email today from small planet foods, in response to a query, that confirms muir glen's can linings do have BPA. i received an email today from small planet foods, in response to a query, that confirms muir glen’s can linings do have BPA.

]]> By: Alix http://jcarrot.org/yet-another-reason-to-avoid-out-of-season-tomatoes/comment-page-1#comment-13978 Alix Thu, 26 Feb 2009 22:41:14 +0000 http://jcarrot.org/?p=3581#comment-13978 Rachel, I am an avid New Yorker reader, but don't remember that article, thanks for making note of it! Lois, thanks for your post, I am a frequent buyer of Muir Glen organic canned tomatoes, and until you wrote, I was unaware of them using the BPA-lined cans. Oy. And Maya, nothing personal, but for the first time in eight years, I have hope for our country (the U.S.) It is a glorious feeling. Meanwhile, over the last two decades, my hopes for Israel have been going in the exact opposite direction, and recently tanked between the Gaza offensive and Bibi back in power, not to mention Lieberman getting so many votes. I don't care how good the tomatoes are, I can't even bring myself to visit now, and I owe my relatives a visit. Rachel, I am an avid New Yorker reader, but don’t remember that article, thanks for making note of it! Lois, thanks for your post, I am a frequent buyer of Muir Glen organic canned tomatoes, and until you wrote, I was unaware of them using the BPA-lined cans. Oy. And Maya, nothing personal, but for the first time in eight years, I have hope for our country (the U.S.) It is a glorious feeling. Meanwhile, over the last two decades, my hopes for Israel have been going in the exact opposite direction, and recently tanked between the Gaza offensive and Bibi back in power, not to mention Lieberman getting so many votes. I don’t care how good the tomatoes are, I can’t even bring myself to visit now, and I owe my relatives a visit.

]]> By: Ilana http://jcarrot.org/yet-another-reason-to-avoid-out-of-season-tomatoes/comment-page-1#comment-13977 Ilana Thu, 26 Feb 2009 22:31:29 +0000 http://jcarrot.org/?p=3581#comment-13977 For the Shmethicist, how about glass jarred tomatoes? I know Eden foods says that do not use BPA in their canned beans ... not sure of their tomatoes. Is this practice universal? I buy organic tomatoes (and try not to buy off-season, but winter is a bit too dead around here ... we need to eat something!). Who knew we needed fair trade certification for homegrown products! Ilana For the Shmethicist, how about glass jarred tomatoes? I know Eden foods says that do not use BPA in their canned beans … not sure of their tomatoes.

Is this practice universal? I buy organic tomatoes (and try not to buy off-season, but winter is a bit too dead around here … we need to eat something!). Who knew we needed fair trade certification for homegrown products!

Ilana

]]> By: Maya http://jcarrot.org/yet-another-reason-to-avoid-out-of-season-tomatoes/comment-page-1#comment-13974 Maya Thu, 26 Feb 2009 16:10:57 +0000 http://jcarrot.org/?p=3581#comment-13974 Wow... that's horrible. And the tomatoes taste terrible. Move to Israel! You literally can't get most out-of-season veggies in our local yarkans, which carry mostly local produce because it's cheaper. (Plus we aren't on particularly good terms with our neighbors.) Plus, our growing season is year round. Fruit and veggies in Israel are incredibly inexpensive. I just bought tomatoes for 0.88 SHEKELS a KILOGRAM, which comes out to about... let's see... 11 cents a pound? (Checking my math: one kilo=about 2 lbs, so that's 0.44 a lb... and and 0.44 in shekels = about 0.11 in dollars. Wow.) Scratch that, our Israeli produce probably comes from ill-paid (Arab) labor, too. But at least it tastes better! Maya Wow… that’s horrible. And the tomatoes taste terrible.

Move to Israel! You literally can’t get most out-of-season veggies in our local yarkans, which carry mostly local produce because it’s cheaper. (Plus we aren’t on particularly good terms with our neighbors.) Plus, our growing season is year round. Fruit and veggies in Israel are incredibly inexpensive. I just bought tomatoes for 0.88 SHEKELS a KILOGRAM, which comes out to about… let’s see… 11 cents a pound? (Checking my math: one kilo=about 2 lbs, so that’s 0.44 a lb… and and 0.44 in shekels = about 0.11 in dollars. Wow.)

Scratch that, our Israeli produce probably comes from ill-paid (Arab) labor, too. But at least it tastes better!

Maya

]]> By: Lois The Shmethicist http://jcarrot.org/yet-another-reason-to-avoid-out-of-season-tomatoes/comment-page-1#comment-13962 Lois The Shmethicist Thu, 26 Feb 2009 02:41:06 +0000 http://jcarrot.org/?p=3581#comment-13962 Canned tomatoes are not a good alternative, unless they are in Bisphenol-A-free cans. BPA-lined cans leach BPA into foods, and because of their acidity, tomatoes and tomato products have higher contamination levels. Eating seasonally really is the best solution, in terms of environmental footprint and, at least in this case, ethical treatment of labor. Canned tomatoes are not a good alternative, unless they are in Bisphenol-A-free cans. BPA-lined cans leach BPA into foods, and because of their acidity, tomatoes and tomato products have higher contamination levels.

Eating seasonally really is the best solution, in terms of environmental footprint and, at least in this case, ethical treatment of labor.

]]> By: Rabbi Rachel Kahn-Troster http://jcarrot.org/yet-another-reason-to-avoid-out-of-season-tomatoes/comment-page-1#comment-13961 Rabbi Rachel Kahn-Troster Thu, 26 Feb 2009 01:33:51 +0000 http://jcarrot.org/?p=3581#comment-13961 The New Yorker did a major piece on this in 2003. It's sad and disturbing to hear that things have not gotten any better. http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2003/04/21/030421fa_fact_bowe The New Yorker did a major piece on this in 2003. It’s sad and disturbing to hear that things have not gotten any better.

http://www.newyorker.com/archi....._fact_bowe

]]> By: Judith http://jcarrot.org/yet-another-reason-to-avoid-out-of-season-tomatoes/comment-page-1#comment-13960 Judith Thu, 26 Feb 2009 00:25:27 +0000 http://jcarrot.org/?p=3581#comment-13960 I'm hoping this August to purchase a bunch of paste tomatoes at my local farmer's market and do a massive amount of canning and drying- so I can feel like I'm not contributing to this degradation of our fellow human beings. I’m hoping this August to purchase a bunch of paste tomatoes at my local farmer’s market and do a massive amount of canning and drying- so I can feel like I’m not contributing to this degradation of our fellow human beings.

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