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Book Review of Tomatoland: How Modern Industrial Agriculture Destroyed Our Most Alluring Fruit

Tomatoland: How Modern Industrial Agriculture Destroyed Our Most Alluring Fruit
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This is one heck of an eye-opening book. I found it on a table at Barnes and Noble, and being a tomato fiend, knew I had to read it. Did you know that bland tomato in the salad you eat at McDonald's was probably picked by a slave? Yeah, me neither, at least till I read this book. There's all kinds of information to be had about tomatoes in this book: when they're picked and why, the history of tomatoes, and how the workers in the field are treated and how they should be treated. This forever changed how I will buy and eat tomatoes, and I recommend you read this too!