NO TOMATOES...

[JDog]

I think Al-Qaeda are responsible for this.

There is a video surfacing of Osama Bin Laden praising Allah for the tainted tomatoes that are going to destroy the infidels

[wpruitt]

I read this today.

The Georgia Fruit and Vegetable Growers Association recommends consumers be aware tomatoes grown in Georgia, and a number of other southeastern and western states are not associated with the outbreak of salmonellosis announced by the FDA on June 7, 2008. In that announcement, the FDA published a list of states and territories where tomatoes are grown and are not associated with this outbreak. The list of outbreak free growing regions includes tomatoes grown in Georgia.

[Scott]

FYI bros:  if you live in an area where the tomatoes are questionable, the grocery store is required by law to not only inform you but to also offer you refunds regardless of whether or not they had any of the suspected tomatoes anyway... you never know where your store gets their produce unless it's on the produce look-up (PLU) sticker - for example we've got Georgia Peaches on sale this week and it states plainly on the label "Georgia - Southern Peaches."

[Timmay]

tomatoes=yuck

Tomatoes will help cure that thing you have haning off yoru shorts there Nomad....lol


and Scott...are those peaches good?  Cause I am heading down that way and I want some nice fresh peaches...man you cant go wrong with Georgia peaches..just as long as they are ripe.

[champ007]

Guys, most of the tainted tomatoes come from mexico. This is due to the water they are using which comes from their waste water, so your eating "grown with human fecies" tomatoes.
Bin Laden would thank allah for georgia crabs!!!

Apparently they are not getting rid of the parasites in the waste water. Sounds like sheet to me!!

[KeeperOfTheBeard]

As a nation, we actually import more fruits and vegetables from foreign lands than we produce and eat ourselves.  This is why I have a vegetable garden - not because I am paranoid - but because I know what kind of conditions these fruits and vegetables from second world countries are grown in.  This isn't the first time human fecal matter has made it into our food supply chain.

Why are we getting tomatoes from Mexico anyway...  Heck, everyone I know who grows their own veggies gets so much you can't give 'em all away!

And in the winter, all of your grapes come from Chile.  DON'T TRUST GRAPES FROM CHILE!!  Not sure why - but the just look shifty when I walk by them in the grocery store...   

[JDog]

Without getting into an arguement here, I totally agree with Matthew and Champ say regarding locally grown produce. The US has some of the best in the world and there is no reason to eat imported stuff when local produce is far superior. However in the Capitalist world we live in, it comes down to money. And imported fresh produce is much cheaper to import and thusly provides more return for the distrubutors and the big retailers.

The USA and the Western world want to export their technology,products,materials and services abroad. From the best(automobiles,clothing,technology) to the worst(McDonalds and Coca Cola and fast food sh*te) of American products, in a free market economy there has to be give and take. You have to be willing to buy imported goods if you want your local wheat farmer to be able to send his wheat to China or The Philipines to support his family.

[RodgerDodger]

Without getting into an arguement here, I totally agree with Matthew and Champ say regarding locally grown produce. The US has some of the best in the world and there is no reason to eat imported stuff when local produce is far superior.

JDog, I appreciate your kind words about local produce. New Jersey has some of best local produce. I look forward to the mid summer when we go to the local farms and road side stands and buy Jersey Fresh corn, tomatoes, blueberries and peaches.