Tomato Conspiracy

June 29, 2008 Ann No Comments

Of course, we’re all paranoid about this tomato situation. No sandwich is quite the same, every salsa is suspect. First they said it was tomatoes grown in certain states, and now they’re thinking it might have to do with a warehouse instead.

Whenever something like this happens, I start to wonder about corporate espionage and sabotage. Who would benefit from ruining our tomatoes? There’s no real competition for tomatoes, though. I mean you’re not going to see apple or orange or cucumber sales rising to compensate for a lack of tomatoes.

The only competition for tomatoes is other types of tomatoes.  You know, like cherry tomatoes and hot house tomatoes, which have been on the safe list. Yeah, yeah. It was them, right? The hot house tomato industry is striking a new blow at their farm tomato competition.  They’ve been cutting into farmers’ profits more and more over the past decade, and they’ve taken new measures to put themselves right over the top.

Yes, the hothouse industry is booming in the US and Mexico, but we all know who really benefits here.  Canada.