Supermarket produce sections bulging with a year-round supply of
perfectly round, bright red-orange tomatoes have become all but a
national birthright. But in Tomatoland, which is based on
his James Beard Award-winning article, "The Price of Tomatoes,"
investigative food journalist Barry Estabrook reveals the huge
human and environmental cost of the $5 billion fresh tomato
industry.
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James Beard Award-winning journalist Barry Estabrook was a
contributing editor at Gourmet magazine for eight
years, writing investigative articles about where food comes from.
He was the founding editor of Eating Well magazine
and has written for the New York Times Magazine, Reader's
Digest, Men's Health, Audubon, and the Washington
Post, and contributes regularly to The Atlantic
Monthly's website. His work has been anthologized in the Best
American Food Writing series, and he has been interviewed on
numerous television and radio shows. He lives and grows tomatoes in
his garden in Vermont.