tomatoes

Muir Glen Organic Tomatoes, Diced, 14.5-Ounce Cans (Pack of 12)
$29.52
I love Muir Glen tomato products but sadly I had to give them up due to their can liners containing bisphenol A (BPA). I will not feed anymore BPA to my kids! It makes me sick that I fed them with BPA laden baby bottles before I knew better. We already have enough cancer in our family. I don't know why anyone is surprised that BPA acts like a synthetic estrogen therefore an endocrine disrupter--BPA was ORIGINALLY developed in the 1930s as a synthetic estrogen drug for women. Shortly after it was developed, a new synthetic estrogen drug came out (DES) so BPA fell by the wayside until someone figured out it could be used in plastics and can liners to help make them harder.

I wrote to Muir Glen (now owned by General Mills) to see if they have any plans to remove BPA from their cans but they did not respond to me. I would be happy to pay a bit more for jarred tomato products if they can't come up with BPA free cans. Or how about tomatoes in cartons or frozen?

Please write to the companies that you buy canned tomatoes from and ask for BPA free products. Let me know if anyone finds BPA free tomato products, such as tomato paste, diced tomatoes, whole tomatoes...by responding to this comment--I will get an email.

I have young children and I will not feed them anymore BPA!!!

Felknor Ventures 82506 Topsy Turvy Upside-Down Tomato Planter
$20.00
Yes, we purchased two this past summer and got a late start but
still here in Washington State by September had red tomatos to eat
and STILL blooming. We now have a green house so in October we
moved both into the greenhouse and just been cutting off the old
vines and ones that did get mildew but still eating. The tomatos
ripen excellent onced picked and taken inside. I just put into a
basket in they ripen. But when they turn more white then green and
get a star on the bottoms they make for excellent fried green tomatos!
Yes, I am buying more and using outside and in my greenhouse again
next year. :)

The Heirloom Tomato: From Garden to Table: Recipes, Portraits, and History of the World's Most Beautiful Fruit
$35.00
Although the author is quite knowledgeable on this subject of Heirloom tomatoes, I felt there were more illustration then information. I would have liked to seen more information on the growing and needs of each verity, also the particular zones that would be specific to those verities in this volume. Nice glossy photos with limited information.

Attack of the Killer Tomatoes - 25th Anniversary Edition
$14.95
This was made to be a very bad movie; there's a reason that it's a cult classic. You have to appreciate bad B movies to get this; if you do, you'll love it.