They are so easy to grow. In pots or in the ground. I am not a raw tomato fan, of course a good BLT is great, but I don’t like them in salads, so I don’t eat that many.

We have been assured that California grown tomatoes are fine. We shopped at Costco today - lots of tomatoes there.

No, I love ‘maters …. where I come from we grow some of the best tomatoes in the world. I am from central IL. It is too early for our “best boys” and “beefeaters” but I believe this outbreak is related to our mass growing companies. We need to take back what we were. Start your own garden. Try to keep it green, lay off the chems and plant foods. It is fun to have your own garden and it teaches us that our own home grown foods mean more that just fresh produce. It means hard work and commitment to mother earth. And trust me she will reward you. GIVE IT A TRY … order some “green” plants off the net, then go buy your gardening tools and chic gardening outfit to include hat (lol) and get your hands dirty, get the kids or the grandkids dirty … enjoy what mother nature intended not what the profit per bushel people want you to enjoy!

Mom and I are both immuno-suppressed and can’t risk getting sick…it’s no biggie because she doesn’t really care for them and they are a no-no on my renal diet. Can you imagine being told you can’t eat anything tomato?!?!?!? I cheat, how can you not eat italian or mexican food?

Tomatoes are one of the ‘Super Foods’ the others being blueberries, oats, kale, spinach, bok choy, garlic, walnuts, carrots, sweet potatoes, yogurt, pineapple, apples, red grapes, cottage cheese, green tea. Tomatoes protect against prostate, lung and stomach cancers, are better cooked because more lycopene and carotenoids are released and easier to absorb. They protect against cell damage, and one medium tomato provides 40% of the RDA for vitamin C, and 20% of vitamin A. I buy organic produce at Whole Foods (or Mecca as I call it) which I trust to be safe, and wash things carefully and cook tomatoes, so there is scant danger of food poisoning. Plus couldn’t last 4 days without something containing lots of tomato, a hugh bunch of fresh chopped basil, garlic, kalamata olives, freshly grated cheese—and sometimes anchovies and capers—baked over eggplant or on occasion cornmeal pizza crust, or topping organic whole wheat pasta or spaghetti squash. Healthy cooking with beautiful presentation is a great pleasure.

I grow my own and can the rest for winter or dehydrate them. I don’t care for the ones from the markets anyway. I have an auto-immune disorder so have to be careful about this sort of thing.

No. I love tomatoes! I’m fortunate that a local CT farmer grows them hydroponically (sp?) and fortunate that there’s local farmer’s market open from mid-spring through October.

Tomatoes-one of my favorites, but I’ll be more careful, buying only those that are recommended as safe: cherry and grape tomatoes and those on the vine and wash, wash, wash! The deer would love it if I tried to grow them here so I wont, for now.

I joined an organic food coop three months ago, and will continue to eat tomatoes, as we have been assured of their safety. Pesticides and genetically altered foods scare me more. Why don’t we all buy a rain barrel and grow our own.

With my illness and the doctors (7) I think it would be smart for me to not eat any tomatoes until they have been oked by the FDA.

I did not have time to listen to TV for weeks and did not know this was going on. Went to Wendys yesterday and there they told me. However I was at Sams and they had tons for sale so I guess I better find out what this is all about.

What would summer be without fresh tomatoes? I have 8 varieties growing in my garden this year. No fruit yet though and it is too early in the season to buy local. I have a decent supply of canned so I’ll use those and hold off on purchasing more until we get an all-clear signal. To my knowledge our area hasn’t been hit by the outbreak (yet). When my plants finally begin to bear their delicious tomatoes my annual tug-o-war with the ever-increasing population of thieving squirrels begins . Those little SOB’s are smarter than you’d think.