date:Jan 28, 2013
A new pricing study clams to find that American consumers are facing a tomato cliff that will result in huge premiums for fresh tomatoes at the supermarket, or even be forced to go without fresh tomatoes, if the U.S. terminates a trade agreement with Mexico at the request of a group of Florida growers.
If Mexican tomatoes are forced to withdraw from the U.S. market, prices for popular varieties such as hothouse tomatoes on the vine could double from national average of about $2.50 a pound to ne