It's been a rough season for Florida’s tomato farmers. One of the wettest winters in decades gave way to growing season marked by disease and low yields. That's seen growers send off nearly 23 percent fewer boxes of Florida tomatoes to market this year.
We’ll talk to growers and others in south Florida’s tomato industry. Fresh from their annual growers’ conference, we'll look back on the struggles of this past year, and their hopes for the coming crop.
Guests:
Reggie Brown, Manager of the Florida Tomato Committee/Executive Vice President of the Florida Tomato Growers Exchange
Gene McAvoy, Hendry County Extension Director for the University of Florida’s Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences/ Regional Vegetable Horticulture Extension Agent IV
Other Guests TBA
