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Heirloom Tomatoes: From Tiny Seeds and Big Passion

Why are heirloom tomatoes so popular right now? Well, it might have to do with how unpopular grocery store tomatoes have become. On last week’s episode of Day 6, CBC Radio One’s newsmagazine show, a University of Florida scientist discussed how measures spent preserving and enlarging the fruit have sapped it of flavour. Professor Harry Klee and colleagues have spent a decade unlocking the tomato's genome and are now putting it together with more taste. But until then, you can unlock...

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