What: Tomato festival and contest Where: Blacksburg Farmers Market, Roanoke Street and Draper Road When: Tasting and judging, 8 to 11 a.m.; regular farmers market continues to 2 p.m. What else: Music ...

Despite being summer’s most misunderstood fruit, tomatoes are enjoying their time under the produce spotlight. The bulbous cultivars are a common sight at local farmer’s markets, outdoor vendors and ...

Whether you think of tomatoes as fruits or vegetables, the list of different varieties seems to be never-ending, and for good reason -- they're delicious! Plus, they are super versatile and seamlessly ...

Question: My Cherokee Purple tomato variety is flowering but not setting fruit. Is fruiting time over due to the heat? Answer: Yes, heat has put a damper on the fruiting of most tomato varieties.

Even when you know a thing or two about tomatoes, the wide world of the much-loved fruit is enormous — there are at least 10,000 varieties out in the world. That might seem hard to believe when you ...

Without question, Madeline — a graduate student at Portland State’s School of Architecture in her real life — is into tomatoes more than anyone I know. What began as a wise way to generate food during ...