Economic Downturn Means Boost for Tomatoes

By Michelle Fabio

One of the most popular stories to appear recently in northern California’s Red Bluff Daily News is Geoff Johnson’s piece about tomato sales booming despite the harsh economy: Economy wilts, but tomatoes bloom.

As Johnson notes, sales of fruit and vegetable plants tend to rise when the economy is faltering, and, indeed, at the local Red Bluff Garden Center, tomatoes have been the most popular plant.

Jeff Brooks, the center’s general manager, knows this trend well, seeing the same increase in tomato sales Read the rest of this entry »