Jersey Fresh Canned Tomatoes

By Michelle Fabio

New Jersey has long been known for its fabulous tomatoes—we don’t call it the Garden State for nothing you know.

But now thanks to Violet Packing of Williamstown, consumers will be able to get Jersey Fresh tomatoes in the winter as well.

In cans, that is.

Six South Jersey farmers (Chip Katona, Joseph Leone, Ian Baitinger, Randy Dickinson, Michael Brooks and Edward Brynes) out of Burlington, Gloucester, Salem and Cumberland counties, will provide the tomatoes and Violet Packing, New Jersey’s only remaining tomato packer, will do Read the rest of this entry »