By Vanessa Richins

This is the biggest tomato growing contest of the year.

Indeed - 2 people will win $2,500, and runners up will get $250 for the tomato skill growing contest.

There is also a random drawing sweepstakes for $5000 (the sweepstakes “begins at 12:01 a.m., Eastern Time, June 30, 2008, and ends at 11:59 p.m., Eastern Time, September 30, 2008.”)

To enter, you can either fill out an entry slip (click on the Homegrown Challenge banner) at your local participating grocery produce section, or Read the rest of this entry »

By Michelle Fabio

Lakeisha Germany-Ross, a 17-year-old 11th grader at Connections High School in Panaewa, Hawaii, won first prize in Hamakua Springs Country Farm’s You Say Tomato Recipe Contest for Hawaii Community College students.

The winning dish?

Cherry tomato compote served over a mascarpone, cream cheese, and citrus zest budino (pudding in Italian).

Germany-Ross cooked cherry and beefsteak tomatoes slowly in a sugar Read the rest of this entry »

By Michelle Fabio

Tomato and Photoshop lovers—listen up!

Through a contest called “Tomatoes” at Photoshoptalent.com, you can combine your two loves and win prizes to boot.

Every week, Photoshoptalent.com posts 8 new contests that involve either themes or a source image that participants are asked to, you guessed it, Photoshop, i.e., use Adobe’s Photoshop program to edit an image or graphic.

This week, “Tomatoes” was unveiled—a group of gorgeous vine-ripened tomatoes dripping dry in a shiny silver-colored strainer.

Entries will be accepted from Read the rest of this entry »

By Michelle Fabio

For those of you who live Down Under, you know that tomato-growing season is in full swing—and if you’re near the small town of Gunnedah in northwestern New South Wales, you might want to gear up for the National Tomato Day Contest to be held on January 13.

Contestants can win prizes in the 29th annual competition for all kinds of tomato superlatives: reddest, biggest, oddest-shaped, widest, best, and this year’s new category—tastiest.

The National Tomato Day Contest came about when Read the rest of this entry »