Traditional isn’t necessarily synonymous with old-fashioned. The TRADITOM project has looked into the characteristics of traditional tomato varieties and found how great taste, mass production and cost effectiveness can actually go hand in hand.
Looking at tomatoes in our favourite supermarket, it’d be easy to forget that we are looking at a seasonal product: No matter the time of the year, the market will have no shortage of highly productive, good-looking and cheap tomatoes with a long shelf life. But as our grandparents will be quick to remind us, no matter how good they look, these hybrid tomatoes are nowhere as tasty as their ancestors.
Further details: Traditional tomatoes for happier consumers