Impending Short Supply of Florida Tomatoes

Tomatoes (Round, Roma, Grape, Cherry):
Go buy some tomatoes this week while they are still nice and affordable.  In about a week and well into February regular Round, Roma (Plum), Grape and Cherry Tomatoes will be in extremely short supply, weak quality condition and very high in price – especially Round Tomatoes (also called Vine Ripe, Slicing or Beefstake Tomatoes).

Here’s why:

There was a stretch of extemely cold weather last week in Florida that continued through the weekend, with temperatures dropping into the mid 20s in many growing areas.  Florida and Mexico are the two primary regions that supply field-grown tomatoes to the US and Canada in the winter months.  But because of the prolonged cold, Florida’s volume and quality will be crimped dramatically for what would normally be in stores at the end of the month and beyond.  There isplenty of very high quality fruit that’s already been harvested and is in the supply chain right now.  It will get gobbled up quickly on this skyrocketing market.  You should take advantage this week and Eat Tomatoes Now, before things get dicey.