Hand-Me-Down Tomatoes

Living on Earth
The World

From Brandywine to Purple Cherokee to Mortgage Lifter – a beautiful new book celebrates one of the most delicious tastes of summer, the heirloom tomato. Living on Earth’s Helen Palmer spends some time with Amy Goldman, author of “The Heirloom Tomato: From Garden to Table” on her farm in the Hudson Valley of New York.

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