


Tomato producer Bob Spencer, president of West Coast Tomatoes. The family-run business has been around 70 years. (Photo: Jason Margolis)

Fourth-generation Floridian Jim Grangier started farming for himself in 1984. Today he runs the Taylor and Packing Company. (Photo: Jason Margolis)

Tomatoes from the field are washed before shipping from the West Coast Tomato packing house in Palmetto, Florida. (Photo: Jason Margolis)

Workers make final checks for impurities as tomatoes roll by at West Coast Tomatoes. (Photo: Jason Margolis)

Tomatoes from the field are washed before shipping from the West Coast Tomato packing house in Palmetto, Florida. (Photo: Jason Margolis)