Lucky for us, we’re enjoying fresh Georgia tomatoes at the moment. But this story on commercially grown tomatoes from Florida explains why so many of the tomatoes we get in grocery stores lack flavor:
If you bite into a tomato between the months of October and June, chances are that tomato came from Florida. The Sunshine State accounts for one-third of all fresh tomatoes produced in the United States — and virtually all of the tomatoes raised during the fall and winter seasons. But the tomatoes grown in Florida differ dramatically from the red garden varieties you might grow in your backyard. They’re bred to be perfectly formed — so that they can make their way across the U.S. and onto your dinner table without cracking or breaking.
From June 1: Colonel Koba Bochoroshvili of the Georgian Border Police in a convoy, somewhere over Kakheti, on the way back from bringing troops to border posts along Chechnya and Dagestan
I submitted some photos to CNN yesterday for an iReport and when I got home from work, I received an email from the Assistant Producer of CNN International asking if they could use my photos for a future gallery on Georgia! They really liked my photos and want to use them! I am so excited to be recognized as a serious photographer with talent and to be included on such an important news site! But more importantly, I’m excited to have such a good industry contact! Perhaps this will lead to bigger and better things! It’s a great day to be me!
See the photos see the photos they will be using here!
This is Pearl the Pelican. I met her while I was on vacation in St. Simons Island, GA.
SONG Virginia SOMOS Georgia Solidarity EventRepublican mayor in the South becomes unlikely advocate for immigrants - CNN.com:Excellent story by Catherine Shoichet of CNN:
[Conservative Republican Paul] Bridges [mayor of Uvalda, Georgia] is one of more than a dozen plaintiffs suing Georgia and its governor, trying to stop the state’s new immigration law. They won a reprieve Monday when a federal judge temporarily blocked parts of the law scheduled to go into effect July 1.
More from June 1: commuters and border patrol, hitching a ride down the mountains, somewhere over Kakheti, Georgia. With the roads closed for winter, the border police helicopters are the only way for villagers in the high Caucasus to get medical help and more.
Illegal Immigrant Youth 'Come Out' for Reform:What these students are doing is really, really brave and great.
BUT WHY WOULD THE ASSOCIATED PRESS (WHICH IS SUPPOSED TO BE NEUTRAL) ADD THAT COMMENT ON HOW IF THE STUDENTS STAY IN AMERICA THEY WILL BE TAKING AWAY JOBS?????
ARGH. This is supposed to be a story on how these students are speaking up for themselves and you have to go and add that? It’s disgusting. They are standing right in front of you and you still refuse to see the issue with a human aspect.