Re: Tomato Tasting Festival ideas

**m* l* <m*@earthlink.net>**

At 09:56 AM 8/5/2008, you wrote:
>I know I'm going to sound like a wet blanket, but I'm glad you won't
>be throwing tomatoes. The idea of throwing tomatoes or wasting food
>that way just really bothers me. Lots of people, companies and even
>whole communities have these kinds of events, but it just doesn't
>seem right to me. We may not be able to feed the starving children in
>China or Africa, but the produce could be used to feed hungry people
>in our communities at a local food pantry, soup kitchen, homeless
>shelter...
>
>jems

I agree wholeheartedly.  A surfeit in one place could fill a hole 
somewhere else.  Squash and pumpkins keep.  There's no reason to 
waste them. Margaret Lauterbach 

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