Tomato sauce in pot with whole tomatoes and basil nearby - Tanya Sid/Shutterstock "I have used a box grater to shred tomatoes for sauce before," Harding said. The idea behind this method is similar to ...

With tomato processors needing to replenish their shrinking inventories, canneries are expected to offer growers higher contract prices this year to encourage increased plantings. That the two sides ...

MERCED COUNTY - Truckloads of tomatoes lined up for processing in California's San Joaquin Valley at Ingomar Packing. The Merced County facility sees more than a million tons each season. Usually, ...

SAN FRANCISCO - Federal investigators say food broker Randall Rahal liked to use a simple little test to see whether he could bribe purchasing agents at the country's biggest food companies to buy ...

California farmers began harvesting processing tomatoes across the Central Valley during the past few weeks. With searing heat waves impacting pollination for some plantings and harvest for others, ...