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Tomatoes An Overview of the Tomato Industry in Georgia

Tomatoes An Overview of the Tomato Industry in Georgia. Georgia Agricultural Education Curriculum Office Dr. Frank Flanders and Catrina Kennedy October 2006. Objectives. Students will be able to: Identify tomato products. Describe the four different types of tomatoes.

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Tomatoes An Overview of the Tomato Industry in Georgia

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  1. Tomatoes An Overview of theTomato Industryin Georgia Georgia Agricultural Education Curriculum Office Dr. Frank Flanders and Catrina Kennedy October 2006

  2. Objectives Students will be able to: • Identify tomato products. • Describe the four different types of tomatoes. • Identify the states with the most tomato production. • Describe where tomatoes stand amongst other Georgia commodities.

  3. Why the Tomato Industry is Important in Georgia • Tomatoes are one of the state's top cash crops. • Available throughout much of the year, tomatoes are grown in southwest Georgia. • Native to the Andes Mountains, tomatoes were introduced into Central America by prehistoric Indian migrations.

  4. Tomato Products • Soup • Sauces • Ketchup • Feed for broilers

  5. US Tomato Production

  6. Georgia’s Commodity Value

  7. Types of Tomatoes • Indeterminate • Determinate • Cherry • Grape

  8. Interesting Facts • Tomatoes are not vegetables, but are fruit (or more accurately, berries)! • The tomato was thought to be poisonous until the 1800’s by North Americans and Northern Europeans. • Ketchup originally started out as ketsiap, a 7th century Chinese sauce made with fish entrails, vinegar, and spices. It wasn’t until 1792 that tomatoes were used as an ingredient.

  9. Assessment • Tomatoes are one of the state's top ____. • What state in number one in tomato production? • What are the four types of tomatoes? • Name products produced from tomatoes? • Where are tomatoes native to?

  10. Answers • Cash crops • Florida • Indeterminate, determinate, cherry and grape • Answers will vary • Andes Mountains

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