Tomatoland (33 page)

Benitez and,
1

boxing match,
1

Brown and,
1

early days,
1

fast food companies confrontation,
1

Flores and,
1

Florida governors and,
1

members,
1

surfxaholic36 and,
1

Whole Foods Market and,
1

Cobra,
1

Coles, Robert,
1

Colfer, Joan,
1

Collier County Health Department,
1
,
2

Columbian Exchange,
1

community, pesticide exposure in,
1

Community Development Credit Union,
1

Compass Group,
1

conservation challenge,
1

consumer satisfaction,
1

convict lease programs,
1

cookbook, first appearance of tomato in,
1

Corkscrew Swamp,
1

Cortés, Hernán,
1

cover crops,
1
,
2
,
3

“coyote,”
1

crew

bosses,
1

regular members of,
1

crime

index,
1

prevention practices,
1

“crimson” gene,
1

Crist, Charlie,
1
,
2

to Benitez,
1

to Reyes,
1

crop

cover,
1
,
2
,
3

development,
1

management,
1

rotation,
1

cross-pollination,
1

Cuban tomatoes,
1

cubeta
,
1

Cuello, Abel,
1

culture, tomato,
1

D

Dade County,
1

Daiker, Davis,
1

Davilos, Ricardo,
1

Davis, Shelly,
1

debt-peonage,
1
,
2

deformities.
See
birth defects

degreened.
See
ethylene gas

Department of Agriculture, U.S., x,
1

pesticide residue findings by, xiii,
1

Department of Food Science & Human Nutrition,
1

Department of Health and Human Services, U.S.,
1

deportation risks,
1

developmental and reproductive toxins,
1

Díaz del Castillo, Bernal,
1

DiGrigoli, Paula,
1

DiMare Fresh,
1

disease,
1
.
See also
specific diseases

fungal, xiii,
1

resistance,
1

DNA sequencing,
1
,
2
,
3

domestic tomato. See
Solanum lycopersicum

domestication of tomato,
1
,
2

Domingo, Lucas Mariano,
1
,
2
,
3

Dominguez, Juan,
1

drip irrigation,
1

DuPont,
1

Durbin, Richard,
1

E

East Coast Growers and Packers,
1
,
2

Eckerton Hill Farm,
1

wages,
1

Economos, Jeannie,
1

Ecuador,
1

Edgar,
1

Edison, Glendell,
1

education

AIDs, program,
1

popular,
1

El Calvario Fuente de Vida,
1

employee,
1

Enriques, Hilda,
1

Environmental Protection Agency, U.S.,
1
,
2
,
3
,
See also
Worker Protection Standard

pesticide approval,
1

environmental threats,
1

Environmental Working Group,
1

ESCA,
1

ethylene gas, x,
1
,
1
.
See also
ripening, artificial

commercial applications,
1

gas chambers,
1

Europe,
1

Everglades, Florida,
1

Everglades Community Association,
1

Everglades Farmworker Village,
1

day care centers,
1

evolution, of tomato,
1

exports,
1

“extended shelf life,”
1

extract, tomato,
1

F

Fair Food Code of Conduct,
1

fair trade,
1

fallow fields,
1

farmworker,
1
.
See also
workers, tomato

average household income for,
1

benefits/overtime for,
1

justice,
1

legalized discrimination against,
1

life expectancy,
1

Farmworker Association of Florida,
1
,
2

air tests,
1

Farmworker Community Support Foundation,
1

Farmworker Justice Fund,
1

fast food companies.
See also
Burger King
;
Campaign for Fair Food
;
Taco Bell

CIW confrontation with,
1

Federal Marketing Order 966,
1

fertilizers, chemical,
1

for maximum production,
1

use in dollars,
1

Firestorm,
1

flavor,
1

analysis,
1

genes that affect,
1

temperature and,
1

flooding fields,
1

Flores, Miguel,
1
,
2

Florida.
See also
specific places and organization

agrichemicals quantities in,
1

environmental threats,
1

governors and CIW,
1

growing conditions,
1

pesticide exposure cases in,
1

slavery history in,
1

soil,
1

Florida 7907,
1

Florida 8059,
1

Florida 8153,
1
.
See also
Tasti-Lee

Florida Bay, Florida,
1

Florida Board of Education,
1

Florida Consumer Action Network,
1

Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services,
1
,
2
,
3

pesticide complaints before,
1

pesticide-abuse investigation and enforcement program,
1

Florida Fruit and Vegetable Association,
1
,
2

“Florida rounds,”
1

Florida tomato

business model,
1

ethylene gassing of,
1

exports,
1

freeze of 2010 and,
1
,
2

growing conditions,
1

harvest,
1

history,
1

imported foods
vs.
,
1

Mexican tomato
vs.
,
1

percentage of, in United States,
1

planting,
1

production of,
1
,
2

pruning,
1

ripening,
1

salmonella outbreak and,
1
,
2

sanitation efforts,
1

staking,
1

winter fields,
1

Florida Tomato Committee,
1
,
2

authority of,
1