by Laura Hess
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Erring on the side of 'heirloom'
Greenwashing our vegetable modifiers 3
Posted 1 year, 1 month ago A few weeks ago, I was having dinner at a renowned restaurant in San Francisco, when I noticed something a bit troubling on the menu. According to the description, the "Heirloom Tomato Salad" was made with a mix of Sweet 100 and Sungold tomatoes -- both of which are hybrid varieties.OK, big deal, they made a mistake. Well, two weeks later, I stopped at a farm stand advertising heirloom tomatoes, and sure enough, the alleged heirlooms were hybrids.
All this falsity in advertising has me wondering if the term "heirloom" is becoming just another one of those previously meaningful… Read More
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