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Festival of the Mexican Tomato - 2022 Oaxaca

Tomatoes for Tomorrow

Aug 8, 20221 min read

Festival of the Mexican Tomato - 2022 Oaxaca

We are pleased to announce the 2nd Mexican Native and Ancestral Tomato Fair, 03-04 September 2022. This year the festival will be held...

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Plants People Planet highlights the importance of tomato diversity

Tomatoes for Tomorrow

Oct 14, 20211 min read

Plants People Planet highlights the importance of tomato diversity

Research by our consortium has just been published in the journal Plants People Planet. The article is a vital proof-of-concept study,...

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Mexico's ancestral tomatoes featured in La Jornada this month

Tomatoes for Tomorrow

Jun 20, 20211 min read

Mexico's ancestral tomatoes featured in La Jornada this month

La Jornada, one of Mexico City's leading daily newspapers, has dedicated this month's weekend supplement to tomato agrodiversity and...

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Video celebrating Mexican tomato diverstiy

Tomatoes for Tomorrow

Jun 2, 20211 min read

Video celebrating Mexican tomato diverstiy

This video, prepared by student colalborator, Marian Villavicencio, highlights some of Mexico's regional tomato diversity.

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Tomatoes for Tomorrow

Dec 3, 20201 min read

Interview with Maestra Cristina Barros

Maestra Cristina Barros is known across Mexico as writer, teacher and leading proponent of traditional Mexican cuisine and its links to...

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Video diary of the 1st Mexican Native and Ancestral Tomato Fair

Tomatoes for Tomorrow

Nov 27, 20201 min read

Video diary of the 1st Mexican Native and Ancestral Tomato Fair

Vdeo diario de la primera Feria del Tomate Nativo y Ancestral de México

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New GEF Agrobiodiversity project in Mexico helps tomatoes

Tomatoes for Tomorrow

Nov 26, 20201 min read

New GEF Agrobiodiversity project in Mexico helps tomatoes

Mexico's Ministry of Environment and Natural History and National Commission for the Knowledge and Use of Biodiversity are coordinating...

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Tomatoes for Tomorrow

Oct 14, 20202 min read

Tomato workshops!

Photo Credits: M.E.López González, M.Villavicencio Aguila, Colectivo Milli Four workshops featured during the Mexican Native and...

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Mexican Native and Ancestral Tomato Fair

Tomatoes for Tomorrow

Sep 2, 20203 min read

Mexican Native and Ancestral Tomato Fair

The Fair is an initiative led by academics, students, producers and traditional cooks that seeks to rescue, value and protect Mexico’s...

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Conference talks at the Mexican Native and Ancestral Tomato Fair

Tomatoes for Tomorrow

Sep 2, 20202 min read

Conference talks at the Mexican Native and Ancestral Tomato Fair

Conference talks during the first Mexican Native and Ancestral Tomato Fair covered diverse topics. They ranged from historical,...

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Tomatoes for Tomorrow

Aug 4, 20201 min read

Who has seeds, has a treasure

Muy Interesante's Victoria Gonzalez reports on agrodiversity conservation in Spain. Throughout the generations, humanity has been...

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Tomatoes for Tomorrow

Jan 31, 20201 min read

Exploring collaboration with TRADITOM

TRADITOM, an EU-funded project that ran from 2015-2018, provided the most comprehensive exploration of traditional European tomato...

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Researchers launch work to preserve ‘climate smart’ tomatoes

Tomatoes for Tomorrow

Sep 6, 20191 min read

Researchers launch work to preserve ‘climate smart’ tomatoes

Lancaster University reports on how "weird and wonderful tomato varieties – which are largely unknown even in their country of origin –...

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1ra Feria del Jitomate Nativo y Ancestral de la CDMX

Tomatoes for Tomorrow

Sep 1, 20191 min read

1ra Feria del Jitomate Nativo y Ancestral de la CDMX

Our community is hosting Mexico City's 1st Festival of Native and Ancestral Tomatoes, at the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana (UAM). ...

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Saving and using Mexico’s fantastic #tomato agricultural #biodiversity

Tomatoes for Tomorrow

Aug 4, 20191 min read

Saving and using Mexico’s fantastic #tomato agricultural #biodiversity

Geoff Tansy of the on-line, open education resource, the Food Systems Academy, interviewed Dr Jacob Phelps at Lancaster University In...

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Cae precio del jitomate por sobre oferta de producto

Tomatoes for Tomorrow

Jun 19, 20191 min read

Cae precio del jitomate por sobre oferta de producto

"El cobro del 25% de arancel al tomate mexicano ha provocado que se deje de exportar el producto, lo que satura los mercados y malbarata...

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