How The Taste Of Tomatoes Went Bad (And Kept On Going)
Have you noticed that some tomatoes have a top part that looks underripe? Those "green shoulders" are actually the key to their flavor.
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Collaborative Evaluation of Heirloom Tomatoes, Visit to Julia 2025
On Thursday, January 16, we visited Julia’s farm in Florencio Varela. Julia is part of the Minka cooperative for agroecological seed production.
As part of the Citizen Science project, Julia grows and evaluates different heirloom tomato varieties — three linked to the “Rescuing the Heirloom Tomato” project (Aimé, La Piqui, and No Me Olvides) and four others from the same collection but harvested in 2023 (Perita No. 18, Perita No. 20, Perita No. 67, and Perita Ronita).
In addition, she conserves and cultivates more than 10 of her own tomato varieties, which she has collected and preserved over the years
Laboratorio vivo: cultivar, experimentar y aprender en la UNSAM
El pasado martes 17 de diciembre, se llevó a cabo una nueva jornada de trabajo en la Huerta Comunitaria de la UNSAM, en la que se instalaron importantes mejoras y se realizaron diversas actividades de mantenimiento. Esta jornada, contó con la presencia de Angelly Sánchez y Sabrina Rendon, integrantes del equipo de “Al rescate del Tomate Criollo” de la Facultad de Agronomía de la UBA (FAUBA).
Read moreOrchard maintenance and creole tomato transplant at UNSAM
En el marco del proyecto “Laboratorio vivo: cultivar, experimentar y aprender en la UNSAM”, el pasado jueves 7 de noviembre se llevamos adelante una Jornada de Trasplante y Mantenimiento en la Huerta Educativa y Parcela Experimental “Casita Astro”. Esta actividad, realizada en colaboración con el Área de Sustentabilidad y Ambiente de la Secretaría de Extensión y Vinculación (SEyV), incluyó la cosecha de hortalizas y el trasplante de tomates criollos.
Read moreAdvances in collaborative evaluation of tomatoes between Bioleft and Minka
On September 10th, the Bioleft extension team visited Julia’s farm, a member of the Minka cooperative for agroecological seed production, located in Florencio Varela. This is where the varieties of tomatoes linked to the “Al rescate del tomate criollo” project are being evaluated.
Read moreClosing workshop for the Minka-Bioleft 2023/2024 tomato season
On Wednesday, July 31, the closing workshop for the 2023-2024 collaborative tomato evaluation season between Minka and Bioleft was held at Julia’s farm, a member of Minka, located in Florencio Varela.
Read moreClosing of Creole tomato 2023/2024 season. “Working for participatory breeding”
As part of the “Al Rescate del Tomate criollo” project [“To the Rescue of Creole Tomato”], which seeks to recover tomato flavour through the collection, exchange and collaborative breeding of creole tomatoes, the Closing workshop of Creole Tomato 2023/2024 season was held virtually on June 26. More than 30 grower-breeders from different regions of the country participated in the workshop”.
Read moreCreole tomato: seed exchange in Buenos Aires
Recovering authentic tomato flavour is one of my biggest goals since I started to grow my food. The gatherings between urban growers, where we exchange seeds and knowledge, are crucial to preserving vegetal diversity.
Read moreBioleft in the First Environmental Conference of the University of Buenos Aires (UBA)
Last June 5, International Environmental Day, Bioleft and the team from “Al Rescate del Tomate Criollo” [To the Rescue of Creole Tomato] participated in the First UBA Environmental Conference held on the Faculty of Agronomy campus, with the goal of meeting, interacting and making visible the University contributions on environmental matters. It was an enrichment day, where we could gather and learn from experiences of management and innovation and become aware of the actions and contributions of the University community on environmental matters.
Read moreWomen producers-breeders building food sovereignty
On Tuesday, October 3, we gathered with our parnters from Minka in his house of seeds at CEDEPO, located in the nearside of Florencio Varela. Minka semillera is an organization of woman who produce seeds on farms in Guernica and Florencio Varela Buenos Aires Province) and, organized as a cooperative, they aim to generate availability of diverse and resilient seeds for family farmers of the peri urban area of Buenos Aires.
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