Tomato Tasting with Seed Savers Exchange

Tomato Tasting Save the Date, Saturday, September 7 Back by popular demand Seed Savers Exchange is pleased to announce the return of the tomato-tasting event. Celebrate the joy and benefits of crop biodiversity and vote for your favorite tomato. Workshop Schedule 1:00 p.m.—Processing and Saving Tomato Seeds with Alan Kissinger, greenhouse coordinator, and guest farmer Peg Davis. Peg’s flagship tomato ‘Peg O’ My Heart’ will be part of this year’s tomato-tasting event. 2:00 p.m.—Tomato Growing Techniques. Join Kate Rowe and Sydney Weldon, the SSE evaluation team, to learn how to confidently grow and evaluate your homegrown tomatoes. This workshop will cover seed sourcing and variety selection, transplanting, fertilizing, and maintaining your plants in the garden. Experience a selection of tomato varieties growing at Heritage Farm this season with a walk through the Evaluation Garden. Learn to see your tomatoes differently with hands-on measurements like BRIX and pH, and get a behind-the-scenes look at what it means to evaluate tomatoes at SSE. 3:00 p.m.—Cooking demonstration with Christi Nickey 4:00 p.m.—Winners of the 2024 tomato-tasting event announced.