I read a scary article in today's Wall Street Journal. Thanks to all of the snow, ice and below-freezing temperatures this winter we're in the beginning stages of a tomato shortage. It's already prompted fast food restaurants like Wendy's, Arby's and Burger King to leave off the tomatoes on their sandwiches unless they're specifically asked for. Subway is continuing to use tomatoes on its sandwiches but they are using different varities, such as plum tomatoes. Here's the really scary part - the cold temperatures that destroyed a lot of the citrus crop in Florida also destroyed about 70% of the tomato crop. And this happened just when I started eating a lot of tomatoes. Why couldn't this have happened to broccoli?
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