Tomatoland (36 page)

Reigart, J. Routt,
1

rent,
1

reproductive disorders,
1

toxins and,
1

restricted-entry intervals (REI),
1

Revolutionary War,
1

Reyes, Geraldo,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4

Crist to,
1

Rick, C. M., Jr.,
1

Rick, Charlie,
1

RICO.
See
Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act

ripeness,
1

ripening, artificial,
1
,
2
,
3
,
See also
ethylene gas

Roberts, John G.,
1
,
2

Roblero, Ariosto,
1

Roosevelt, Franklin D.,
1

roots,
1

Rudo, Kenneth,
1

Ruiz, Raul Humberto,
1

Rural Neighborhoods,
1

S

SAFE.
See
Socially Accountable Farm Employers

salmonella,
1

accusations for outbreak of, xiv,
1

salsa origins,
1

Sanchez, Pascuala,
1

sand, tomato field,
1

concentrations of moisture in,
1

Sanders, Bernie,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4

Sanibel Island, Florida,
1

sanitation efforts,
1

Santa Sweets,
1
,
2

Santana,
1

Santorum, Rick,
1

Schell, Gregory S.,
1
,
2

Schleifer, Rebecca,
1

Scott, John Warner,
1

Scythe,
1

seasonal,
1

seed catalog copywriters,
1

seepage irrigation,
1

self-pollination,
1

Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor & Pensions,
1

Sequence, Pierre Robin,
1

Shafey, Omar,
1

shower program,
1

Six L’s Packing Company,
1
,
2

Campaign for Fair Food and,
1

slavery, history of,
1

slavery, modern-day, xv–xvi,
1
,
1
.
See also
specific cases

Domingo case,
1

as inherent to economic system,
1

in Lake Placid,
1

Martinez, A., case,
1

Miguel A. Flores Harvesting, Inc. and,
1

threats against victims’ families,
1

small farm,
1
,
2

Socially Accountable Farm Employers (SAFE),
1

Sodexo,
1

sodium content,
1

soil.
See also
sand, tomato field

Florida,
1

fumigation,
1

nutrients,
1

organic methods and nutrients in,
1

sand,
1

solarization,
1

Solanum arcanum
,
1

Solanum cerasiforme
,
1

Solanum chilense
,
1
,
2

Solanum habrochaites
,
1

Solanum juglandifolium
,
1

Solanum lycopersicum
, xi,
1
,
2

Solanum ochranthum
,
1

Solanum pennielli
,
1

Solanum peruvianum
,
1

Solanum pimpinellifolium
,
1
,
2
,
3

search for,
1

Solanum sitiens
,
1

Sonoran Desert,
1

sorghum,
1

Sota, Francesca,
1

soup kitchen,
1

South America,
1
.
See also
specific places

Southern Poverty Law Center,
1

Southwest Florida Research & Education Center,
1

Specter, Arlen,
1

spotted wilt virus,
1

St. John’s River Water Management District,
1

staking,
1

standards of food, xii

Stark, Tim (Tomatoman),
1

Stauber, John,
1

Stauffacher, Fritz,
1

Steele, John E.,
1

stem canker,
1

Stockman Grass Farmer
,
1

strawberry,
1

structure, tomato,
1

Stuart, Michael,
1

Student/Farmworker Alliance,
1

Styers, Greg,
1

subcontractor system,
1
,
2

sudangrass,
1

sugarcane agriculture,
1

sugars,
1

Sun ’N Lakes,
1

sunlight,
1

supermarket chains,
1
,
2
,
3

supermarket tomatoes,
1

pesticide residue and, xiii,
1

prices,
1

surfxholic36,
1

sustainability, violations of,
1

“sweatshops in the fields,” 112

T

T-1 visas,
1

Taco Bell,
1

Tariff Act of March 3, 1883,
1

taste panel,
1

Tasti-Lee,
1

test-market,
1

Tembladera,
1

temperature

taste and,
1

tomatoes’ internal,
1

teratogenic,
1

tetra-amelia syndrome,
1

cases,
1

theatro
,
1

thiamin content,
1

Thomas Produce Company,
1

tobacco mosaic,
1

Together for Agricultural Safety,
1

tomatillos silvestres
,
1

Tomato Committee.
See
Florida Tomato Committee

Tomato Growers Exchange.
See
Florida Tomato Growers Exchange

“tomato tar,” 102,
1

Tommy Toe,
1

Touchdown,
1

Tower Cabins,
1

trafficking.
See
human trafficking

U

UglyRipe,
1
,
2

exemption,
1

fight for,
1

at packing plant,
1

“ultrafirm tomato,” 144

United States.
See also
specific places

first tomatoes in,
1

percentage of Florida tomatoes in, x

Universidad de Chile,
1

University of California Davis, xii,
1
,
2
,
3
,
See also
C.M. Rick Tomato Genetics Resource Center

University of California Los Angeles,
1

University of Chicago,
1

University of Florida,
1
.
See also
Department of Food Science & Human Nutrition

University of Florida’s Gulf Coast Research and Education Center,
1

University of Notre Dame,
1

University of South Florida’s College of Education,
1

urbanization,
1
,
2

V

Vasquez, Jose,
1

vegetable popularity, x

Vegetable Production Handbook for Florida 2010–2011
,
1
,
2

verticillium wilt,
1

Viacava, Joseph,
1
,
2

Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000,
1
,
2
,
3

vitamin C content,
1

volatiles,
1

wild tomatoes and,
1

W

wage, xiv.
See also
minimum wage

at Eckerton Hill Farm,
1