Many tomatoes of different colors and sizes on a wooden surface

Recipe: Fried Green Tomatoes

Featured at Seed Savers Exchange’s 2018 Tomato Tasting at Heritage Farm, this fried green tomatoes dish stars tart, unripe tomatoes.

Three red tomatoes and four thick tomato slices

Recipes

Recipe: Amish Meets Italian Soup

Amish Meets Italian Soup with Seed Savers Exchange Veggies, submitted by Susan J. Bliss, Seed Savers Exchange customer, This soup recipe is sweet with a touch of heat… perfect. But take note—it’s these varieties and ingredients that make this soup superb.

A wooden box of red, orange, yellow, and white tomatoes of varying sizes

Growing Guides

Growing Guide: Tomato

Tomato plants can be either determinate or indeterminate. Determinate plants will produce tomatoes that all ripen around the same time, while indeterminate plants will continue producing new growth and new fruits throughout the growing season.

Recipes

Recipe: Lemon Basil and Peach Panzanella

Lemon Basil and Peach Panzanella by Lucy Burkhart, Neptune Springs Family Farm. “Panzanella has always been a hit in our family,” says Lacy. “This light, yet filling, dish is delicious after a long, hot day working on our sixth-generation family farm, and ‘Mrs. Burn’s Lemon’ basil has the perfect citrus flavor to add extra depth to it.”

Green jalepeno slices, greed leaves, a lime slice, sliced onion and a red tomato on a wooden surface

Recipes

Recipe: Fresh Salsa

Fresh Salsa, submitted by Loraine Wilmers, Seed Savers Exchange customer

A metal tray with four yellow summer squash, two zucchini squash, and two small green pumpkin squash

Recipes

Recipe: Colache (Summer Squash, Mexican Style)

Colache (Summer Squash, Mexican Style) submitted by Joan Weed “This recipe is a stovetop sauté of corn, tomatoes, summer squash, and onion in butter,” says Joan. “It seems ordinary, but it is fresh, delicious, and colorful too.”

Chopped tomatoes with basil leaves on top of a long slice of bread on a white plate

Recipes

Recipe: Bruschetta

Bruschetta submitted by Louise Quigley, Seed Savers Exchange member “I only make this recipe in late summer/early fall when the tomatoes, basil, and oregano are all ready in my garden and the harvested garlic is ready to use,” says Louise. “I use organic whole wheat bread baked by my husband.”

Three large dark purple/red tomatoes on a wood table

Stewardship Stories

Q&A with Craig LeHoullier, SSE Tomato Advisor

Craig discovered a passion for heirloom tomatoes when he joined Seed Savers Exchange in 1986 and today serves as SSE’s tomato adviser.
He has named and popularized many well-known tomatoes, including ‘Cherokee Purple,’ and in 2005 added amateur tomato breeding to his garden resumé. He continues to co-lead a space-limited breeding project, responsible for creating 125 (and counting) new compact growing varieties for space-challenged gardeners.

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Stewardship Stories

Exchange Spotlight: Steve Strickler

It’s a fact—the Exchange remains a vibrant source of unique, awe-worthy seeds because of our passionate listers and their distinctive interests. One such lister is Bloomington, Indiana, resident Steve Strickler, a grower of state record-breaking produce.

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Varieties

Community Scientists Make A Difference

The 2018 community science programs, consisting of 80 Seed Savers Exchange members, helped us take another giant step forward in preserving our collection.