Bay Produce tomato crop diminished, flower sales coming

Bay Produce tomato crop diminished, flower sales coming

SUPERIOR — A variety of factors have left local grocers without Bay Produce tomatoes to sell. The high cost to heat the larger, 1-acre greenhouse, cold and dark winter months that affected the tomato plants in the smaller half-acre greenhouse and the addition of spring flowers have all contributed to a reduction in the supply of tomatoes available to local grocery stores, according to Mark Kroll, Challenge Center director. About 20% of the space…