Why Tomatoes Are Becoming a Lot More Expensive

Alexia Bădoiu

Food prices have been quickly climbing for years now, and now there’s another staple that could see prices soon shoot up: tomatoes. Mexican tomatoes are immediately being slapped with a 17% tariff, the U.S. Dept. of Commerce said on July 14 , announcing it was withdrawing from a 2019 agreement that suspended tariffs on tomatoes imported from Mexico.  That could affect a lot of grocery store tomatoes. Although the fruit— or vegetable , depending on who you ask—is also grown in Florida, about 70%

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