Friday Food Facts
Did You Hear the One About the Banana and the Tomato?
If you place a ripe banana next to a green tomato, the tomato will ripen due to the ethylene gas produced by the banana. While Arizona doesn’t grow bananas, we do grow lots of delicious tomatoes. And Yuma, is where we grow all our leafy green vegetables.
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