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“Homegrown tomatoes home grown tomatoes

Wha’d life be without homegrown tomatoes

Only two things money can’t buy

That’s true love and homegrown tomatoes”

— By Guy Clark, singer/songwriter 1983

Mike Dooley grew up in a small town in New Jersey and still remembers the taste of his mother’s garden tomatoes. He also remembers a period of time when most grocery stores offered a pa...