You Say Tomato, I Say Industrial

03.14.07

As we mention in this week's edition of Gourmet Weekly, there's not a lot of action on the West Texas road that runs between Marfa and Fort Davis. But there is one quaint little mom-and-pop operation: Village Farms. Why, you can practically hear the pastoral music wafting over the meadows. What's that we see up ahead? Is it a barn? Are there horsies? Ah, Village Farms. Just typing the name, we can almost smell the hay. But don't take our word for it—click through and see for yourself…

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The Fort Davis division of Village Farms produces more than 20 million pounds of tomatoes a year. Twenty million more are produced at the Marfa division, ten miles away.

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