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- R. Tyler Mack
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- "The Tomato and The Big Apple"
- Summary: People in New York City are all interconnected and part of a bigger whole.
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Review of The Tomato and The Big Apple
R. Tyler Mack
Posted on March 30, 2005 at 09:00 AM
Ms van Heemstra takes us on a meandering, thoughtful journey of the food cycle in New York. Sitting on a subway, she ponders what happens to all of the human waste fifteen million people produce. On that notion, she investigates and follows the cycle to sanitation plant, to manure factory, to Florida tomato fields, to New York fruit market, to restaurant, and back again. It's not just about "her" tomato, though. Ms van Heemstra observes the people involved in the cycle and their own personal stories, as well.