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La Tomatina 2024: Snaps from the world’s biggest food fight in Buñol

In the eastern Spanish town of Buñol, revelers joyfully pelted each other with tons of squishy tomatoes at the annual "Tomatina" festival.

29 August 2024

Nature

Scientists step inside the secret world of tomato communication

Heirloom vs hybrid tomatoes: Scientists find organic plants can fight off caterpillars better.

29 January 2024

Lifestyle

La Tomatina 2023 in pictures: The world's biggest food fight

Workers on trucks tipped 120 tons of overripe tomatoes into the main street of the Spanish town of Buñol for participants to throw. And paint the town red.

31 August 2023

Earth News

Genetically modified tomatoes contain more vitamin D, say scientists

Low vitamin D levels affect roughly 1 billion people. Could this be the solution?

24 May 2022

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Macron targeted by tomato throw during first trip since re-election

President Emmanuel Macron was targeted this afternoon by a tomato throw during a walk in the Parisian suburb of Cergy-Pontoise, during his first trip since his re-election.

27 April 2022

Nature

Pomatoes could be the answer to growing demand for food

These plants can grow tomatoes above ground and potatoes below.

28 July 2021

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World's biggest rooftop greenhouse opens in Montreal

The facility spans 15,000 square metres or about the size of three football fields.

26 August 2020

France

France's entire tomato stock under threat from deadly virus

The virus also threatens chillis and pepper bells.

17 February 2020

Spain

Watch live: Thousands hurl fruit at La Tomatina festival

In recent years, as many as 20,000 people have taken part in La Tomatina, most of them tourists.

28 August 2019

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Tomato wars: Colombians paint the town red with mass food fight

A vast crowd of locals and tourists pelted each other with tomatoes on Sunday in a traditional 'Tomatina' that left the Colombian town of Sutamarchan awash with red pulp.

3 June 2019

Spain

Spain paints the town red with tomatoes

Spain paints the town red with La Tomatina tomato-throwing festival

29 August 2018