My Tween Daughter Argued in School That Tomatoes Are Fruits, and Here is What Happened

Chris Martine

My Tween Daughter Argued in School That Tomatoes Are Fruits, and Here is What Happened

Chris Martine

Bucknell University

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Abstract

You say "tomato" and I say "tomahto." Either way, we're still going to argue about whether it's a fruit or a vegetable -- especially when the issue gets in the craw of my tween daughter.

Original language	American English
State	Published - Jan 10 2014

Keywords

Tomato
Is tomato a fruit
Fruit
Food pyramid
MyPlate
USDA
middle school

Disciplines

Agricultural Education
Agricultural Science
Biology
Botany
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Food Science
Fruit Science
Human and Clinical Nutrition
Life Sciences
Nutrition
Plant Sciences
Science and Mathematics Education

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