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Fairfield Downtown Association

16th Annual Tomato Festival & West Coast Barbeque Championship!
A Fun Filled Family Event!

Saturday, August 18th, 2007
10 am - 6:00 pm
Texas Street
from Pennsylvania Avenue to Union Street
Downtown Fairfield
Map Dining


• Daily Republic Ad 08/14/07

• Daily Republic Article 08/14/07
Pages: 1 2
Secret of city festivals’ success is
Support - Tomato Festival, Fiesta Days have reaped benefits


The Tomato festival draws over 45,000 people of all ages. This celebration of Solano County's agricultural heritage features Tomato Alley where more than 50 varieties of heirloom tomatoes and gourmet tomato products can be sampled and purchased.

Nearly 200 craft and commercial vendors attend, and live music fills two stages.

The "Attack of the Killer Tomatoes" film is shown with free admission at Pepper Belly's Comedy and Variety Theater.



TOMATO FESTIVAL ACTIVITIES
• FREE kids activities galore
• Gourmet tomato products to sample and buy
• Nearly 200 craft and commercial Vendors
• Farmers Market with fresh produce and fruit
• More than 50 heirloom tomatoes to taste and buy
• Tomato eating contest - CASH PRIZES
• Tomato tasting, gourmet products

FREE Children's Entertainment/Activities
• Commercial Rides
• Hands on Arts and Crafts

Crafts Show & Vendors
• Arts and Crafts Vendors on Texas Street from Madison • to Jefferson
• Food Court at Texas and Madison Streets
• Beer and Wine-adjacent to stage area




Tomato Festival Results
"The Tomato Festival was a huge success. The website was a huge part of that. We had a woman come from Chico, and she used our site to plan her trip!"
Emily Low Fairfield Downtown Association - Main Street Program Coordinator 8/15/03 10:12am



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THE TOMATO RESOURCE
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Pronunciation: ta - maa - toe; chiefly British, eastern New England, northeastern Virginia, and sometimes elsewhere in cultivated speech -'m[a']- or -'mþ-; chiefly Northern -'ma-
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural -toes
Etymology: alteration of earlier tomate, from Spanish, from Nahuatl tomatl Date: 1604
1 : the usually large rounded typically red or yellow pulpy berry of a tomato
2 : any of a genus (Lycopersicon) of So. American herbs of the nightshade family; especially : one (L. lycopersicum syn. L. esculentum) that is more or less perennial in its native habitat but is widely cultivated as an annual for its edible fruit
3 : any fruit of the numerous cultivated varieties of Lycopersicon esculentum, a plant of the nightshade family (Solanaceae); also, the fruit of L. pimpinelli folium, the tiny currant tomato.

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Do a search on google or webster

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Tomato Festival articles
from the Daily Republic Newspaper.
Access free for Daily Republlic subscribers:

2007

• Daily Republic Ad 081407
• Daily Republic Article Page 1 2 081407

2005

Fairfield tastes a multitude of tomatoes
2005/08/14

High energy--Special Request to get the booty moving at Tomato Festival
2005/08/12

Tomato Festival events fill toss void
2005/08/09

The truth behind tomatoes that scientists don't want you to know Brad Stanhope, always humorous, take on tomatoes
2005/08/07

Maytag squashes Great Tomato Toss
2005/07/28

Tomato festival ads sloppy twist this year
2005/07/04

Food, family and fun in Fairfield
2005/03/11

Following links may not work due to revised Daily Repubic archive methods:
Need to relink. 2005/12/19

2004

Grill experts coming to Fairfield
The Fairfield Downtown Association will host the West Coast Barbecue Championship as part of the 13th annual Tomato Festival Aug. 14 in downtown Fairfield. As many as 25 barbecue teams are expected to compete in four categories: chicken,...
2004_0601

2003
Tomato Festival: Fairfield celebration honors the juicy fruit
2003/08/10

A year of growing and giving--Fairfield Soroptimist club has a lot to celebrate. Last Saturday, members partnered with the Fairfield Downtown Association to sponsor the annual Tomato Festival cooking contest. The festival itself takes place today on Texas Street in downtown Fairfield.
2003/08/09

Tasting, tossing tomatoes
2003/08/08

Souled Out has you covered--Variety band performs at Tomato Festival
2003/08/08

Grape expectations for Suisun Valley
2003/08/08

Tomato festival expands
2003/08/03

2001
Red hot -- Tomato festival celebrates 10th anniversary this weekend
2001/08/16

Tomato festival plans ripen
2001/07/10

Tomato planting info articles
from the Daily Republic Newspaper:

The basics of homegrown tomatoes
2004/05/29

Vogue veggies--All ages eat up videos and books with Bob the Tomato and Larry the Cucumber
2002/09/28

Answers to all your tomato planting questions
2002/06/22

The Moy tomato wars - a fruity conspiracy
2001/04/06

More dirt flies in the tomato wars
2001/09/01

Wait until the tomato plant begins to droop a little before you water
2000/05/12



Tomato farming info articles
from the Daily Republic Newspaper:

Solano County agriculture is booming
2004/05/25

Seeing the light -- Tomato drying facility staying profitable in troubled times
2002/10/20

A wave of uncertainty--Several area farmers reeling after recent cutbacks on pear, tomato contracts
2000/07/15

Tomato
Official Site of the California Tomato Commission
The home page of the California fresh market tomato industry, with consumer information including recipes, nutrition, and fun facts! ...

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