SedonaDebbie said: Because most big corporate growers don't care if their high yielding, disease resistant, long lasting, super duper freaky hybrid tomatoes taste good...
Growers don't grow products if there isn't a market for them. They are simply providing what consumers want—tomatoes year round, despite the fact that tomatoes aren't at all suited for mass production or shipping. So companies have developed shippable tomatoes. That they are tasteless doesn't stop millions of consumers from buying and eating them. It's not the corporations who don't care, it's the consumers.
It's the same with apples and bananas. There are 100s of delicious varieties grown all over the world, but the fruit you find in supermarkets are the varieties bred primarily for their ability to withstand transport.
