News+Events

  • TRADITOM results showcased in Technical Dossier

    A recent Technical Dossier published by the Catalan Department of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Food is dedicated to the Catalan varieties of tomatoes, in particular to the “Tomàquet de Penjar“, which is a traditional variety and emblem of Catalan agriculture. As part of dissemination series on traditional varieties, this dossier is primarily directed at Catalan famers and everybody else...
  • Traditional tomatoes for happier consumers - TRADITOM featured in Research*eu magazine

    The European Commission’s Research*eu magazine is regularly highlighting the most promising project outcomes in a variety of research domains, with a focus on a particular theme in every issue. The December 2018/January 2019 issue included a special feature on „A secure and high-quality food system, from farm, factory, to fork“ and the TRADITOM consortium is proud to be among the success stories....
  • Goodbye TRADITOM, hello tasty tomatoes

    After 42 months of investigating the huge variability of traditional European tomatoes, the TRADITOM activities have come to an end in August 2018. The project has come a long way since it’s kick-off in March 2015: TRADITOM has resulted in the most comprehensive exploration of traditional European tomato varieties so far. This exploration was possible thanks to joining forces between...
  • TRADITOM in the spotlight

    The growing interest in what determines the quality of tomatoes has gained TRADITOM a slot on prime time TV. A team of the Spanish programme “En el Punto de Mira” recently travelled to Valencia to visit the CSIC research institute and to discuss the reasons that influence the loss of flavour in tomatoes with TRADITOM coordinator Antonio Granell and his colleague Jose Luis Rambla. During the...
  • TRADITOM goes organic III

    Local growers Cesar Baltasar and Javier Ciscar are crazy about their rich traditional Valencian crop heritage. A couple of years ago, they started to grow different Valencian varieties of vegetables including the tomato “cuarenteno”, pepper tomato, stripped eggplants, snake-melons, pumpkins, red kidney beans, etc. About the same time they became aware of the TRADITOM project and have added to the...