Learn about growing tomatoes and sample tomato and pepper varieties at the University of Missouri Tomato Festival, 4-7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 7, at the Jefferson Farm Extension and Education Center in Columbia.
“We haven’t held the Tomato Festival since 2019, and people are asking for it,” said Tim Reinbott, communications director for the Missouri Agricultural Experiment Station.
The free event will feature tasting of 100 varieties of tomatoes and peppers as well as salsas and other tomato products. MU Extension horticulturist David Trinklein will tell how to grow the tastiest tomatoes. There will be a cooking demonstration with tomatoes and fingerling potatoes.
Activities for kids include flavored milk tasting, pedal tractors to play in and barnyard animals.