Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20100307:14:38:00
Roughly 70% of the tomato crop was wiped out and farmers stand to lose up to $70 million a week until the crop returns. joining me is car men wong ullrich. are you a tomato lover? >> i love them. not only more expensive but the quality has been hurt. we're talking about 25 million cases used to come out of florida, winter time that's where our tomatoes come from. but 1.1 million only. this is a tiny portion. and the ones making out really aren't that good. >> if you're going to buy them, they don't taste so great, but paying a lot for them. >> here's the thing too, restaurants, thick is trickl...