In addition to the increase in the price of wheat in Italy, the tomato also flies

There is not only the rise in the price of wheat. Even the price of the tomato - the glory and pride of Sicily, the tomato from Pachino, in the province of Syracuse - is starting to fly. And in Northern Italy, the traditional buyer of Sicilian production (and also Lazio, if it is true that the tomato is also grown in Lazio), this is not very good. "Dear cherry tomatoes, wholesale prices up to 5 euros", headlines ITALIA FRUIT. Explanation? “Since August, the market prices of cherry tomatoes have skyrocketed in the face of production shortages in Lazio and Sicily. A situation conditioned by drought and the shortage of manpower that is not destined to change in the next few hours ”, writes ITALIA FRUIT. But is this really the case? Seen from Milan maybe they see it this way; from Sicily, however, the explanation is different. Meanwhile, the increase in prices can only please the tomato producers of our island, if it is true that, for many years, the Pachino tomato has been paid to ...