Producers: Hazel Stark & Joe Horn Host: Hazel Stark For roughly 200 years after the tomato was introduced to Europe, it was considered perhaps the least edible thing in European and American gardens thanks to a number of false accounts of their toxicity all seeming to stem from their unfortunate beginnings as table fare on the plates of some aristocratic foodies. Photos, a full transcript, references, contact information, and more available at thenatureofphenology.wordpress.com.