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Dear friends, With less than 12 hours to go, we truly have reached the final countdown for our Kickstarter campaign.  At midnight tonight, barring any sudden loss of faith from our backers, #TeamTomatoJos will officially be able to start the process... (Read More)

... Is not enough to show we care!! With 8 days to go in the Tomato Jos Kickstarter campaign, we have $44,088 pledged and 405 loyal, wonderful backers.  In the past two days alone, we've seen 55 new backers come on board - we are SO excited that you... (Read More)

Dear Tomato Jos supporters, We have exciting news! Kickstarter just rolled out a shipping plan that has WAY more flexibility, and that allows projects to create individualized shipping options for different countries. This means that we can now waive... (Read More)

Dear friends, Wow. Yesterday was a HUGE day for the campaign.  In one fell swoop, we catapulted past the 50% mark for our fundraising goal!! For all of you out there who wanted to immortalize your name on our greenhouse, that opportunity is gone -... (Read More)

Tomato Jos (that's not a typo) wants to raise US$50 000 within the next month in a grand effort to help Nigerian farmers make awesome tomato paste. (Read More)

Nigerian is in scare quotes because Tomato Jos’ creators are actually American. But who cares where you’re from if you’ve figured out a way to harness Nigerian tomatoes — an agricultural resource that goes to monumental waste every year. If Tomato Jos works, it will take Nigerian tomatoes to the rest of the world, and create heaps of value for Nigerian farmers along the way. Again, this has to be the coolest Nigerian kickstarter I have ever seen. (Read More)

What a pile of sh*t! Or, if you prefer the less colloquial term, what a pile of cow manure! This week #TeamTomatoJos has begun preparations for our organic compost. (Read More)

Although Nigeria leads Africa in oil exports, two recent Harvard graduates are trying to ramp up the West African country’s production of a different natural resource—tomato paste. (Read More)

But they need your help. (Read More)

Take a moment to think about a Harvard MBA graduate. Traditionally speaking, they probably end up working at McKinsey, Goldman Sachs, or Google. Now think about tomato paste. The two topics couldn’t have anything in relation, right? Wrong. Mira Mehta, a recent HBS graduate is taking her degree to the tomato farms of Nigeria to innovate the tomato paste industry with her new company, Tomato Jos. The crazy thing is, her and co-founder, Shane Kiernan are entering into an incredibly large and untapped industry. (Read More)