Processing tomatoes, which accounted for 89 percent of all tomatoes produced in 2008, are machine-harvested while fresh-market tomatoes are hand-picked. Fresh-market tomato prices are typically higher and more variable than processing because of larger production costs and greater market uncertainty. Fresh Tomato Industry. Commercial Acreage. Fresh-market tomatoes are produced in every State in the Nation, with commercial-scale production in about 20 States.
Famous For: Writing over 100 works including âThe Flood,â âThe Firebirdâ and âIstrumental Soloist.â. Awards: Leonie Sonning Music Prize, 4 Grammy Awards. Igor Stravinsky was born on June 17th, 1882, in Oranienbaum, Russia. He spent most of his childhood in Saint Petersburg with his mother and father. During his time in school, Stravinsky did not have many friends and he turned to music, which he had an interest in.
His music sparked the interest of Sergei Diaghilev, who knew that Stravinsky would be the ideal composer to write ballet music for his Russian Ballet. Diaghilev commissioned his three famous works The Firebird, Petrushka, The Rite of Spring. With the outbreak of war, Stravinsky and his family moved to Switzerland, but after the end of the war, he found that he was too isolated from the main centers of musical activity in Europe.