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In many episodes where Trisha (the boys’ mother) is seen, she is carrying,
tending to, or harvesting tomatoes.

![enter image description here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/8sNJb.png) ( _Trisha
in her tomato field; she is carrying tomatoes in her apron._ )

Why does she have these tomatoes? Does she home-grow all of their food, or is
this just a hobby of hers?


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Why does Trisha Elric have tomatoes?


The Village of Resembool is a sheep-farming town in Amestris and is well known
because of this

[Village of Resembool](http://fma.wikia.com/wiki/Resembool)

If you have watched the anime when Ed and Al go back home there are a lot of
farms

![](https://i.stack.imgur.com/BrZhP.png)

So my guess is that she harvested her own vegetables for their food and maybe
for trading.


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This is my own guessing, but it may be the truth.

I read some researchers about tomatoes and their nutritional value, and it
found out that their lycopene value is very high, and considered to be helping
with cancer and more disease.

It might be pure guess, but it may suggest that the authors of FMA wanted to
let us the readers/watchers know that Trisha is already in deep disease, and
so that's the reason she raises them.

<https://www.nfcr.org/blog/tasty-tomatoes-anti-cancer-attributes-healthy-
recipe/>


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