Agri-Pulse recently announced the winner of the 2025 Great Tomato Challenge was California Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas. First and second place winners receive $1000 and $500 donations to the food banks of their choice. Speaker Rivas selected Second Harvest in Santa Cruz County and Sen. Ochoa Bogh selected Table of Plenty. The winning tomato plants all had unique growing experiences, depending on each contestant. For example, the winning tomato was fertilized with composted chicken manure and produced over 30 tomatoes during the competition.