Hybrid Tomato Seed More Expensive Than Gold

MOSHAV BEIT HANAN, ISRAEL - FEBRUARY 13: Israeli farmer Erez Atzmon tends to his hybrid yellow cherry tomatoes, named Summer Sun, in his greenhouse February 13, 2007 at Moshav Beit Hanan in central Israel. One kilogram of Summer Sun seeds developed by Hazera Genetics, an Israeli company specializing in breeding and marketing non-GMO hybrid varieties of vegetable and field crops, was sold to growers in Europe for 350,000 USD or about 268,800 Euros, more than sixteen times the price of gold. The warm-yellow colored fruit, with high concentrations of sugar which makes for a unique honey sweet taste, retails in Europe for about 23.50 USD, or about 18 Euros a kilogram. (Photo by David Silverman/Getty Images)