Maybe local growers who make thin skinned tomatoes that are actually edible will make a come back. Same for peaches and pears. Hell a California peach if thrown correctly could be used as a lethal weapon.
Commercial tomatoes are thick skinned so they can be machine harvested, but I understand your point.
You must be referring to the “Red, baseball size, leather skinned, green cored, genetically modified, tasteless sack of seeds tomato” Yes?