Locally Grown Vegetables
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What we're Growing
FARM FACTS
Source: The USDA Vegetable Laboratory
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Bell peppers are usually sold green, but they can also be red, purple or yellow.
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Tomatoes are very high in the carotenoid Lycopene; eating foods with carotenoids can lower your risk of cancer.
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Other vegetables high in carotenoids are carrots, spinach, sweet potatoes, and collard greens.
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Most of the nutrients in a potato reside just below the skin layer.
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A horn worm can eat an entire tomato plant by itself in one day!
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In the United States, more tomatoes are consumed than any other single fruit or vegetable!
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California produces almost all of the broccoli sold in the United States.
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White potatoes were first cultivated by local Indians in the Andes Mountains of South America.
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Yams and sweet potatoes are not the same thing!
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A baked potato (with skin) is a good source of dietary fiber (4 grams).
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Actually a fruit, it took a ruling by the Supreme Court in 1893 to make the tomato a vegetable.
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Potatoes first appeared in Europe in 1586; they made it to North America in 1719.
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The potato disease “Late Blight” was the principal cause of the Irish Potato Famine, which killed a half million people.
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It is recommended that you eat five servings of fruit or vegetables a day. A serving equals one-half cup.
HOW WE DO IT
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Start with Non GMO seeds and plants when available
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Use natural fertilizer right from our farm animals
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Weed the garden by hand without using and chemicals