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    April 4, 2008

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    Local cucumber growers in an unpretty pickle


    Posted at 11:42 am by Sarah Jackson

    Skagit County, where one of the citizens’ favorite mottos is “Pavement Is Forever,” just took another hit in the farming sector.

    Check out this story about cucumbers, a crop that’s likely to be much, much smaller this summer thanks to the loss of a major processing plant in Portland.

    At a time when we need major food suppliers, such as the plant’s owner — Bay Valley Foods of Green Bay, Wis. — to buy local food, they’re not. Instead, they’re finding sources as far away as India.

    Boooooooo.

    Do you have thoughts on the impending cuke crisis?

    I bet you do.

    Please comment below or write me here.
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