Local cucumber growers in an unpretty pickle
Friday, April 4, 2008 | 11:42 am
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.
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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