Today we went to Yuma Lettuce Days. There were many booths containing food, merchandise, and information about the growing and harvesting of the lettuce crop in the valley. As I had mentioned in an earlier blog I was hoping to get the answers to some questions at this event and I did. I wondered about all the lettuce left in the fields after the picking. The answer we received was about what we had expected. While a field is being picked the pickers are looking for a specific size requested by the buyer. Sometimes a field is picked more than once as they have requests from different buyers. They also told us that people are NOT supposed to enter the fields to glean what has been left. They are very protective of these fields and you will see brochures informing the public that they, and their pets, are to stay out of the fields. I also asked about the different watering techniques at the Water Management Booth. I as told it depends on the crop as well as making the best use of the water. The farmers are very concerned about water management and not wasting water. Hmmm, we leaned a lot at this event.
This is a picture of a poster at the Tanimura & Antle booth. This company has been farming for 3 generations and now farms around 30,000 acres in California, Arizona, Texas and Peru. I wanted you to see this field of their Artisan Lettuce. The colors are beautiful.
Here's the lettuce up close and personal at the booth. These boxes contain Petite Tango, Petite Gem and Petite Oak lettuces. They were actually giving away these boxes, which was quite a treat!
There was also a Farmers Market today, so we got some fresh strawberries and brussel sprouts. The berries are so pretty and have very good flavor. I know it's hard to beat our home grown berries, but these are pretty good.
This is a picture of a poster at the Tanimura & Antle booth. This company has been farming for 3 generations and now farms around 30,000 acres in California, Arizona, Texas and Peru. I wanted you to see this field of their Artisan Lettuce. The colors are beautiful. Here's the lettuce up close and personal at the booth. These boxes contain Petite Tango, Petite Gem and Petite Oak lettuces. They were actually giving away these boxes, which was quite a treat!
There was also a Farmers Market today, so we got some fresh strawberries and brussel sprouts. The berries are so pretty and have very good flavor. I know it's hard to beat our home grown berries, but these are pretty good.
