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Touring the Salinas Valley: California’s “Salad Bowl of the World”

July 18, 2022California
Touring the Salinas Valley: California’s “Salad Bowl of the World”

“It’s the state vegetable of California,” Evan Oakes says proudly as he hands me a flowery green stem. “In fact, 90 percent of all artichokes in North America come from Monterey County.” I’m standing at the edge of an artichoke field at Pezzini Farms, the first stop on Evan’s Ag Ventures tour of the Salinas … Read More

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