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Thu, Jun. 18th, 2009, 12:12 pm
garlic

Wow... did you know?: China accounts for 78% of the world's garlic production while the US ranks fifth with 1.4%, the majority of that coming from a single county (Santa Clara) in California.  So, technically-speaking, garlic shoppers at large US grocery stores do have a choice, Chinese or Californian, but it's not nearly as big or diverse as they think.

I planted some garlic at the old place last year... I wonder how it's doing.  As I'm getting the new garden ready for production I'm wondering what I'll be planting.  It's got me thinking that garlic should be first on that list.  78%!!!!  Some people think that growing your own food is a silly?, old fashioned?, I don't know, but for me it comes down to this small contribution to growing what I eat makes me less dependent on commercially produced food.... and therefore reducing the chemicals that go into the ground and my food.
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