Very upset by this discovery, we immediately went to the farmers market to purchase locally grown product. The subject was discussed with a local farmer and he said that most garlic in U.S. grocery stores is grown in China, and what is currently in stores was harvested last year!
The Brooklyn Farm will now officially begin growing garlic...and you might consider planting a few bulbs too. It is very easy to grow and Fall is the ideal time to plant garlic for the optimum bulb and shoot development.
We will order our bulbs now and plant in October. Check out the Garlic Store in Ft. Collins, CO. to purchase organic, USA grown bulbs available in lots of interesting varieties. By Spring, we'll have fresh, organic garlic. In the meantime, we recommend buying garlic solely from the farmers market.
For more information on growing garlic, click here.
3 comments:
Where are you located? Are you in Colorado?
We are in the Carroll Gardens neighborhood of Brooklyn. There are two out of state branches that are in our network which we occasionally write about.
This is very alarming, I will now be more careful about where I get my garlic from!
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