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Grimmway Farms is the largest grower, producer, and shipper of carrots in the world. [1] It is headquartered in Bakersfield, California, and was family owned and operated for more than 40 years until it was sold to a private equity firm in 2020 for an undisclosed price. [2]
Production of some products is highly concentrated in a few countries, China, the leading producer of wheat and ramie in 2013, produces 95% of the world's ramie fiber but only 17% of the world's wheat. Products with more evenly distributed production see more frequent changes in the ranking of the top producers.
The carrot is a biennial plant in the umbellifer family, Apiaceae. World production of carrots (combined with turnips) for 2022 was 42 million tonnes, led by China producing 44% of the total. The characteristic orange colour is from beta-carotene, making carrots a rich source of vitamin A.
They are the landowners beneath the soil that grows the potatoes in McDonald’s french fries, the carrots from the world’s largest producer and the onions that Americans sauté every night for ...
Rank Country/Region Vegetable production (tonnes) 1 People's Republic of China 594,049,398 2 India 141,195,036 3 United States 33,124,467 4 Turkey 25,960,714 5 Vietnam
An E. coli outbreak linked to recalled carrots has led to dozens of illnesses in 18 states and one death, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said.. At least 39 cases of E. coli have ...
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The largest and obviously closely related families of Apiales are Araliaceae, Myodocarpaceae and Apiaceae, which resemble each other in the structure of their gynoecia. In this respect however, the Pittosporaceae is notably distinct from them.