Spring is an exciting season for so many with warmer weather, spring break, spring time produce, Easter egg hunts and the perfect spring time recipes of course, like the Instant Pot Lemon and White Wine Artichokes. It's also an exciting time of year for me because our Ocean Mist Farms operations are ramping up here in Castroville, CA!
After another successful winter growing season in our Coachella Valley region, our entire Castroville cooling facility has been powered up and our teams transitioned back to Castroville in time for the first harvests!
When they said the Spring transition was coming, they weren't kidding. Let's just say that in a week's time, my quiet walks around the cooler became speed-walks to move out of the way of a pallet or truck on the move. Hence why we wear safety vests! :)
In mid-March, our production team came back kicking it into high-gear. Forklifts started buzzing around our cooler loading pallets of your favorite Ocean Mist Farms fresh veggies. And refrigerated 18-wheeler after 18-wheeler arrived to be loaded six days a week to carry our field fresh produce to your plate!
Oh, did we mention it's officially Castroville artichoke season?!
That's right! It's during this time of year when our year-round growing operations here in Castroville really ramp up artichoke volume. On our field experience tour with Dale Huss, VP of Artichoke Production, he discussed the different artichoke sizes and where they grow.
Being the largest and only year-round grower of fresh artichokes in North America, it's safe to say our Ocean Mist Farms artichokes are the industry Gold Standard!
Thank you for joining this virtual field tour in the Artichoke Center of the World!