SEGMENT: FARM FACILITIES
Edward Van Drunen>ISM Walk & Talk Interviews>Van Drunen, Ed, Section 1
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- FARM FACILITIES
- Ed shows a warehouse where all the produce is shipped from. If it has a yellow label it is organic, conventional produce has a white label. They grow about 20 types of herbs. Some produce is shipped in from California, and some is shipped in from China. They keep the warehouse cool and humidity low. They have freeze dried cherries from Michigan, and bananas from South America. Most of the produce they ship is shipped in cardboard boxes. Cans are shipped to wholesale buyers. The boxes are 20 to 40 pounds. In the facility they ahve a machine that fills cans.
- CROPS
- Basil grows very fast and is planted and harvested in about a month. It thrives in warm weather. It can be cut five or six times. They have close to 350 acres of basil. Most of their fields are irrigated by center-pivot. There is a lot of hand labor doing the weeding. They have many workers who are from Mexico but live in Illinois now. Also some from Texas who go back in the off seaso
