California asparagus growers believe in their product. Their challenge is to convince consumers to spend a little more on domestic product over imported asparagus from Mexico or Peru.
The Delta Queen label from Klein Family Farms, Stockton, Calif., will be back on supermarket shelves this season after a misapplied herbicide wiped out its asparagus crop in 2015, said James Paul, director of sales and m
It was too early to predict in late January exactly when California's 2017 asparagus crop will kick off, but when it does, probably in early to mid-March, growers anticipate good volume and good quality.
