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Earthbound Farm was founded in 1984 by Drew and Myra Goodman, on a 2.5 acres (10,000 m 2) farm in California’s Carmel Valley. [1] [3] Just over two decades later, the company employed over 150 growers on 30,000 acres. [4] By 2015, nearly 50,000 acres were in production. [5]
In 2013, about 88,000 acres of potatoes were grown on P.E.I. [7] Of the three types of potatoes harvested table potatoes, seed potatoes, and processing potatoes, about 60% of P.E.I. are "manufactured into French fries, potato chips, and many other products." [6] By 2020, about 80 P.E.I. farmers grew potatoes for Cavendish Farms. [5]
Iowa, the largest producer of corn in the United States, grows three times as much corn as Mexico. Iowa harvested 3,548 acres (1,436 ha) of sweet corn in 2007. In 2011, the state had 92,300 corn farms on 30,700,000 acres (12,400,000 ha), the average size being 333 acres (135 ha), and the average dollar value per acre being US$6,708.
The tower at Richardson Adventure Farm in Illinois, illuminated at night, allows visitors a higher view of the farm's 28-acre corn maze. It's one of many attractions at the farm.
Foundation corn is the parent seed from which hybrids are made. Established in 1937, in Williamsburg, Iowa by Roland Holden, Holden was the largest independent producer of foundation seed in America before being acquired by Monsanto Company in 1997. [1] [2] Monsanto was subsequently acquired by Bayer in 2018, and Holden is now part of Bayer ...
The Troyer family, which owned Troyer Farms snack food company from 1967 until 2008, hopes to launch a new potato-processing plant by this fall. This time around, they plan to make organic frozen ...