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Chinese vegetables

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in New York: Cooking & Baking

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Does anyone know if there are Chinese/Asian vegetable farms in the tri-state area? A friend said that they're actually not grown in the U.S. but in south america. Also, if there are farms which grow chinese veggies, are any of them organic? Thanks!

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Does anyone know if there are Chinese/Asian vegetable farms in the tri-state area? A friend said that they're actually not grown in the U.S. but in south america.  Also, if there are farms which grow chinese veggies, are any of them organic? Thanks!

I see cartons marked with tri-state locations in the shops in NY's Chinatown. I am not aware of any organic farmers growing Chinese vegetables in the region, but I'm not in a position to know much about those things. I also see cartons from California and South America, but it's an overstatememt to single out anyone source. If there are organic farmers of Chinese vegetables, my guess is that they command a premium price and won't be found in the average markets. In fact, they may be selling to organic and health food stores serving a non-ethnic market. There are some Chinese vegetables (as if vegetables have a nationality) selling in the Greenmarket and there are more than a few organic farmers there, but I haven't tried to put the two together.

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In the spring I read an article about Warwick/Pine Island NY area farmers and how some of their help is Asian and starting plots of their own with specialty veg.

I dont remember where the story was but maybe the folks at Bobolink in Vernon would have more local info.

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