Daily Archives: December 7, 2011

Produce

Crate of celery from the Labish Meadows Celery Union, Lake Labish area near Brooks, Oregon

Crate of celery from the Labish Meadows Celery Union, Lake Labish area near Brooks, Oregon

In our era of pre-cut, pre-cleaned, pre-packaged fruits and vegetables, we celebrate produce production and sales at its historic finest with a brand new Flickr Commons set called “Production, processing, & sales: the many stages of produce“!

Lettuce grown in Wellsher's Corvallis greenhouse

Lettuce grown in Wellsher's Corvallis greenhouse

You’ll see people packing produce in packing houses throughout the state — and then unloading it all! You’ll see farmers in their fields with their hands in the soil — and workers in factories washing it off. And thrown into the mix you’ll see greenhouses, irrigation, wagons, weighing, processing, and selling!

Wagon hauling fruit boxes

Wagon hauling fruit boxes