date:Feb 06, 2013
end of January, government data show. This year, temperatures dropped below freezing Jan. 5, Jan. 13 and Jan. 15.
The whole pipeline is empty right now, said Jack Vessey, who runs Vessey Co., a family farm that produces about two dozen vegetables on more than 10,000 acres in Holtville, California, which dubs itself the carrot capital of the world. There are empty warehouses, and theres not a whole lot of lettuce on the store shelves. Everybodys trying to get these orders filled, and then all o