Carrots & Parsnips

Facts about Carrots.

• The carrot crop is Britain’s major root vegetable, producing over 700,000 tonnes of carrots each year from 9,000 hectares.
• Each year 22 billion carrot seeds are sown in Britain, producing around 100 carrots per year for every member of the population.
• The sales value of British carrots is around £290 million.
• Freshly harvested carrots are washed, packed and distributed to nearly every shop in the whole of Britain almost every day of the year.
• Carrot crops are classed as earlies and main crop.

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