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Now on Route 20 at the Sharon
Springs Central School
What's Wrong with Supermarket Garlic?
California used to supply most
of the garlic in the USA. A few years back they lost almost everything
because they used pesticides and synthetic fertilizers for years and
years. They didn't rotate their fields. They are trying to recover by
having other farms in Utah and Nevada grow their seed. They might never be
able to go back to their "old" soil. As a result China, Mexico,
and Argentina are exporting most of the garlic
found in the US supermarkets today. Two years ago you could buy 4,000
pounds of Chinese garlic for $0.25 per pound. Chinese labor is cheap and I
won't disgust you with what they use for fertilizer, but it is something
they have a lot of and it ain't tea. Mexico and Argentina use
pesticides that aren't even allowed to be used in the US, but no one
checks. The imported garlic doesn't even have to state a country of
origin. And most supermarket garlic is treated with sprout inhibitors, so
don't try to grow it.
This web page is maintained by
Bill Ziese independently of the Sharon Springs Chamber of Commerce. Visit
my web page at www.flushitsolutions.com
For up-to-date
information about the coming Garlic Festival go to the Chamber's page
Chamber
Festival Link
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The Sharon Springs Chamber of Commerce sponsors this event being held on
the front field of the Sharon Springs Central School.
Garlic and Food Vendors will be outside and Artisans will be outside and
inside the Sharon Springs Central School.
The Festival is held from 10 to 4 on Saturday & Sunday.
Please click on the MAP
link for directions.
Please click on the CONTACT
link to learn more about::
The Festival
Becoming a Vendor
the Historic Village of Sharon Springs
the Sharon Springs Chamber of Commerce
Surrounding Area Attractions
Please click on the LODGING
& DINING links to see where to eat
and where to stay in and around Sharon Springs.
Don't forget to visit the unique
shops and restaurants on Main Street (Route 10 North).
Sharon Springs is about:
a 10 minute drive to Historic Cherry Valley
a 25 minute drive to The National Baseball Hall of Fame, Otesaga Resort,
Fenimore House, Farmers' Museum and the Corvette Hall of Fame in
Cooperstown
a 25 minute drive to Howe Caverns in Howe's Cave
a 50 minute drive to the National Soccer Hall of Fame in Oneonta
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