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From the supplier: Mexican farmers are planting additional vegetable varieties besides broccoli and cauliflower which have been Mexico's traditional exports to the US. They have made considerable investments in planting carrots, okra, avocado, brussels sprouts, zucchini and yellow squash and these vegetables are being harvested in significant volume. Although the US remains the foremost export market, the country's frozen vegetables now reach Australia, Canada, Japan and Europe. Besides the weather, bug infestation, specifically diamondback moths is the biggest problem facing Mexico's vegetable industry.
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Title: Variety is the spice of vegetables: Mexican industry now diversifies. (Mexico's frozen food industry)(includes related articles on frozen vegetable labeling and Universal Foods' acquisition of Arancia)(Industry Overview)
Author: Jack Jarrell
Publication: Quick Frozen Foods International (Magazine/Journal)
Date: April 1, 1998
Publisher: E.W. Williams Publications, Inc.
Volume: v39 Issue: n4 Page: p86(2)
Article Type: Industry Overview
Distributed by Thomson Gale
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It's not just broccoli or cauliflower anymore, and a good thing too. Mexican industry getting into blends as well as alternatives like brussels sprouts, carrots and zucchini. Packaging and processing technology also being upgraded.
It didn't take this season's severe broccoli freezes (see main vegetable feature, page 76) to convince Mexican farmers and processors that it's time to diversify beyond the traditional staples of broccoli and cauliflower.
