CASTROVILLE, Calif. – Artichokes, the official vegetable of Monterey County and the state of California will be celebrated at the 78th Annual Monterey County Fair from Aug. 27-Sept. 1.
Ocean Mist Farms will help celebrate the fair by sending Arti the Artichoke to the fair on Friday, Aug. 29 to meet fans from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m., in the Ag Building and then throughout the fairgrounds. Interested visitors can visit Arti's Facebook for more details about his appearances.
At the fair, Ocean Mist Farms will be serving fried artichokes and artichoke sourdough bisque while entering Ocean Mist’s product line of fresh vegetables, including artichokes, for judging against other locally grown produce. It is an annual tradition for the Ocean Mist Farms harvest managers, crew supervisors and quality assurance team to demonstrate their expertise at putting together special fair packs for the vegetable commodity judging competition.
As part of its fair participation, Ocean Mist Farms donates product to the Country Store located in the Ag Building each day of the fair; all Country Store sales proceeds benefit the Monterey County Fair exhibit program and Ag department.
“We are excited to bring the majority of our local grown vegetables to this year’s Monterey
County Fair,” Said Hilda Medina, Marketing Event Specialist and Report Analysis.
“It’s a great way to demonstrate the quality and commitment we have as a local grower.”
For more information about Ocean Mist Farms visit www.oceanmist.com; for Monterey County
Fair information, visit http://www.montereycountyfair.com/annual-fair .
About Ocean Mist Farms
Ocean Mist Farm’s growers are focused on meeting the needs of their customers and consumers. That means they are committed to the highest standards in the industry for quality, service, innovation, social responsibility and delivering year-round premium fresh vegetables. Ocean Mist Farms is four generations of family farmers who lead the artichoke category and grow a full line of fresh vegetables.
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