In other drug news, more than a ton of marijuana was caught by American border patrol on Sunday, as drug smugglers attempted to hide 3,000 massive fake carrots stuffed with weed among real vegetables on a truck crossing the US-Mexico border.
In other drug smuggling news, more than a ton of marijuana was caught by American border patrol on Sunday, as drug smugglers attempted to stuff weed into 3,000 massive fake carrots, which they then tried to hide among real vegetables on a truck crossing the US-Mexico border.
I was blown away by a massive column of carrots and rows and rows of bell peppers at one stand, while the aroma of fresh bread permeated the entire market.
From the corner of my eye I see Betty drop the roll on the big table crowded with massive bowls of peas, carrots and potatoes, a sizzling turkey just out of the oven, the brisket, a platter of something I don't recognize and a toilet-size tureen of matzoh ball soup.
The molecular basis of the massive carotenoid accumulation in carrots is still unclear.
Carrot and sweet potato accumulate massive amounts of carotenoids, with β-carotene as the major component and α-carotene as the minor component.
The farm is now 20 hectares, employing about 150 workers typically growing cabbages, carrots, lettuce etc. Vegetable pests are targeted by massive use of pesticides mainly the carbamate Lannate®, pyrethroids (Decis® and Fastac™) and the organophosphate malathion (Yandouleton, unpublished).
