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Where would we be without food and where would food be without water?<\/strong>
\nAn acquaintance of Anders emailed, in the late 2000’s, that a Chilean potato shed office computer’s screen-saver displayed a anderstomlinson.com\/tule-lake\/ Tulelake potato harvest image. It is indeed a small world and potatoes have become an integral part of the global food supply. It is the world’s fourth-largest food crop, following maize, wheat and rice.<\/p>\n

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It All Begins With Potato Seeds Into The Ground<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Water, Sun and Healthy Soil Helps A Potato Grow<\/strong><\/p>\n

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From the Ground Into Potato Trucks<\/strong><\/p>\n

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A Potato Truck Backups to a Potato Shed<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Potatoes Travel Along Conveyors – Quality Control Is Job One.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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A Time to Travel, A Time For Storage<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Potatoes Arrive At The Packing Shed When Market Demands Dictate<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Out The Door in Boxes and Bags to Stores and Dinner Tables<\/strong><\/p>\n

Visit Lewie Baker’s Potato Memories<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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Tulelake Potatoes<\/strong><\/a>
\nTule Lake Basin potatoes are famous around the world. An acquaintance of Anders emailed, in the late 2000’s, that a Chilean potato shed office computer’s screen-saver displayed a anderstomlinson.com\/tule-lake\/<\/em> Tulelake potato harvest image. It is indeed a small world and potatoes have become an integral part of the global food supply. It is the world’s fourth-largest food crop, following maize, wheat and rice.<\/p>\n

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\nTulelake Grain<\/strong><\/a>
\nGrain is cut by the header and kernels are separated and up to 5 tons stored in the combine. Chaff is sent flying out the back. These harvest photos are from the 2005. On average a grain crop may take four months from planting to harvest.
\nTulelake wheat\u00a0and barley have the best yield per acre in the western United States.<\/p>\n

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Tulelake Mint<\/strong><\/a>
\nThe Tule Lake Basin is one of two places in California where peppermint is grown. Tulelake Peppermint is well known for its consistent flavor and excellent quality. Warm days, cool nights, rich volcanic soil and talented farmers all factor into the production quality.<\/p>\n

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\nTulelake Alfalfa<\/strong><\/a>
\nTule Lake Basin alfalfa is known for its excellent nutritional value. There are over 60,000 acres of hay, alfalfa and grass varieties, in the Upper Klamath Basin. Haying, on average, takes place from June 1 through Oct. 15. Of course, harvest timing is is related to weather conditions throughout the season.<\/p>\n

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\nTulelake Onions<\/strong><\/a>
\nThe last crop to be harvested in the Tule Lake Basin is usually onions. As late as mid-November trucks with Tulelake onions can be a daily parade down Hwy. 97 to Hwy. 5 south. Drivers take their trailers to Sacramento. There, drivers coming from Gilroy trade trailers and take the onions south for processing.<\/p>\n

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\nTulelake Horseradish<\/strong><\/a>
\nTulelake is known as the “Horseradish Capital of the World” and accounts for a third or more of the nation\u2019s production. Some local fields have been in continuous horseradish production for 25 years. Horseradish has been cultivated for at least 3,000 years.<\/p>\n

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