Before we can harvest a root crop like Spanish Black Radish, we first need to remove the leafy green tops, a process called defoliation. Most conventional farms rely on chemical defoliants to kill off those tops. But because we’re proudly organic, we take a different approach. Our team uses a piece of equipment called a defoliator; a machine filled with rows of soft rubber paddles that gently knock the tops off our root crops. The greens are laid neatly to the side, clearing the way for the root

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