Warmer January temperatures could impact winter crops

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Winter vegetables similar cabbage, cauliflower and broccoli emotion the cold.

But a fewer lukewarm days successful the 70s worries See Thao of Mao Farms successful Fresno County due to the fact that it could shorten this year's crop.

"It does a small spot due to the fact that past astir of the greens volition blossom a batch faster," See said.

The much than 30 vegetables are increasing connected the workplace close present usually past done March.

Mao Farms is named aft See's mother.

The household sells nutrient astatine Vineyard Farmers Market and 3 different markets successful the Valley.

Customers emotion the antithetic colored cauliflowers they grow.

"We've got the cheddar, the purple cauliflower," See said. "There's greenish ones that look conscionable similar the achromatic ones."

They sensation beauteous overmuch the same.

"Anything with much color, darker successful color, you privation to devour that," See said. "That's the astir nutritious for you. A batch of radical archer maine they've been getting their kids to devour cauliflower, that they've been enjoying each the antithetic colors, truthful that's a bully thing."

The unique-looking rootlike called romanesco ever draws involvement astatine the markets.

"It's a transverse betwixt the cauliflower and the broccoli," See said. "It looks thing similar a broccoli, and you wouldn't deliberation of it arsenic a cauliflower, but it is."

Mao Farms has been selling nutrient astatine section farmers markets since 2001.

"When my parents migrated present successful 1991 from Laos, they were successful a exile campy and they came here," See said. "Farming was their lone root of income."

See Thao is arrogant to beryllium capable to assistance proceed a household tradition.

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