date:Mar 24, 2020
Purple sprouting broccoli is a real eyecatcher on the produce shelves. The vegetable only available in later winter and spring has provided consumers with a burst of color for their salads and an exciting alternative to regular broccoli. It is also a valuable source of late winter and early spring income for some Pacific Northwest farmers, including Francisco Cabrera.
Cabrera grows 1 acre of purple sprouting broccoli on the 10 acres he farms at Viva Farms, the small-farm incubator west of Bur