Yesterday, we woke up early in the morning to head to Southern Valley Farms, a cucumber/squash/green bean farm. It was about two and a half hours away and the roads were treacherous and bumpy. When we got to the farm, we all loaded up in a school bus brought down from Georgia and went to tour the entire farm. We saw where the vegetables were first planted in the greenhouse and then replanted in the ground. We took a break and had lunch with all the 600-800 people working there. Then we were able to go see people picking the cucumbers, wrapping vines, cleaning the cucumbers, sorting out the bad and good ones, and we saw the packing area where the cucumbers are sorted, refrigerated, and shipped out. We finished the day with dinner at Panchos, a local Mexican restaurant. It was delicious!!

Kelly