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	Topics Baby carrot Topic Home In North AmericaFacts About North America North America is a continent in the Earth's northern hemisphere and almost fully in the western hemisphere.... the term baby carrot is commonly applied to either miniature carrotCarrot The carrot is a root vegetable, usually orange or white in color with a woody texture.... s harvested before their roots develop or adult carrots chopped into smaller pieces. Taking fully grown carrots and chopping them into smaller pieces was the idea of CaliforniaCalifornia California is a state spanning the southern half of the west coast of the contiguous United States.... farmer Mike YurosekMike Yurosek Mike Yurosek is a California farmer who is known as the "father of the baby carrot".... . Yurosek was unhappy at having to discard as much as 400 tonTon The word ton or tonne is derived from the Old English tunne, likely of Low Latin origin , with the spelling 'tonne... s of carrots a day because of slight rotting or imperfections, and looked for a way to reclaim what would otherwise be a waste product. He was able to acquire an industrial green bean cutter, which cut his carrots into two lengths, and by placing these lengths into an industrial potatoPotato The potato is a perennial plant of the Solanaceae, or nightshade, family, commonly grown for its starchy tuber.... peeler, he created the original baby carrot, branded "Bunny-Luv." In 2006, nearly three-quarters of the fresh baby carrots produced in the United StatesUnited States The United States of America, also known as the United States, the U.S., the U.S.A., and America, is... came from Bakersfield, CaliforniaBakersfield, California \|-\| align="center" colspan="2" \| City nickname:"California's Country Music Capital"... . Bolthouse FarmsBolthouse Farms Bolthouse Farms, founded in 1915, is a vertically-integrated farm company located in California's San Joaquin Valley and hea... and Grimmway Farms are the world's two largest growers, processors, and shippers of baby carrots. The Green GiantGreen Giant Green Giant is a food company owned by General Mills.... company, which resells carrots from Bolthouse Farms, markets their product as "baby cut carrots." Another use of the term is a carrotCarrot The carrot is a root vegetable, usually orange or white in color with a woody texture.... grown to the "baby stage", which is to say long before the root reaches its mature size. These immature roots are preferred by some people out of the belief that they are superior either in texture, nutrition or taste. They are also sometimes harvested simply as the result of crop thinningThinning Thinning is a term used in agricultural sciences to mean the removal of some plants, or parts of plants, to make room for th... , but are also grown to this size as a specialty crop. Certain cultivarCultivar A cultivar is a cultivated plant that has received a name under the International Code of Nomenclature for Cultivated Plan... s of carrots have been bred to be used at the "baby" stage. One such cultivar is . This process was developed at Beechnut Farms, bought by Zellwin Farms. These farms originally developed food for WWII, but wanted to sell food for civilians. A team of two led the research. From an interview, they were originally to be called "carettes". According to the Dole Web site, baby carrots are sweeter and more tender than full-grown carrots. They are small because they are either grown closer together or harvested earlier than big carrots. External links