They don't call the Salinas River Valley the Salad Bowl of the World for no reason. I just had to touch and smell that dark brown soil for myself today. It seems just about anything will grow here and every inch of land is used for something. I was astonished to read that farmland here goes for $35,000 an acre, that's a bit of a difference than Kansas farmland. We've seen thousands of acres of strawberries, lettuce, grapes, cauliflower, beans, onions, artichokes, and there were many fields where we had no idea what was growing there. It was fitting that we started the day in the city of Salinas in Old Town at the Farmers' Market. This was different from the Farmers' Market in Ocean Beach because there were REAL farmers at this one. I bought
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