{"id":45844,"date":"2013-10-12T12:04:50","date_gmt":"2013-10-12T19:04:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cookiesandclogs.com\/?p=45844"},"modified":"2013-10-12T12:04:50","modified_gmt":"2013-10-12T19:04:50","slug":"field-to-restaurant-mcdonalds-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cookiesandclogs.com\/field-to-restaurant-mcdonalds-tour\/","title":{"rendered":"Field to Restaurant to My Tummy #McDTour"},"content":{"rendered":"

McDonald’s Field To Restaurant Farm Tour . . .<\/h3>\n

I participated in a campaign on behalf of Mom Central Consulting<\/a> for McDonald’s. I attended an event to facilitate my review and received a promotional item as a thank you for participating.<\/em><\/p>\n

Do you think the words ‘fresh’ and ‘McDonald’s’ go together? During my recent Field to Restaurant Farm tour, I found out that they do!<\/p>\n

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Bright and early on Friday morning, I met several bloggers and other journalists at a San Jose McDonald’s. After checking in and grabbing some breakfast, it was time to jump on the bus for a drive down to Taylor Farms in Salinas, California. It amazing to see all the beautiful, bright green heads of romaine lettuce growing. These are grown with care so they look just as appetizing on your plate as they do in the field.<\/p>\n

Various machines, such as the one pictured below, are used to reduce physical strain for farm workers. With the machine doing most of the work in harvesting the lettuce, workers don’t have to bend over and stand up several hundred times a days anymore. Instead, the lettuce is automatically cut and carried up to them on a conveyer. They then pull off the outer, more imperfect leaves and get them ready for the next step. For any greenery left, it is then tilled right back into the ground to make for fresh soil for the next crop planted.<\/p>\n

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Despite the layers and layers of mud that accumulated on my shoes, this was my favorite part of the tour. Being in urban surrounding most of the time, it’s so refreshing to see how the food we eat grows and the dedication it takes by all involved to offer the best and most fresh food to be consumed. Plus, there’s something about wearing hairnets and gloves to make you feel special \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

At the Taylor Farms facility, the harvested heads of romaine are sorted, cleaned, cut, and packaged with a barcode to identify that crop. The below photos only show what we saw in one area.<\/p>\n

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This is what it looked like when in the other viewing area:<\/p>\n