The rising cost of local produce has prompted Whiterock Nursery to offer more edibles and to plant two months earlier in the year. The company also is investigating selling fresh greens in local grocery stores, co-owners Jack and Toni Smith said this week.
Jack Smith said spending almost $7 on a six-ounce bag of spinach greens was the turning point for him. “That’s about $24 per pound for spinach, and from where?”
Smith expects to…
