Virtually all of the fennel plant is edible, including the bulbs, stems, leaves, seeds and oil that are used in a variety of foods and other products.
Photo by Kurt Nolte
Crop of the Week: Fennel.
• Fennel (Foeniculum vulgare) in the parsley family is a tall perennial native to the Mediterranean region, now cultivated worldwide as an annual or perennial.• Yuma County produces about 200 acres of fennel, valued at more than $550,000. In Yuma, fennel is a fall-grown vege.
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