Just remember these are the same people that control your Big Ag seed and chemicals. Remember how one of them raised the price you pay on 2-4D?? The other has used anti competitive pricing to put smaller seed companies out of business over the last 25 years with the licensing costs.
The largest 2 carrot producers in the world are owned by private equity firms and have been trying to take away water rights from small landowners, schools and farmers in a tiny California valley called Cuyama Valley
The private equity companies filed a comprehensive groundwater adjudication in Los Angeles Superior Court against essentially everyone claiming a right to pump water in the basin. This included small farmers, ranchers, residents and institutions including the local school district
Bolthouse Farms and Grimway Farms control almost all carrot supply in the United States through these brands and private labeling to your favorite grocery stores
The companies pump more than 75% of the water that's been allocated to the entire Valley
A judge sided with smaller users for now, but the private equity companies are trying to secure the full water rights
The best thing to do is support farmers and farmer markets. Avoiding these two major brands of carrots from Bolthouse Farms and Grimmway is not easy because they both private label. So many brands at the store may appear to be different brands but really it’s their carrots. I’ll provide a list of these private labeled brands in the video