Sugar Beets
US$6.63
Sugar beets are not commonly consumed due to their sweet, bland flavor and are primarily used to produce sugar. Though rarely seen in fresh markets, some home gardeners do cultivate and eat the variety. Sugar beets can be consumed raw when young and are grated and sliced into green salads.
The sugar beet is of course used to make table sugar as well as feed for cattle. The product we use is a by product of the process that makes the sugar for our tables.
Hunters like to plant crops/plots of sugar beets in the fall for deer to graze on. Deer love the tender greens and sweet roots!