 The beautiful shiny, clean and firm vegetables you see
from St. David's Hydroponics are harvested from the plant as they
look to you in the store... beautiful, shiny and firm.
We achieve this by practicing "old fashioned" technology
alongside the latest highly technical growing disciplines. An example
of this is the use of natural pollination by bees and disease control
by using natural biological methods.
Did you know... there is significantly more vitamin C in a European
bell pepper than a large orange? To be more precise about nutrition... one
medium bell pepper (148g) will provide the following daily values for
an individual based upon a 2000 calorie per day diet:
-Vitamin C 190% -Vitamin A 8% -Calcium 2% -Iron 2% -Calories 30 -Fat
0%
The US food and drug administration has approved the following descriptors
for bell peppers...
"fat- free, saturated fat-free, sodium free, cholesterol free, low-calorie
and high in vitamin C."
100 grams of eggplant provides the following daily values (based on
a 2000 calorie diet): -Vitamin K 5% -Vitamin B6 4% -Manganese 12% -Potassium
9% -Calories 24 -Fat 0% -Cholesterol 0%.
Bell peppers and eggplants can be an integral part of your health and
well being... also very delicious! Especially when prepared in a
stylish, gourmet fashion. |
