Winter might be cold and gray, but warm and bright collard greens are an inexpensive and easy way to add greens to the menu. Did you know that collard greens are also grown throughout the state?
Read on to learn some interesting North Carolina collard green facts.
- North Carolina is the third-largest collard green-producing state, behind South Carolina and Georgia.
- Collard greens typically mature between 32 and 100 days.
- Common collard green varieties grown in North Carolina include Flash, Morris Heading and Champion.
- Collard greens are full of vitamin A, vitamin C and calcium.
- One serving of collard greens is more than 260% of the recommended daily value of vitamin K.
