How The US' Biggest Garlic Producer Survived The Fall Of American Garlic | Big Business

[@ReviewBoard-uy5nv]

The problem is that the US Agricultural department still gives 14 billion each year to subsidize sugar and corn for corn syrup, but not even 1 billion to fruit and vegetables in the US

[@christianweibrecht6555]

Perhaps once federal government realizes that none of the major corn production areas are located within swing states the subsidies will plummet

[@thehardnesschannel1605]

Big diabetes wouldn't have it any other way

[@lars2894]

High GL (glycemic load) ingredients = more sick people across all illnesses = profits for healthcare and pharma. And guess who gets hired into managing the Agriculture department and FDA?? (hint hint ⬆)

[@alexsis1778]

Personally my favorite is the mandate that all bio fuel in the US has to be made from corn. Never mind the fact that there's actually a net energy loss when turning corn into bio fuel. The rest of the world uses sugarcane or sugar beets because you actually gain energy making it.

[@mtadams2009]

Agreed. We need to support all our farmers. I eat pretty clean so vegetables are a big part of my diet. Sugar not so much. I don’t purchase anything from China if I have a choice.

[@zer0dahero]

When I worked in California, I had to drive the 101 by Gilroy often. During garlic season, you could smell garlic for miles and miles on the 101. I love garlic so it was intoxicating to me, I loved it. Almost two decades later, thinking about it makes me smile.

[@BudsCartoon]

I'm through here every Monday.

[@WesleyCooke-ou6hz]

Garlic drunk.

[@brettbuck7362]

I live in Sunnyvale, and in the mornings in the spring, the smell of garlic from Gilroy will make it up here.

[@NathanNGM]

I would purposely drive through Gilroy on my way to the Santa Cruz boardwalk JUST so I could smell that amazing town!

[@amak1131]

I really hate our obsession with "perfect produce". I love garlic and don't give a damn if the skin is stained as that's not the part you eat.

[@EddieLagalag]

Bingo! 👍

[@catsway161]

For me, I don’t care if the skin is not white, actually I prefer it not white. Leave the skin on to help the cloves stay hard and fresh.

[@hulululu5346]

@@catsway161 yes...i want my garlic organic, with color and stains. ..cause then you know it is not coming from china. i grew my own garlic for a few years and loved the different kinds of garllic you can grow. in the store it is all the same but there are lots of different varieties of garlic.

[@lindasimons691]

Absolutely, but don't charge me full price.

[@lenas.4943]

A lot of the time "imperfect" fruits and vegetables taste the best.

[@trixiedoll72]

I grew up near Gilroy. I have fond memories of the Garlic festival and the fragment smell of Gilroy garlic in the early mornings driving through Gilroy. Thank you Christopher for keeping the Garlic farming in the USA.

[@SuhasMadhavraoChitnis]

Christopher discover only America ....

[@josephrogers5337]

A local newscaster in Monterey once said, When you drive through the Gilroy area, Just wave a steak outside your car as you pass bye and it will be marinated. thanks for this article I have passed through the Gilroy area both on the highway to Silicon Valley and by the way of the mountian pass between Watsonville and Gilroy. lots of memories there.

[@Huntnlady7]

Actually, that's from a Will Rogers quote: Gilroy is the only place in the world where you can marinate a steak by hanging it on a clothes line. Or so I heard at the Gilroy garlic festival, while eating garlic ice cream.

[@Thor_Odinson]

Back in the 1950's(I think) my father was hitchhiking back to to Moffett NAS(Silicon Valley) and he got a ride from a guy with a truck full of garlic. From that day forward he hated garlic. Of course he wasn't above embellishing his stories so who really knows lol

[@Itsakindamagic]

I'll​ back that. Lived in Gilroy over twenty years most of it within a mile of Christopher Ranch. You could always tell which way the wind was blowing by the strength of the scent of garlic. On those days you also know it's time to hang out the steaks😊@@Huntnlady7and yes during harvest you get tired of the smell..

[@dsruddell]

stayed in monterey bay once to visit the aquarium. eat on cannery row at a brewery. i ordered garlic fries and was appalled when i got my fries and they put some dehydrated crap garlic from a grocery store plastic bottle. never had that happen and i was amazed that a place so close to the garlic capital would do that.

[@Huntnlady7]

@@dsruddell Not really all that close.

[@Good_Boy_Red]

"Some customers want 30 pound boxes" Finally, I found a seller that knows what I want!

[@mindwreckRC]

first time i visit them i was so overwhelmed how good the garlic smell i bought a box of it. Gave some away. everyone agreed, best strongest garlic ever had. took me awhlie to eat it but worth it!

[@Michael-j4l3d]

His neighbour Dracula hates him.

[@4.0gpa44]

I'd assume it would probably be mainly restaurants that would want that much.

[@Sam-f7u6j]

Ok Van Helsing.

[@nocapproductions5471]

I also love garlic. I easily go through 1 pound per month 😅

[@jasonvdw9082]

Everyone complain because nothing is made in America, but nobody wants to pay American made prices

[@Onionbaron]

For pre peeled Garlic??? Never ever in my life!!!

[@manuelbarreto7032]

​@@Onionbaronexactly, Who the fuk buys pre-peeled one? It spoils faster that way xDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD

[@Dee-ye2dk]

I don’t need pre peeled garlic. I always buy garlic whole from American farms.

[@remp919]

If you buy the bag, you can minced it into pure, freeze it and have a whole stack of frozen garlic ready to be cooked, and it saves you time and money in the long run

[@youtuber9758]

Only lazy Americans buy pre-peeled garlic

[@rbhe357]

I survived the fall of American garlic by not knowing there was a fall of American garlic.

[@lppoqql]

That guy in the video probably paid for this piece. He is the reason for inflation, people have to buy his low quality high price garlic.

[@dawuid1491]

@@lppoqql that's generally what happens when you buy americans though

[@Melicoy]

Try and import garlic into china. Govt will stop that asap! They protect their own

[@BobRooney290]

my garlic is always local. it still has the roots and the green stem and leaves on it. best way to know it's not from china. i use the green stem for soups and stews. it freezes nicely.

[@lppoqql]

@@BobRooney290 Those are spring union you &*^&$

[@kedah2398]

Big up to all the latino migrants working hard in this clip and everywhere else, we see what you do and I just want to say thank you. God knows I couldn't do what you do and I don't have a clue how you do it.... From the janitor, to the garlic peeler, doctors, attorneys, scientist and teachers... thank you!!

[@Samsung-1.9Cu.Ft.Microwave]

"doctors, attorneys, scientist and teachers", lets not exaggerate here

[@kedah2398]

@@Samsung-1.9Cu.Ft.Microwave Well my sisters and I are all immigrants and my two sisters are physicians and I'm a professional engineer with a Masters in Mechanical Engineering also syudying for the patent bar. My current position is senior Flight Test and Evaluation Engineer... 95% of the folks I did my undergrad and grad degrees in were foreigners... Yeah we're here!!

[@Samsung-1.9Cu.Ft.Microwave]

@@kedah2398 immigrants from where

[@kedah2398]

@@Samsung-1.9Cu.Ft.Microwave The Caribbean...

[@stevewilliams7852]

/when I was a teenager I went to work picking strawberries being payed piece rate. I lasted for only for one day. The ladies were much better than I was.

[@adrianvizcaya8078]

Grew up in the Central Coast and the Garlic Festival was one of the best times of the year. Glad to see Mr. Noceti keeping the Garlic Festival alive.

[@SneakyCustard]

I once went to Gilroy for the garlic festival and I distinctly remember smelling the garlic miles and miles before we even reached the town. It was amazing!

[@dcc70]

I remember tasting garlic flavored ice cream at the garlic festival. Better than I expected.

[@SneakyCustard]

@@dcc70 same! I also tried the garlic jelly beans lol

[@rustyshackleford2007]

I drive through Gilroy one year when I had an awful stomach flu and now I feel sick any time I smell fresh garlic. My brain permanently associated that smell with how sick I was. 😂

[@SneakyCustard]

@@rustyshackleford2007 hahaha it sucks when that happens! I had the flu when I was a kid and threw up an omelette and I still can't eat them

[@ScorpioVI]

I lived in South San Jose for over 30 years, exactly 25 miles from Christopher Ranch. When the wind is blowing just right you can smell the garlic coming from Gilroy. Which was kind of a pain because I’ve been doing intermittent fasting for 8+ years and I fast at least 18 hours daily and when you get a whiff of that garlic boy it stirs up the appetite something fierce. 😂 Really miss that garlic smell now since I moved to Las Vegas last year and now I just get soy sauce smells.

[@cliffash1513]

oh yes, 20 minute video on garlic. just what i needed

[@raphaelcaldwell3831]

@@swagatbehera source?

[@thegamingwolf5612]

​@@swagatbehera everything is bad for our health these days

[@swagatbehera]

@@raphaelcaldwell3831 source don't matter bruh, garlic has something bad in it but if we eat it in moderation then it's good. Now the thing is we just can't eat only 2 cloves garlic a day but 2 fukin whole garlic, so that's really bad

[@user2144]

Nope. It’s a 20 min *commercial* paid for by the garlic company

[@DavidCruickshank]

@@swagatbehera So the source is you made it up. If it were true you'd supply a good source. Stop spreading misinformation.

[@jons2048]

Crazy to see how much labor goes into making sure that garlic looks perfect... As a former line cook, I'm super grateful we had the option to buy pre-peeled garlic. When you're going through pounds of it, not having to peel it manually is a godsend.

[@iVETAnsolini]

Your potatoes, are semi sifted the same way

[@broadchestIndia]

why dont we say "buy peeled garlic".

[@ModjoGaming]

Nobody buys peeled garlic where I live and it's not insanely expensive, dried cloves last longer.

[@Luke.Cooking]

Do most restaurants buy peeled garlic?

[@jons2048]

Yes, if the restaurant is using large quantities of garlic regularly. We used to get the 1 lb bags of Christopher Ranch peeled garlic shown in the episode, and I think we went through at least 2-3 lbs a week. I don't remember prices, but I think peeled garlic was roughly double compared to whole garlic from our distributor (or somewhere around there).

[@thatguychris5654]

Garlic is so easy to grow, everyone should have some in their garden. Even Elephant Garlic is worth trying (yes, it's a leek).

[@josephesckilsen4556]

So is cotton, just its illegal to grow because of the cotton weevil outbreak.

[@vink6163]

If only that were true! It's very difficult to grow in warmer climates, it needs a cool winter for the bulb to divide properly.

[@Iamhome365]

​@vink6163 would it work if it was put in the fridge for a few weeks I wonder

[@vink6163]

@@Iamhome365 I believe so, but part of the problem is that it gets so hot so quickly, the plant doesn't get enough time in the sun while it's still cold, so the bulb ends up very small because the plant dies off before it has had enough time to grow. It's the opposite problem many people have in cooler climates growing chillies, where there often isn't enough time for the plant to grow and produce fruit before the weather cools off again and the plants die.

[@SuhasMadhavraoChitnis]

Yeah AI VIDEO RECEIVED ... LATER LEEKS NOT LEAKS .... WERE GroFER|ZEPTO INDIA Delivery😂

[@robbmanchester5747]

My wife and her sister went to high school with the boys - truly nice down to earth guys and the family has always been great to the community

[@CwisAeon]

"they also have to sell chinese garlic to stay competitive" they kinda just glossed over that one

[@AshrakAhmed]

yep buy cheap Chinese garlic repackage and sell under different brand to make huge profit and then turn around and fear monger about Chinese garlic destroying USA market to get that sweet sweet gov't subsidy. It's a very good strategy.

[@jdoesmath2065]

Look at the base ... if the roots have been cleaned off it's from another country and you should buy your garlic elsewhere (or grow your own).

[@freedomofspeech2867]

@@AshrakAhmed No they clearly showed that they label which garlic is from the USA and which is not. Different customers are willing to pay different amounts of money for different quality of garlic. Some are fine with cheap Chinese, some want basic US, and some want fine organic. And because US laws, land and job market does not allow for the growth and sale of specific low price market garlic they buy in from a country that can do that, but at least it's under control of a USA company that can be held accountable in a court of law. It's not about cheating, it's about giving the customer, voter and legislator what they want. It's very very complicated to run such a large scale business.

[@markanthonymarla]

BUT AMERICANS QUALITY OVER CHINEESE BLEACHED WHITE WITH NAMES NO ONE CAN PRONIUNCE IS THE REALITY

[@THall-vi8cp]

@jdoesmath2065 Almost. Most garlic one can buy has the roots cleaned off. What to watch out for is of the root plate has been _cut_ off. If the root plate is cut, it's almost assuredly foreign.

[@romkoppel5302]

YES!!!! FINALLY A BUSINESS INSIDER VIDEO ABOUT GARLIC! YOU'VE SUCCUMBED TO THE 914 EMAILS I HAVE SENT YOU OVER THE PAST 2 YEARS!

[@pejalpro88]

thats a very specific numbers bro.... how....the... hell u have time for this?

[@MValpha]

@@pejalpro88 i'm wondering that too

[@impermanent-being]

Ha

[@emmap.7314]

Not all heroes wear capes! 😂

[@Littlelillypewee]

Thank you for those mass emails! 😂

[@Thefreaklander]

- Lobbies against Chinese garlic for destroying US garlic industry. - Proceeds to sell Chinese garlic under its own brand to remain competitive.

[@celianeher7637]

I live in Europe and I don't buy any Chinese products. Besides garlic from China is more or less toxic.

[@elicoleman8631]

@@celianeher7637I very much doubt both of those sentences

[@ikiruyamamoto1050]

@thefreak... Apparently you missed the part where they do NOT sell chinese garlic under their primary Christopher Ranch brand. (12:45) Since they got inadequate protection from Congress, they co-opted the problem. Ever hear of "if you can't beat them, join them"?! So they sell a little off-brand, discount chinese product. Or do they need to be the last US company to go "virtuously"....bankrupt?!

[@lightberry1197]

​@@celianeher7637 even Christopher Ranch in this vid is getting China's garlic selling under different brand name. Good luck

[@Jeremyho439]

This why Hillary, Biden call Trump xenophobic.

[@tombstone4986]

My grandmother worked in the fields in New Mexico (Hatch) and Arizona(Ajo and Eloy) back in the old days. She was 16 and picking garlic by hand all day in the sun. Later ( in the 50's) she bought her house house 🏠 for $6800.00. She lived to be 95 years and always held her own... She taught us so much. I miss her cooking n her stories... miss you Gramma ❤ ( my family has been here in NM & AZ since the early 1600's) (my gramma was part Opate)...

[@TheKarenRob]

so much love in your story, thank you for sharing

[@tombstone4986]

@TheKarenRob love ❤️

[@jeffhatmaker817]

I appreciate what you're saying, but there are mechanical garlic harvesters. The owner of the garlic ranch should know that.

[@FarmForwardTech]

The story of how the US' biggest garlic producer overcame challenges and revived American garlic production is truly inspiring! It’s a testament to resilience, innovation, and the dedication to providing high-quality, locally grown garlic. A remarkable journey in agriculture!

[@needmoreramsay]

That guy's been waiting YEARS to use that vampire joke on camera !! 😂 Well done Sir !

[@TheKarenRob]

it's a very a-peeling joke!

[@paulomunozartavia2282]

Dude seems genuinely funny and chill, tbh

[@asteverino8569]

I am 70 now and grew up near Gilroy, known for garlic. Also, my dad always had a kitchen garden with garlic. I learned about garlic that way. We had braids of it drying on racks above the wood stove.

[@DeRien8]

I had no idea the original Gilroy Garlic Festival went away!!! It was one of my dreams as a kid to go, and I never made it before moving away 🤯

[@lindajarvis4919]

Me tooooooo

[@drunkredninja]

It's because it got shot up awhile back.

[@jdoesmath2065]

I always got the garlic ice cream!

[@nopenope5601]

Been to it once, you genuinely didn't miss much. Bunch of garlic products that are obvious and you can get pretty much anywhere or make yourself (like garlic fries), a couple things you won't get anywhere but isn't actually that great (garlic ice cream), and a whole lot of merchants selling a whole lot of merch you can buy online, with a few merchants selling hand made trinkets (junk). Sorry to be that guy. =(

[@asrano88]

Yeah it's sad. They had it in Los Banos this year. Which is about 40 mins from Gilroy.

[@SoulacroupLesCombes]

I visited Gilroy a few years ago - literally, the entire town smells like garlic. It's amazing and worth a stop when travelling from LA to San Francisco. Great place, great people, great food.

[@panza3328]

Hell yeah! I smell that garlic for miles when I drive past I5. I love it. Thank you all for bringing this food to our table. Gracias!

[@brandonangelodiaz8854]

I don’t know garlic in the US, but here in the Philippines, especially in the provinces, we prefer the ones with smaller cloves or are called the native types and those have the distinct slight reddish color. The bigger ones are not different, just less in pungency. The native type is more tastier so its preferred by most home cooks.

[@Braisin-Raisin]

I put garlic in the ground in the hope it puts off voles that are ravaging my veggies. It did not work but now all my veggies are in raised beds with vole wire beneath. Now I have hundreds and hundreds of garlic bulbs each year . The skin is purplish, the garlic is not huge but very tasty and the fresh green when it emerges is delicious. From Germany

[@EddieLagalag]

Fried rice, baby!

[@liannebedard5521]

Homemade garlic mayonnaise, requiring eight cloves of garlic, a small mortar and pestle, and some good olive oil…will perk up lots more than a salad. Delicious on pasta, a roast beef sandwich, or anything you think needs a bit of a lift. Yes, mashed potatoes. Do not cut back on the garlic…it will just spoil the dish. You need the full effect.

[@SuhasMadhavraoChitnis]

😅 please no garlic trade. Fights.. worlds is full of choice for every types of products.. don't be serious..

[@enigmasong632]

this is a really nice, comprehensive documentary that touches on different aspects of the business. i wasn't expecting to watch it in entirety clicking on this

[@YvetteArby]

@enigmasong632 I have watched numerous videos by this channel -they are fascinating and very educational; I highly recommend that you watch others! ✌🏼💖

[@BetterSubstance]

It’s interesting to see how Christopher Ranch leaned into organic garlic to stand out from cheaper imports. Seems like that the only chance of smaller producers in high-labour cost regions like the US or Western/Northern Europe to stay competitive in an increasingly globalized market is to focus on organic and sustainably grown products. But Christopher Ranch’s success is the exception, not the rule.

[@yay842]

It's a win win. He can charge high prices while fear mongering Chinese affordable garlic lmao

[@100c0c]

​@@yay842 He's literally hiring foreigners too lmao. The Chinese garlic savings are better for everyone but him.

[@DavidCruickshank]

@@yay842 He can fear mongering Chinese affordable garlic whilst selling it.

[@rihadalif]

Americans throwing "Organic" to sound cool. How do you think the Chinese Garlic are produced? Soil from Mars and with alien poop as fertilizers?!

[@alexis1156]

@@100c0c Yep, i hate tariffs. Tariffs are simply producers that are not competitive complaining to the government and increasing costs for everyone else but themselves. In short, a few people benefit from the tariffs at the expense of everyone else. In a free market capitalist economy these people would either have to innovate, slash costs, or go bankrupt, which IS WHAT SHOULD HAPPEN. You wanna know why the us uses high fructose corn syrup instead of sugar which would be less expensive? You guessed it. Oh and by the way, the argument that "oh but you're helping companies that are in your own country" Also doesn't stand, because the extra savings that you would have made, would have been either spent on other products making other industries benefit, invested, or saved which also helps the economy, that's right, SAVINGS help the economy, because banks use that money to give out loans.

[@los447]

As a neighbor of Gilroy, CA, when I drive past it during harvest season, the scent is absolutely delicious. So happy they are in business and knowing I have their product in my kitchen right now!

[@anniesama5729]

As an Italian American, the fact that most people didn't eat garlic is harrowing.

[@ericxpenner]

Haha same. My girlfriend hast absolutely no taste for garlic. It was mind-blowing to learn.

[@Danny-wv8ec]

As a Lebanese-Armenian-Greek I felt the same.

[@jonpaul6948]

News flash, if you were born here, and you don't speak Italian, you're just a plain old American. Every one of us came from somewhere, imagine how silly it would be if we all said "English-American", "German-American" in front of everything. Grow up and stop trying to have a special title.

[@ericxpenner]

@@jonpaul6948 Hey, I'm 31/64th Italian. That entitles me to the label "Italian-American". I'm more Italian than the ones still in Italy, too!

[@anniesama5729]

@@jonpaul6948 my dude, people who call themselves "Italian American" know the difference. Dweebs that just call themselves "Italian" or "Irish" when their great grandparents came over are the ones to worry about. I'm sorry if you didn't get any culture from your family other than American.

[@dn9597]

I work in the grocery industry and this video was/is very informative and useful. Please make more videos on produce/food industry. Thank you!!!

[@MikeBenko]

Imagine having a cuisine without garlic. God have mercy on the British.

[@SuhasMadhavraoChitnis]

😂😂 GOD HAD UNIMAGINABLE INURWNCE RAMDDE MERCY 😂😂

[@lorimeyers3839]

I love it when garlic is so fresh that it’s spicy, almost like horse radish.

[@hansmuller3604]

t thought fresh garlic is milder

[@notusneo]

​@@hansmuller3604alicin, the component that gives garlic its distinct taste loses its potency over time. This is also why garlic that has been cut open and left doesnt taste as sharp as as freshly cut garlic

[@bestintheindustry]

Chinese garlic taste like that

[@Droid6689]

Garlic that is frozen, heated, or aged loses potency. Peak spiciness is fresh garlic at room temperature that was just cut.

[@amandashamanda9479]

Also, the way you chop/cut it up changes the taste 🙂

[@Trec894]

You can also use garlic peels as seasoning. Just dehydrate them in the oven, crush them and sieve them. Once you have done this, you will have a fragrant powder. Mix it with salt and it is ready to use. You can sanitize the peels by soaking them in water and vinegar before dehydrating them. This also works with onions.

[@Iamhome365]

Oh that's interesting!

[@betterlivingonabudget]

Love hearing about Christopher Ranch's garlic business, and that they do it all by hand. ❤❤ Garlic is a super food, and CR is doing a super job getting into stores in the healthiest way possible while employing lots of people. That is a triple win, IMO, and I'll be sure to look for this brand next time I'm garlic shopping.

[@carlu-dovica]

One of the best places for truckers. I was sent there several times during the 90's, but had no idea that was at a low point in sales for them.

[@lucasrem]

Now we all eat it, white people too.

[@BlckJack123]

A garlic a day keeps the vampires away.

[@rajeshranjan5170]

​@@EndlessSpaghettigirls are vampires.

[@SuhasMadhavraoChitnis]

Hahahha . Then how would call a brain eater?

[@UldisCrystal]

I love garlic. Here in Latvia I just can't get enough of it.

[@frequentlycynical642]

So easy to grow almost anywhere except in extreme climates and soils. A flower box would work.

[@tommyguns9008]

If you say that , the price will go up.

[@konstantinepetelava1221]

in addition we have some in flat grown garlics and onions just for fun and they taste better :)

[@soniatriana9091]

Outstanding video! Ken is such a passionate representative for his family’s mega garlic enterprise! I’ve been to Gilroy, CA & miles before you get there, you can smell the garlic! How awesome that this business was able to modify & eventually innovate in order to continue in business & ultimately become an even bigger & more successful company! What an amazing legacy his grandfather started!!

[@kendramiddletonwilliams]

When it’s garlic harvest season, the lovely smell can waft as far north as 18 miles!! It’s glorious in July and August when we get a really northerly breeze and we can smell the garlic harvest.

[@Sergio-xi4ty]

He doesn't say how expensive garlic has become after the tariffs! It helps him out because he Also sells his garlic more expensively!

[@faithrada]

It makes sense to me to pay to have U.S. CLEAN garlic protected. Foreign garlic is Often chemically bleached and grown in Unhealthy soils. It costs money to guarantee healthy produce.

[@Immortal_BP]

garlic is cheap af what are you on about? its actually only risen the past 2-3 years because inflation but comparatively its as cheap as before. recently inflation *rates* quadrupled from previous years it was 1.8 in Jan 2020 compared to 10.1 Jan 2023.

[@earlwright9715]

Tarries didnt do that. I'm sure you are talking about the "evil trump" and his tariffs

[@hu_b]

@@earlwright9715 no need for the quotation marks

[@Pencil-o1p]

I’d be very happy to buy expensive American garlic so my money can stay in the US and support the US businesses rather than let it flow to China.

[@piplup10203854]

The garlic festival is a big thing my sister really loved and wanted to take the family to and we loved it and it became a tradition :) it was neat to see how many different garlic products there were. I just like it in my breads and fries but I like garlic 🥹 I got some bulbs that I just picked.

[@deelohseason]

Garlic rots fast? The heck? I did not know that. My moms garlic been sitting for months perfectly fine and this has been going on for 20+years, we replace like every 3-4 months

[@nyalih929]

It has to dry first

[@oyo2539]

Rots in the ground

[@ernstschmidt4725]

they peel the garlic instead of keeping its skin on. so it rots faster. same problems as american eggs.

[@amyschmelzer6445]

It also depends on the variety. I grow seven different varieties of garlic. Harvest is in July. Some of the hardnecks are best used by Christmas. One of my softneck varieties keeps so well that I am still using some I harvested in 2023. I like the hardnecks’ size better because the big cloves are easy to peel even when freshly harvested.

[@hellobot67]

In the group du as

[@janicelgo4522]

I live about 40 miles northwest of Gilroy. I love harvesting season. When I wake up, I can smell the beautiful smell of California garlic.

[@imaramblins]

I LOVE Business Insider Docs.... They're so informative, and well produced.

[@bnwo]

How do the rich stay rich? By getting the government to prevent competition on their behalf.

[@knuterthal5131]

American Capitalism, free Market and shit lololo

[@edwardweeks1539]

Heaven forbid an American get rich and keep jobs here instead of our beloved Chinese comrades

[@dan4500]

Good, other countries don't play by the same book as the US i.e. labor wages, safety etc... no way you could compete with that when you're paying people pennies per day to pick your garlic, otherwise they do hard labor in prison... lol

[@GM-jv9jz]

You must be a Komrad Kamala supporter

You don't understand that china uses slave labor and can undercut the USA b/c they don't fallow the same laws. We pay ss, insurance, etc. etc. They don't.

[@goldenplatapus5074]

Love Garlic, I've been growing a strain my uncle's uncle brought over from Italy for most of my life. its become a tradition of ours and I'm planting over 300 cloves and growing

[@MRSketch09]

So... how do you grow garlic? Like I stuck some bulbs in the ground from some garlic plants... and nothing has happened for months...

[@Iamhome365]

​@MRSketch09 oh if nothing has happened for months the bulbs must not have been good. I planted mine a few weeks ago (organic) and they're just starting to come through now

[@wackychicken]

Thanks for the long advertisement

[@errk25]

Living my whole life in California near the source it’s hard to imagine garlic ever being a niche product. Have always used it all the time. I always buy Christopher Ranch. Great product.

[@BuddyChrist-e2z]

Can we give Ken some props here? A business owner who doesn't really have to do shit, but knows the business from the top down. Even works on the lines.

[@paulciccarello661]

Great story, keep going with American grown

[@Lordwolfie59]

There are plenty of people who would work there if they paid a decent wage. Its crazy to me its cheaper for them to get a visa for people from another country to come pick the crops for a few months verse just paying a decent wage to united states citizens.

[@namastyle]

Ken: complains about Chinese garlic killing off American farms and jobs, and lobbying for tariffs to funnel American dollars into his monopoly-power company. Also Ken: imports seasonal migrant workers to perform the bulk of manual labor that allows him to scale the Gilroy garlic operation to market-dominant size.

[@pwp8737]

Americans like their food in huge portions and cheap. Go to Europe and ask for the nearest all-you-can-eat buffet and they will laugh at you.

You'll be paying a lot more for American garlic and china will rule the world. They can do it for far less.

[@eyeborg3148]

Exactly, they don’t deserve protectionism from the US government when they won’t even hire American workers. What’s the difference if my garlic is grown by the Chinese or Mexicans. Might as well get rid of the tariffs and let Americans get cheaper garlic. The only winners are people like Ken, that’s why he hires lobbyists.

[@chunkmen]

Who is going to sign up for a job that you only get paid 4 weeks for? They are temporary employees that are part of a job placement company that works to fill agricultural jobs in the US.

[@Nokenify]

Please do another hour of garlic. It's the best.

[@toddmagnusson4880]

I used to go to the Garlic Festival every year ! I would make sure that I could get that weekend off. And then I tried going on the first day of the Festival and was hooked!!! I truly miss that Festival.

[@jerdonhenry6361]

This the type of stuff that makes me love this country ❤

[@facbl]

Here in Brazil we have the same problem, but our good garlic have purple peal and the chinese is white. The flavour is different. But people buy low prices, instead quality !

[@pedromartins6810]

Sabes o nome do alho ou das sementes? Parece ser bom.

[@Chris-lz6ci]

Start selling to USA for cheaper than Chinese garlic

[@xinfuxia3809]

I know Chinese garlics. There are many kinds, varying in size, color, skin thickness, number of cloves, and subtle differences in taste.

[@leeo268]

People are struggling to survive this recession. They will save where they can.

[@downtomars6268]

The American one is white too. Garlic have their origins in China, Central Asia and they have many varieties. You just got one kind, likely from China.

[@cya2163]

Thank you for supplying we Canadians with garlic!!! I LOVE garlic!!!

[@JBAutomotive794]

When I find myself watching a 20 min video on Garlic, i realize its time for bed.

[@radiocaf]

Ken is one of the most relatable owners of a company ever, just seems like a genuinely down to earth, normal guy.

[@nancylombera978]

Wow! Learned so much!😃 Thank you for whomever made this video! I will be supporting Christopher Ranch this Thanksgiving!🙌🏽😊

[@rogersliu1200]

Garlic by itself is not high-value crop. The Chinese garlic is reasonable. See the media never tells you that US Corn flooded the market because they are dirt cheap. It is just a different nature when you apply automation and mass production.

[@robertshaw100]

They probably need to keep 10% of their largest bulbs to replant. My family LOVES garlic.

[@chowmarina008]

I dont live in the US nor am I American but if i lived there, i would rather purchase this garlic grown in the US rather the stuff from China even if its more expensive. This opinion is coming from AB, Canada.

[@johnnydiscovery]

It's incredible to see how Christopher Ranch has survived and thrived despite the challenges from imported garlic. Their resilience and dedication to maintaining quality American-grown garlic are truly admirable!

[@drewmqn]

Best infomercial I've seen all day

[@retired-s5h]

I don't think the Chinese are dumping garlic at a loss, it must be much cheaper for them grow it. It should be cheaper considering the company brings in migrant workers in thousands if I'm not wrong. Its ironic you guys love to keep away those economic migrants while importing them for a few months to save money, like renting slave.

[@zarpthunder]

They use free prison labor to peel their garlic. Not huge expensive machines. That's why it's cheaper.

[@BlancOwly]

america is a double standard

[@dawuid1491]

If Chinese are dumping everything at a lose just to sell them at a cheaper price, and still have their economy boomed so much for the past decades since they opened their market and started trading, then it means the basic principle of ecomoics are all wrong, which simiply isn't true.

[@pwp8737]

It's impossible to have free trade when one country uses its central bank to throw hundreds of billions of dollars at free interest, prohibits free trade unions to represent labor and localities lease land for free all at the behest of the party bosses who only care to report their economic success to the top leadership. Free trade only with free countries.

[@chunkmen]

China since joining the WTO has been accused of dumping in markets a lot. Generally the migrants that come over to work these jobs are coming over as people who are employed in a multi/bi national work placement company to fill those roles. Generally these migrants are getting paid considerably well before they get back on the bus and go home to chill for a couple months or sign up for a new ag visa and go for the next job.

[@overdramaticpan]

i feel bad for the people who work in that 90° room

[@plumtart]

The whole town smells heavily of garlic during harvest. I wouldn't want to be in that room either. The rooms they process chopped onions are the worst.

[@easyteh4getperson]

outside is pretty much the same lol or hotter

[@MadeByChinkee]

If you’re used to winter/cold it might be. But if you’re used to warm/hot climate, not so.

[@mindwreckRC]

its been over a 100-105F outside recently in california and yet people still work outside just fine. 90 isn't that hot..

[@jdoesmath2065]

Try the drying tunnels for prunes at Sunsweet ... 180°F.

[@trex1448]

All Korean Americans intentionally seek out American garlic simply bc it's better quality than Chinese garlic.

[@trex1448]

we eat tubs of it. mince it using food processor and freeze ziplock bags of it.

[@edmundblackaddercoc8522]

What isn't better quality than anything Chinese?!

[@SoftTofu123]

@@edmundblackaddercoc8522 electronics, sneakers, screws, etc. They've mastered quality production for a lot of things. They are also capable of making things for cheap and poor quality, if the client wants them to.

[@MicroUrbanGardenWonders]

"This is the first time seeing the garlic processing process through your video, it's really good and fascinating! Each step is shown clearly and meticulously, both interesting and relaxing to the viewer. Thank you for sharing these wonderful moments, looking forward to more creative videos!"

[@Caligirl4life555]

I live in Soledad, about an hour away from Gilroy. Every time I drive up the 101 north during the summer, I can smell the Garlic right before I hit Gilroy! Props to all the fieldworkers out there.♥

[@williammaxwell1919]

"How much garlic in that?" Julie "A Lot?"... obviously not enough garlic

[@TheShedBuilt]

I wish they could bring the Garlic Festival back to Gilroy!

[@mominthe209]

@@TheShedBuilt a true nutter ruined that forever

[@loriw5457]

Someone said that because of the 2019 tragedy, the City couldn't afford the 'insurance' and required security ?

[@lucasrem]

@@loriw5457 fight that in court, the big insurance scam... White supremacy issues, garlic....

[@marambula]

That’s what the video said. Insurance costs were too much after the shooting. in America there’s Festival control never gun control.

[@jackMeought-fr8vl]

CA has the most strict gun control in the country. How can the city not afford to pay a few security guards?

[@Mike__B]

7:05 "... because Americans wouldn't buy bulbs that didn't look perfect" this is just so sad that the American public thinks this way. They want that perfectly red looking apple... that often tastes like absolute garbage, but who cares it looks like an apple should look. How much cheaper fresh fruits and vegetables would be if we didn't have this absolute obsession with caring what it looks like.

[@Stunkos]

It's more that people don't want to buy spoiled produce and don't know how to tell so they just don't take a risk.

[@s.k.1091]

I make honey-fermented garlic every 2 weeks so I Always have a batch ready to eat after 1 month ‘fermenting’. I ALWAYS look for USA Garlic - Not for political reasons, but for confidence in clean food and integrity. Thank you!

[@kavithsayed2102]

Woh... its amazing to see how garlic is being produced cleaned and packet fr distrubtion. ❤

[@pauldacus4590]

Someone needs to invent a garlic peeler for home use that actually works..

[@kriti8906]

Watching this while eating garlic spinach rice 🍚

[@pwp8737]

I'm in San Francisco and making spanakorizo while watching this also

[@richieh2006]

I like how that dude has a sense of humour and not just some boring business owner.

[@Tathlon1]

Yes I have noticed his senseof humor to...keep up the good work Mr. Garlic!

[@wa13601]

Thank you Chisropher RANCH for what you do! We need a usa grower!

[@michaellippmann4474]

Wow...this was pretty awesome, Christopher Ranch has nothing to fear from the 300 heads of garlic I grow!!! 😂😂 We have never bought Chinese Garlic...always grown our own or ensured we bought either American or Canadian grown garlic! Hardly a meal goes by that does not start with garlic and onions in our home! Cheers Mike 🇨🇦

[@anon511]

maybe tariffs would be beneficial after all. It would force consumers to use American goods as opposed to Chinese ones.

[@GamerKnight-os1ot]

Tariffs are great, that's why billionares hate them.

[@Swalley311]

If you just bought your garlic locally (it can be grown in pretty much every state), then you wouldn't need thousands of migrant workers to "pick the food Americans eat". Small local farms provide the stability in your food system for many reasons, and even benefits the local workforce by giving teenagers and young men just starting in the workforce a valuable job they can do and will love to do. Take it from me, I was lucky enough to be one of them!

[@Sodier402]

You would still need thousands of migrant workers, they’d just be spread out across 48 states. If anything you’d need more, since the process would be less efficient. Small local farms are the weakest link in the farming industry. They use twice the resources to grow half as much.

[@Swalley311]

@@Sodier402 that is literally the opposite of the truth. You must have missed the part where I talked about teenagers and young men working on our farms again. Perfect job for a young man....instead we insist that they "go to college", which everyone now knows how much of a scam that is...

[@Sodier402]

@@Swalley311 "Perfect job" except it pays a fifth as much as restroom attendant with worse hours. There's a reason harvesting has been historically limited to being done by the lowest of society word wide. It's hard unpleasant work. We should be thanking the migrants for doing it and keeping our food prices lower.

[@Swalley311]

@@Sodier402 You are talking to a farmer who literally does this every day! Haha! It pays more than any other intro job I know of! I gotta wonder...what is your experience in this field? You're on the internet, so you must be an expert...

[@rickgao9573]

​@@Swalley311lmao ok bud. How much are you paying an hour

[@dyu8184]

Christopher Ranch also imports a ton of Chinese garlic

[@sebastianconstantin5176]

if u cant beat them join them, lol. he kind of beats the whole purpose of his factory...

[@creativemindplay]

That was mentioned in the video..

[@rcbrascan]

So does Christopher Ranch pay the tariffs that they asked the government to impose on the Chinese garlic?

[@garlicandchilipreppers8533]

Probably the majority of his products are Chinese grown, this is just an advertisement for his Trademark. If the US is anything like the European Union it only needs to be processed in the country and it can be labelled US Product, so the end user never knows the origin.

[@knuterthal5131]

@@garlicandchilipreppers8533 Same here in EU, grow mushrooms in Poland, drive them to Germany, Package them in Germany - Tada Guaranteed German grown Mushrooms. you will never know.

[@girlfromthepast4680]

Loyal customer here! 🙋🏻‍♀️

[@buschhuhn9197]

Same challenge everywhere. It is VERY tedious to peel tiny little cloves grown locally, but for private households it's absolutely worth it. The chinese imports are nice, big and next to tasteless...not to talk of reckless neglect on harmful substances in water, soil, air those are grown in.

[@elvenkind6072]

16:29 WTF! A MASS-SHOOTING AT A GARLIC-FESTIVAL?!!! Where's this world heading? 😞

[@DavidCruickshank]

Where's -this- -world- *America heading?

[@garlicandchilipreppers8533]

The man was served Chinese Garlic so his motive was justifiable.

[@aramdeara1]

HELL YEA MURICA

[@Gilvids]

Americans really think they are the only country in the world. Like when a tsunami hits america theyll say stuff like "OMG theres a world wide flood."

[@hoilst265]

A polite reminder that "america" is not "the world". Rest of us aren't psychos.

[@Kiyoone]

PLOT TWIST: THE OWNERS ARE THE VAMPIRES

[@Zantides]

Owner haven't seen a vampire since the early 1700's.

[@caocaoholdingaplushie6022]

Hes a vampire all right

[@celianeher7637]

😂😂😂❤

[@Onionbaron]

The U.S not buying whole garlics? Pre peeled??? Very hard for me to understand why!!!

[@cognitivedissonancecamp6326]

I thought this too, but then I splurged and bought a jar of roasted minced garlic and was sold on how good it was and I'm too lazy to have it on hand all the time, ready to go.

[@daveklein2826]

Nothing hard to understand...... Well maybe for your mini brain

[@fionamann1553]

Why are you so rude?​@@daveklein2826

[@TheTechnoPilot]

@@daveklein2826it’s insane levels of expected convenience beyond reasonable and continues to push additional food processing, driving up costs.

[@sirbixalot73]

I buy whole bulbs because it lasts longer. Doing that pre-peel method makes use of less than perfect bulbs but still good cloves. If I was going to do a large amount of garlic, I would but the pre-peeled. The minced is not very good.

[@danilondon835]

Fantastic!!!!!!!!! Fresh, with tradition, helping people have job, help communities, organic, family company. Well done!!!!!! ❤ Don't allow Bill buy yor land!!!!!!!

[@justtabandme8871]

I grew up in the Santa Clara Valley in the 1940’s through 2010. The incredible scent is SO prevalent in the mornings, during harvest!!! We used to get our garlic at a fruit stand every time we went to Gilroy!!! I attended the first Garlic Festival, and didn’t often miss it!!! Garlic ice cream anyone???

[@hadenman5]

Garlic flavoured ice cream? That doesn’t sound good at all

[@garlicandchilipreppers8533]

Black Garlic Ice cream, delicious I am selling DIY BG Ice cream packets.

[@Hisa1shi]

It's the best thing I ate at Gilroy garlic festival

[@AKAK-rh7lr]

@@Hisa1shiTheir cooking is that bad?

[@Hisa1shi]

@@hadenman5 the food is assaultingly strong with garlic, borderline unenjoyable. The garlic ice cream was subtle

[@Codangerz]

I tried it, it is amazing, highly recommend!

[@bereketdamtew7766]

And the 25% tariffs their customers pay for the Chinese garlic becomes the company's profit.😂

[@richardtaylor1024]

What a fantastic operation, well done to you and your family.

[@rudolfnv6666]

Rebuilding and carrying on after the shooting is soo commendable. Regardless of your thoughts, that shows some incredibly strong community

[@empressphoenixrose]

Very good snippet. So many dont understand the dangers of products like this. More harm than good. Vinegar, baking soda, so many better options. Soap of course.

[@masterimbecile]

6:27 say it with me: “Allicin is like a two part epoxy.”

[@ZuzannaNadolska-e9x]

The problem is that the US Agricultural department still gives 14 billion each year to subsidize sugar and corn for corn syrup

[@riverpirate1022]

Which is poison not fit for human consumption to begin with!

[@jimmyjl3528]

meanwhile USA is mad at mexico by the prohibition of GMO corn from other countries and promoting local mexican no GMO corn.

[@markregan4737]

do you know how they could get labour for the harvest? Pay more. They import workers because they don't have to pay them as much if you increase the pay Americans would be more likely to take the jobs its not a labour issue they just don't want to eat into their profits.

[@landlice48]

I doubt it. Sadly, fewer and fewer people want full time work. They want a full-time salary, with lots of benefits and company bonuses for a 2-3 day work week. Yes, this happens in Canada too.

[@biggdogg285]

This company and their family is Amazing!

[@leelaural]

Thx to all those workers...we appreciate what you do.