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This US State Produces The Most Brussels Sprouts By Far By Kat Olvera Oct. 22, 2025 4:20 pm EST

Certain vegetables make people think of specific states. For example, many people would think Nebraska is the state that produces the most corn , even though that's not actually the case. There's not really a U.S. state associated with Brussels sprouts, though, so it might surprise you to know that out of the 32,000 tons of them produced nationally, California grows the most of these green veggies (via The San Francisco Peninsula ). The Golden State maintains thousands of acres of Brussels sprouts along the coast in Monterey, San Mateo, and Santa Cruz counties, harvesting them between June and January.

Brussels sprouts (named for Brussels, Belgium) often get a bad rap fo

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