An Alberta garlic farm was on track for a bumper crop this summer. And several weeks later, thieves hit the farm — not once, but twice — making off with about 1,500 garlic plants yanked out of the ground. Farm helpers at Nina’s Homegrown Hardneck Garlic measure a row of stolen crop after one of the thefts. (Submitted by Nina Ulmer )The hardneck variety that Ulmer grows is planted in the fall, then harvested throughout the summer. Radio Active 6:42 The great garlic heist Nina Ulmer is the owner of Nina's Homegrown Hardneck Garlic.

Source: CBC News August 10, 2021 19:07 UTC