March 26 is Spinach Day, Popeye Spinach Day. Spinach is also welknow for its nutrients and second one is Popeye.
Spinach Packed with nutrients such as Iron, Vitamin A and Calcium. Spinach is known for being a healthy part of a balanced diet, there are so many delicious ways that you can enjoy spinach, it is also extremely good for us.
Types of spinach:
- Savoy: dark green color with curly leaves; usually sold in fresh bunches.
- Flat or Smooth Leaf: broad smooth leaves; mostly grown for canned and frozen spinach as well as soups, baby food and processed foods.
- Semi-savoy: a hybrid variety with crinkly leaves: is sold fresh and processed.
- Following China, the United States is the world’s second largest producer of spinach.
- California, Arizona and New Jersey are the top spinach producing states in the United States.
