Medjool Dates

Available from Chef Shop when we last checked. Sold from the shop’s own store; the price there is the one that counts.

Essential Pantry Medjool Dates 1 pound bag - California On an acre of land, up to fifty females and one male can grow in harmony. A 15 to 20 year old tree will yield about 200 pounds of Medjool dates a year. Fossils have shown dates thrived 50 million years ago. Humans have been cultivating them for 6,000 years. Hundreds of varieties are grown worldwide, twelve in the States. Of those, over 90% of the total US crop are grown in the Coachella Valley. Although they have been in the US since the 18