Broccoli has been around for more than 2000 years, and it was a favorite food of the ancient Romans. In the 1500’s, broccoli was introduced into France and in 1720 it was brought to England.
It wasn’t until the 1920’s, however, that broccoli was first grown in the United States. It was brought over by Italian immigrants to be planted in their home gardens in Brooklyn, New York. In 1923, a group of Italian vegetable farmers in Northern California started to grow broccoli commercially. A few years later, they were shipping this scrumptious and very nutritious vegetable to Boston and New York!
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