As with many labour-intensive crops, people want to eat it, but not do the work involved themselves. Ah, yes. The best asparagus is hand-picked the day of con

As with many labour-intensive crops, people want to eat it, but not do the work involved themselves. Ah, yes. The best asparagus is hand-picked the day of consumption, and it would be ideal if picked by the people eating it. I grew up in an area that used to have asparagus fields, so asparagus grew "wild" along the fences and ditchbanks. I would occasionally help my parents cut the day's wild asparagus for dinner. I hated it as a kid, but really grew to appreciate how good fresh asparagus is when compared to what has to be mass produced and shipped, because, as you say, nobody wants to do the labor.