NEW YORK - It's the busiest day of the year at the Hunts Point Produce Market. Trucks are being loaded up with millions of pounds of produce for distribution throughout New York, New Jersey and Connecticut. Some of it will likely end up on your Thanksgiving plate. More than 30 million pounds of food will be shipping out before the day is over. Thousands of workers are putting in long hours leading up to Thanksgiving. They're checking, packing and shipping out fruits and vegetables.
Ninety percent of what New Yorkers eat on Thanksgiving originated from the Hunts Point Produce Market warehouse. It carries traditional fruits and vegetable, including green beans, potatoes, even pineapples, but there are some niche items, too. 'For example, we fly in cherries from Chile,' Joshue Gatcke of Nathel & Nathel said. 'Picked three days ago in Chile, and it's here today.
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