20,000 bales of straw (10,000 tonnes) are used to preserve Chantenay from the frost and heat. That's 7,000 acres of straw (which is the equivalent of 2,692 football pitches!), all of which is grown locally and incorporated into the soil as a soil conditioner after use.

It takes around half a litre of water to produce a Chantenay carrot.

Chantenay are very difficult to grow, so the very best soils and farming practice are required to produce a good crop

Computerised technology is used to control moisture and disease levels in the crops, interlinked via radio control recording equipment.

Chantenay are grown using a special soil nutrition system which keeps the mineral levels of the soil in balance.

Nine times more seed is needed to produce Chantenay than ordinary carrots.

Over 35,000 miles of Chantenay are drilled annually. That's enough to go 1.4 times around the globe!