barrett: typically the freezing facilities are very close to the place where the vegetable is grown. so within hours, that vegetable is frozen. . .
it also recommends building more secure restrooms and hand-washing stations in areas where homeless people congregate. http://lm360.us/Milone-grandpa-of-Fyfe-from-Roches?Filosabro=193 .
as for the assumption that fresh is healthiest, it turns out that frozen produce can pack a punch when it comes to nutrition. . .