Crop	Growers (number)	Production (tonnes)	% of Australian harvest
Asian vegetables	36	3,691	22%
Asparagus	91	9,368	96%
Beetroot	26	1,110	3%
Broccoli	120	22,178	46%
Brussels sprouts	11	1,887	22%
Butter beans	18	474	6%
Cabbages	59	24,142	31%
Capsicums & chillies	63	3,263	5%
Carrots	48	41,541	16%
Cauliflower	90	29,571	39%
Celery	14	33,193	65%
Cucumbers	25	357	2%
Eggplant	17	831	9%
Fennel	13	1,232	97%
French & runner beans	38	3,787	10%
Garlic	22	87	12%
Globe artichokes	13	262	73%
Herbs other than parsley	61	556	20%
Leeks	35	5,396	65%
Lettuce - fancy	47	12,581	36%
Lettuce - head	70	46,173	36%
Melons	28	9,919	5%
Mushrooms	18	12,812	29%
Onions	39	10,436	5%
Parsley	38	566	26%
Parsnips	16	7,898	73%
Peas - green	22	359	2%
Potatoes	293	289,334	23%
Pumpkins	98	3,117	3%
Radish (red & white)	25	683	52%
Silverbeet and spinach	51	2,594	32%
Snow peas and sugarsnap peas	37	3,574	64%
Spring onions, shallots & bunching onions	38	2,591	34%
Swedes & turnips	18	417	7%
Sweet corn	34	8,520	13%
Tomatoes	157	245,414	55%
Zucchini & squash	67	2,192	10%
71210DO003_200607 Agricultural Commodities, Australia, 2006-07        © Commonwealth of Australia 2008

Proportion of vegetables grown in each region
Victoria	Melbourne	Gippsland	Mallee	Central Highlands	Barwon	Western District
Population 5.022 M	72%	5%	2%	3%	5%	2%
Potato - seed (ha)	1%	46%	1%	29%	8%	13%
Other vegetable seed	6%	22%	11%	47%	1%	4%
Asian vegetables	88%	5%		5%	2%
Asparagus	88%	4%	8%
Beetroot	67%		29%	3%	1%
Broccoli	70%	16%	2%	10%	3%
Brussels sprouts	99%	1%
Butter beans	1%	92%
Cabbages	37%	60%		1%	1%
Capsicums and Chillies	24%	4%	34%
Carrots	17%	17%	51%	1%		6%
Cauliflower	92%	4%			2%
Celery	100%
Cucumbers	72%	1%	2%	1%	15%
Eggplant	1%		27%
Fennel	98%			2%
French and runner beans	2%	96%	1%
Garlic	4%	1%	92%			1%
Globe artichokes	49%				51%
Herbs - other	79%	4%		1%	1%	13%
Leeks	98%			2%
Lettuce - butter & fancy	70%	9%		17%	1%
Lettuce - head	74%	20%	6%
Melons			100%
Mushrooms	90%		7%		1%
Onions	25%	42%	14%		13%	6%
Parsley	100%
Parsnips	94%			1%
Peas - green	3%	93%	1%	1%
Potatoes	16%	27%	4%	39%	3%	4%
Pumpkins	34%	7%	46%	1%	4%	1%
Radish (red & white)	97%				3%
Silverbeet & spinach	82%	8%		9%
Snow & sugarsnap peas	1%	99%
Spring onions, shallots & bunching onions	97%	3%
Swedes & turnips	21%	8%		3%	11%	46%
Sweet corn	7%	86%	6%
Tomatoes	2%		3%		1%
Zucchini & squash	3%	1%	70%			1%
71250DO008_Agricultural Commodities:, 2005-06 Released Fri 6 Jun 2008                                 © Commonwealth of Australia 2008

Intensive Agriculture in the Melboune region (courtesy DPI-Victoria) Local fresh vegetables don't have to travel far to reach Melbourne's dinner tables !

Fresh vegetables are essential for a healthy life style but few people appreciate our high quality produce until they travel overseas. Few places in the world have the variety of fresh local crops that Victorians enjoy 52 weeks of the year. The following list shows many of the wide range of locally grown vegetables avaliable to Victorians throughout the year. Artichoke Coriander Potato Asian vegetables Cucumber Pumpkin Asparagus Eggplant Radicchio Beans Endive Radish - daikon Beetroot Fennel Radish - red round Broccoli Herbs - various Rhubarb Brocolini Kale Salad Mixes Brussels sprouts Kohl Rabi Shallots Cabbage - white Leek Silverbeet Cabbage - red Lettuce - cos Spinach Cabbage - savoy Lettuce - iceberg Swede Capsicum Lettuce - fancy Sweet Corn Carrot Onion - brown Tomato Carrot - Dutch Onion - salad Turnip Cauliflower Onion - spring Witlof Celeriac Parsley Zucchini Celery Parsnips Chillies Peas - green Chives Peas - snow Victoria's climate and soils suit vegetable production with growers growing root vegetables in deep sands and crucifers in the heavier clay-loams across the southern half of the state and along the Murray river. Much of our vegetable seed is grown in central Victoria and vegetables for processing in Gippsland. The following maps and tables have been summarised from the latest ABS census reports.