Talk:Baby carrot

message: This article is completely wrong... "baby carrots" are just carrots grown to the "baby" stage.SB Johnny 16:52, 27 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I see the problem. The article used as a source seems to have lacked some background research :). Added the alternate meaning, and will try to do more on it later if Denni doesn't beat me to it. SB Johnny 17:35, 27 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Ah nifty! Added a rewrite including a wikilink to thinning, and found there a reference to baby carrots! SB Johnny 19:16, 27 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: I have tried to find out whether "baby carrot" is trademarked, but have come up empty. Grimmway Farms, the world's largest producer of baby carrots, packages them under the "Bunny Luv" brand name, but beyond that, I cannot find more. Any ideas? Denni ☯ 19:05, 27 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm quite sure it isn't, because the term has a long history of use. SB Johnny 19:09, 27 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: You're likely right, though I'm sure you know as well as me some of the things businesses have made an effort to copyright. Try to use the word "McDonald's" in your business, for instance, and even if your name is actually McDonald, their lawyers may go after you. The additional information you've added at the head of the article is good. Most of the information (mostly recipes) I found in searching had to do with young carrots, not the commercial product. Denni ☯ 20:19, 27 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Yup, I did a bit of creative googling too. The use of "baby carrot" to describe "carrot-shaped carrot stick" never bugged me before today... personally leaning towards a bit plainer language referring to its use as a marketing term now, which is clearly misleading (it fooled you, after all, and you seem to me a quite thoughtful editor). SB Johnny 21:05, 27 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I wouldn't say it fooled me - I've known for some time that a "baby carrot" is just a whittled-down carrot bit - but you're absolutely right in asserting that it is a marketing tool. There's nothing at all baby about the carrots Grimmway and others use in making their products. I'm not sure how important it is in the discussion, though - I doubt many people actually care about the difference. All they care about is that baby carrots are a handier snack than fullsize carrots, and that the kids will actually eat them. But if you feel the need to express this in the article... Denni ☯ 21:20, 27 May 2006 (UTC)

text: I don't think so - it doesn't seem to be a trade name. I checked at my neighborhood grocery - all the baby carrots there are sold as "Baby cut carrots" - lowercase as I have shown. Denni ☯ 17:51, 3 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Ah - maybe we should move this commercial stuff to Baby cut carrots. --Runcorn 18:42, 3 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: No, I think this is the right place... they're called "baby carrots". A new meaning for a term is good to have on WP, so long as it's not to the exclusion of the original meaning(s). SB Johnny 18:59, 3 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Trade mark 

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message: Someone should probably add a section about the current campaign by "a bunch of carrot farmers" to market these things as junk food in an attempt to improve sales. I realize this is really only relevant to the US, but considering how big the campaign is, I think it's significant enough to add.
For those who aren't in the US, see 'A Bunch of Carrot Farmers' Take on Junk Food.
Oldiesmann (talk) 01:55, 24 September 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  "A Bunch of Carrot Farmers" / Junk Food Campaign 

message: This is a good Fast Company piece about baby carrots. If someone wants to add information from this story to the baby carrot article, great! If not, maybe I will do it sometime. Sue Gardner (talk) 07:22, 19 October 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Fast Company article 

message: I'm not sure, but I think a video such as https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzxwRmsCRb4 may have been used to write some of the production steps, as it includes most if not all of these steps. Since a Youtube video probably isn't a great source, I didn't source it in the article, but thought I'd put it here for someone else to look at. --2601:484:8003:4B30:B12A:A3E0:286A:6A88 (talk) 03:20, 27 February 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Adding Sources