Beginning next month, people in Trinidad and Tobago could be eating carrots grown in Costa Rica, according to a statement from the National Horticultural Corporation (CHN).

A new cooling process available here freezes carrots to 21 degrees below zero Celsius, allowing them to survive shipping to hot, Caribbean climates. Exporting carrots has previously been impossible because of temperature problems.

About 250 tons of carrots grown in Costa Rica are expected to be imported to Trinidad and Tobago beginning in June or July, the statement said.

The equipment to freeze the carrots, which costs about $50 million, will be installed this month at the CHN headquarters, and the corporation also hopes to obtain new temperature-control devices for growing tomatoes and cucumbers in June.

-Tico Times