In What Ways Do Leafy Vegetable Operations Differ? Curious if leafy greens growers handled their farms any differently from their peers, we took a fresh look at our most recent American Vegetable Grower State of the Vegetable Industry survey. We isolated those who grow leafy greens from all other vegetable growers and found some striking differences between the two groups. Advertisement The following is based on 187 leafy greens growers and 225 growers who do not include the crop in their mix. Leafy Vegetable Farms Grow a Wider Array of Crops One of the most noticeable points of departure between the two groups was the diversity of their crops.