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Crop disease in Salinas Valley causing lettuce prices to rise in Bay Area
San Francisco Chronicle ^ | December 17, 2022 | Nico Madrigal-Yankowski

Posted on 12/18/2022 4:59:41 PM PST by artichokegrower

With inflation, labor shortages and supply chain issues, the prices of common goods are soaring. But if you’ve noticed that the price of lettuce in Bay Area grocery stores is rising too, it’s actually mostly because of a totally different reason

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With inflation, labor shortages and supply chain issues, the prices of common goods are soaring. But if you’ve noticed that the price of lettuce in Bay Area grocery stores is rising too, it’s actually mostly because of a totally different reason


There last lettuce was harvested in the Salinas Valley was on November 1. All lettuce now is coming out of the desert or Mexico. Production is low because of the lowest mean temperatures in the last 50 years. So much for global warming

1 posted on 12/18/2022 4:59:41 PM PST by artichokegrower
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To: artichokegrower

Get it right man, it’s CLIMATE CHANGE !! 🤣


2 posted on 12/18/2022 5:05:41 PM PST by bantam
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To: bantam

/s


3 posted on 12/18/2022 5:05:59 PM PST by bantam
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To: artichokegrower

Lettuce prey


4 posted on 12/18/2022 5:06:57 PM PST by GreyFriar (Spearhead - 3rd Armored Division 75-78 & 83-87)
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“Lettuce prey”

Lol What kind of friar are you?

Let us pray.


5 posted on 12/18/2022 5:11:27 PM PST by algore
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To: artichokegrower

Honestly I stopped buying lettuce.

Three different times the packaged salad fixings (Spring Garden, Veggie Mixture, types of names) were recalled——twice including those with a serial number on the bag I had at home.

The lettuce used in Wendy’s burgers in MI and OH actually linked to e.coli hospitalizations—including the Wendy’s 2.5 miles from my home (and I ate one the week before but didn’t get sick, thank goodness).

And head lettuce also recalled from my local supermarkets here.

So, no thanks to lettuce for me for at least a year or so.
Too stressful.


6 posted on 12/18/2022 5:45:13 PM PST by frank ballenger (You have summoned up a thundercloud. You're gonna hear from me. Anthem by Leonard Cohen)
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They have been trying to invent a machine that harvests lettuce but are unable to invent one that poops in the field while cutting it.


7 posted on 12/18/2022 5:52:21 PM PST by oldasrocks
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To: artichokegrower

5,000,000 newly-minted US green cards and labor shortages?


8 posted on 12/18/2022 7:28:44 PM PST by wac3rd (Somewhere in Hell, Ted Kennedy snickers....l)
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To: oldasrocks

Now that is a good one.😁


9 posted on 12/18/2022 8:19:57 PM PST by frank ballenger (You have summoned up a thundercloud. You're gonna hear from me. Anthem by Leonard Cohen)
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To: frank ballenger

My wife prefers Romaine but it has been really crappy and nasty dirty for a while...I still get the occasional head of Iceberg for small salads as it’s not as nasty and easier to clean. The quality and size is down but I don’t use much these days.


10 posted on 12/19/2022 5:31:55 AM PST by trebb (So many fools - so little time...)
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To: artichokegrower

Crop disease gouge plan #35740271599 the price never goes down after one.


11 posted on 12/19/2022 9:03:20 AM PST by Vaduz (LAWYERS )
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To: oldasrocks

MORE TRUE THAN CONSUMERS KNOW.


12 posted on 12/19/2022 10:45:50 AM PST by ridesthemiles
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To: oldasrocks

MORE TRUE THAN CONSUMERS KNOW.


13 posted on 12/19/2022 10:45:50 AM PST by ridesthemiles
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