An ongoing lettuce shortage is limiting supply and increasing prices.
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Why Is There a Lettuce Shortage?
An insect-borne virus ripped through the Salinas Valley, devastating upwards of 50% of the harvest.
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Unseasonably high temperatures have also played a role in the shortage.
How Are Lettuce Prices Affected?
Heres the good news: the shortage (and resulting inflation) is expected to ease up soon.
For those with a green thumb, you could always trygrowing your own lettuceindoors or outdoorsinstead.
Hampton C. Salinas valley farmers hit by lettuce virus.
November 9, 2022.
Accessed August 5, 2024. https://www.agalert.com/california-ag-news/archives/november-9-2022/salinas-valley-farmers-hit-by-lettuce-virus/.
