It’s not just you, lettuce really is more expensive than ever.
that some shipments of California-grown romaine hearts sell for nearly three times the price compared to a year ago. But, more than inflation, the story behind lettuce’s high prices starts on the farm.
The problems started last fall in California’s Salinas Valley, often referred to as “The Salad Bowl,” when an insect-borne virus destroyed acres of lettuce crops. The area,, was ravaged by impatiens necrotic spot virus , a disease carried by small insects called thrips. There is no known cure for INSV, and it can infect a lot of different plant species, making it incredibly difficult to control.
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