US lettuce prices chopped as costs for other goods remain stubbornly high
A lettuce farm near Salinas, California, on 11 August. Photograph: Fred Greaves/ReutersView image in fullscreenA lettuce farm near Salinas, California, on 11 August. The spread was linked to iceberg lettuce that has since been recalled, and the agency said that it “remains confident that all recalled iceberg lettuce related to this specific Cyclospora outbreak is off the market”.There’s no dressing up the hit the lettuce industry has taken.
- ▪A lettuce farm near Salinas, California, on 11 August.
- ▪Photograph: Fred Greaves/ReutersView image in fullscreenA lettuce farm near Salinas, California, on 11 August.
- ▪The spread was linked to iceberg lettuce that has since been recalled, and the agency said that it “remains confident that all recalled iceberg lettuce related to this specific Cyclospora outbreak is off the market”.There’s no dressing up t
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A lettuce farm near Salinas, California, on 11 August. Photograph: Fred Greaves/ReutersView image in fullscreenA lettuce farm near Salinas, California, on 11 August. Photograph: Fred Greaves/ReutersUS newsUS lettuce prices chopped as costs for other goods remain stubbornly highPrice for the crop dropped dramatically this summer after the cyclospora outbreak caused demand to wiltLauren ArataniFri 11 Sep 2026 12.00 EDTLast modified on Fri 11 Sep 2026 12.01 EDTSharePrefer the Guardian on GoogleAt the Republicans’ midterm convention held earlier this week, Donald Trump said that “food prices and almost every other item are rapidly going down”.
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