Much of it goes to Italy. If you have some pasta in Rome it might be from Yuma!

Thanks It's hard back breaking work. Workers should be paid more

Three crops a year, even in the hot Summer seeds, alfalfa, Summer wheat & other crops grow in Yuma. Few places in the world can say that.

Why did you spell picnic so wrong

EVEN I THOUGHT SO INITIALLY.

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@@owenwammes4052 its a non comical attempt at a racial joke.

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Mark Allen Channel great question. Almost all of the dust comes from the desert around Yuma. There is only 280 sq. miles of farm ground in Yuma County, but there is over 5,000 sq. miles of desert.

Arizona is a mexican territory this is wrong, the slaves must be blond

H CB this area of arizona was purchased from Mexico in 1853. Stay in school kids.

@@hcb9724 Pretty stupid statement, HCB. If it belonged to Mexico there would be a minimal economy.

@@MrDannyrico1 purchased with guns, that's robery.

Roma P. We’re actually right next to the Colorado River

You can grow lettuce anywhere

+Dustin The Ninja thanks

Mark Sky the Off-Grid RV Guy I appreciate your perspective Mark. However, no pollution is happening on our organic or conventional fields. These fields have been producing fresh fruits and vegetables for nearly 100 years, and our farming practices keep getting better. You should come out and see for yourself. I'd be glad to give you a tour.

@@johnboelts1372 may I take a tour

No problem they are wearing protective gear

There are minimal pests there and there are also no residues on the plants. They are tested before being harvested.

They're only human. They aren't lizard people. They can't get lizard people wages or there will be trouble. That's how lizard people do.

cruciferousvegetable

Good observation! All the weed were removed by people walking through the field and removing them with hoes. It's an age old farming practice to reduce weed pressure by eliminating weeds before they go to seed. Also, to respond to your other point, there are no gmo lettuce seeds available meaning that no, Roundup wasn't used in this field. If roundup would have been used here it would have killed the lettuce as well as the weeds. But, that is obviously not the case.

was thinking that it was weeded from farmers . you know how much round up would cost to do a field like that? $10,000.00 aday probly

jason bachtel As stated before, there isn't any GMO lettuce, so you question isn't all that relevant to this field, or any field of lettuce. That being said, here is some info you might be interested in: Our cost of weeding an average acre of lettuce is appropriately $175per acre, per season. That includes having a crew of people who make about $10-11/hr. walk through the field removing weeds with hoes 2-3 different times throughout the 70-120 days were growing that crop. 1 acre is slightly smaller than a football field, not counting the end zones. That field that Rob is standing in is about 10 acres. It would cost about $20/acre to apply a pesticide application to the field, and Roundup costs about $10-20/acre depending on how much material is needed to effectively control your target weeds.

jason bachtel :

Anthony Gjolaj there is something called 18 wheelers

Anthony Gjolaj great question. Cut and transported to a cooler where the boxed lettuce is cooled to 35 degrees, within 1.5 hours of cutting in the field. Then loaded onto an over the road truck which is driven by one or two drivers across the US or Canada, straight to a supermarket or restaurant distribution center, and then on to your retail store or restaurant, all with in 5 or so days. All of that happens while maintaining the product cool at 35 degrees so the lettuce looks and eats its best, for you!

thank you

Only if you knew the hard work semi truck drivers do to get that fresh fruit and vegetables to the store from the farm warehouse. Pulling a refrigerated trailer is the worst and hardest job in trucking. Driving 750 miles a day, eating quick fast food and skipping a shower day when going to east coast and sleeping in a noisy ass truck stop. No excuses, loads needs to be delivered as soon as possible.

Dis Master dude that's nothing compared to the guys that cut That lettuce

Dont forget to wear biohazard suit

lettuce not let us let's let us let lettuce grow

+Luke Morrison Yuma is in the middle of the desert, yes. However, sediments deposited by the Colorado River here over the course of millions of years have made the soil around Yuma some of the most fertile in the world. Combine this with 91% sunshine year round (Because of this, the Guinness Book of World Records lists Yuma as the "Sunniest City in the World"), mild winters with little to no danger of frost, and the nearby Colorado River, and you have these results. Yuma is known as the "Winter Lettuce Capital of the World," as 90-95% of the lettuce consumed in the U.S. from October-April is grown here in/around Yuma.

+Luke Morrison By depleting aquifers and the soil

Arizonan 2509 wow great answer. Are nights "cooler" in yuma? like around 60? I hear that's essential to growing crisp lettuce.

It varies. During the summer, lows can stay in the high 80's to low 90's. Yeah, that's how hot it can get here. But 9 months out of the year, the lows can range from pleasant to pretty chilly. So from October to around mid May, temps at night can range from high 60's to mid/low 30's during the heart of winter.

What do they grow in summer i wonder (assuming it is too hot to grow lettuce there).

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+papaike2 If you want to avoid GMO, stay away from Corn. Corn is entirely GMO. Man Made Hybrid from Day One.

+TheDustysix wow what a dumb statement

Not in the least. NO SUCH THING AS CORN WITHOUT MAN. You will never find a field of corn growing wild. South American Indians invented Corn. Splicing or pollinating I do not recall which. Corn is entirely man made GMO.

I was surprised when I learned this in a college class. However, having doing some growing up around the stuff, it never occurs naturally. Do your own research, I did years ago. I passed. A or B.

+TheDustysix Did the Indians put in Botulinum toxin, Antibiotic genes, Roundup-ready and terminator genes? Or did they just select for larger grains?

Where are you growing?

Cover your crop with hoop row covers to keep insects out organically. Know your water source. Water contamination is the primary source of bacteria contamination. No fresh manure! Location: No deer or wildlife feeding areas, no farmyard locations. Animal droppings contaminate veggies with E coli and salmonella.

h baker As far as ecoli all you can do is try your best. On a big commercial operation you test your irrigation wster, etc. And still birds can fly over and drop poop in the field and on crops or irrigation ditches. A worker may have stepped in some dog shit on the way to the fields. The govt as well as big customers sre tightening up regs and audits on all of this, especially for larger farm operstions. As to why the guy's lettuce doesn't grow well, could be many things. Most likely wrong climate, too hot, wrong varieties, leafhoppers and aphids vectoring disease, etc, etc.

Lettuce generally dont get hit hard by insects. Slugs may be a problem. Check out watch?v=_pgcvN6TuE8

Nope this lettuces is full in chemicals ;(

Antreas Cy Wrong.

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columbusohio72 🤔Same reason why I'm here...

SoulRx lol. I think its contained now

no just milk.

and thanks for all the hard workers that do this.

Don Montoya which then gets fed to the American ppl lol this farmer is such a joke. Just an exploitive guero trying to make a buck off of stupid Americans

Don Montoya Those aren't biotech suits, Don. The people harvesting the lettuce are wearing aprons and gloves for the same reason your dentist wears similar garments, to protect you. We don't want anything getting in the food you will be eating. Hairnets, gloves, aprons and the like are a logical step to prevent contamination and provocation of allergies.

@Alice Rabbit You're a disgusting human. I really hope you're not American!

@Alice Rabbit Damn. I'm embarrased to be American because of idiots like you. Shame.

Well some pay $12.65 an hr

delusional rate figure. the owners would go broke paying that rate. most produce farmers pay their laborers based on unit. ie. box of lettuce and the rate is in pennies not dollars.

Joey :3 my friend its less then that and they get not benfits no 401k or etc

well atless we get to eat

some pay below $3.50 an hour. Most, actually.

The farmers fight back by placing temporary fencing around the fields, have water trucks that constantly keep the dirt roads wet & keep a close watch on the fields to prevent animals & humans out of their fields. There is contamination in all food no matter where it is grown, the key to to eliminate as much of it as possible.

I know it's sad. The amount of veg that is trimmed off before shipping is insane.

yes like they used to work in the good old days so they can make this country as it is now and to let those mexicans going with this job

+Ghkjdf Hbjhffh What are you saying I like to know where you work