Lettuce Prices On The Rise As California’s Wet Winter Prevents Planting

Lettuce Prices On The Rise As California’s Wet Winter Prevents Planting

“Prices right here right now, you are going to start seeing sticker shock,” said produce expert Michael Marks. “More than twice the price as what you should be seeing this time of year.”

“It is all because of the rain. The rain not last week, not last month, but the rain three months ago. Three months ago we should have been planting crops that we should be harvesting now. We can’t harvest those crops because they weren’t planted,” Marks said.