lettuce

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If you’re getting tomatoes and lettuce for your burgers, expect them to cost around 20% more than they did last year — and make a plan for how you can use any leftovers.

From MarketWatch • May 22, 2026

They banked almost 500,000 seeds from 19 species, including relatives of lettuce, parsnip, strawberry, radish, quinoa, blackberry, alfalfa and several species used as fodder crops for livestock.

From BBC • Apr. 11, 2026

Walnuts, avocados, peaches, lettuce, beans, grapes, tomatoes, olives, berries, onions, and, from La Mirada to Malibu, fields of commercial flowers.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

In the early 1970s, he launched a nationwide boycott of iceberg lettuce.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026

I ate lettuce leaves with Thousand Island dressing, and caramel apples, and popcorn with butter.

From "The One and Only Ivan" by Katherine Applegate