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The Harvesting of Lettuce

• gruez 9mo ago
  >As a result, a large amount of potentially usable product is left behind (by some estimates, 40-50%). This is plowed back into the ground before the next crop goes in, providing some nutrients to the soil. >https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!X5C3!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F53bf6fa3-222c-4476-bdbf-cf10e9e4806c_680x1210.jpeg https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!X5C3!,w_1456,c_limit... So if you're buying a romaine heart, they're just leaving the non-heart part of the lettuce on the field to rot? I didn't realize romaine hearts were that wasteful.
  • IAmBroom 9mo ago
    Arguably, it's a very pure form of recycling, not waste.
• tmnvix 9mo ago
  > We have been trying to fully automate lettuce harvesting for almost 64 hours, but we have not succeeded yet. Years, obviously. But it gave me a chuckle.
• ricardo1975 9mo ago
  Some crazy stats and the difficulty of automation. Robots have a long way to go to catch up with humans.