On Monday, November 26, 2018 at 2:08:18 PM UTC-5, Sheldon wrote:
> On Mon, 26 Nov 2018 09:50:07 -0800 (PST), Cindy Hamilton
> > wrote:
>
> >On Thursday, November 22, 2018 at 11:00:22 AM UTC-5, graham wrote:
> >> A US woman on the CBC this morning pointed out that bottled water is 96%
> >> water and 4% plastic. Lettuce is 96% water and 4% cellulose etc.
> >> Therefore, not only are square miles of good agricultural land being
> >> wasted but also all that fuel used to transport "water" across the
> >> country in refrigerated containers.
> >
> >Water is available everywhere. No point in transporting it.
> >Lettuce doesn't grow everywhere all year. Makes sense to move
> >it from where it grows to where people want it.
> >
> >Until we've built enough greenhouses to grow the 8 million pounds
> >of lettuce that currently is grown in the Southwest.
> >
> >Cindy Hamilton
>
> In the US lettuce grows most everywhere, albiet it's seasonal and
> prefers cooler climes. These days a lot of lettuce (and other
> produce) is grown in massive climate controlled greenhouses

All of the lettuce I buy says it's grown in California. Year-round.

Cindy Hamilton