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American Growers and Processors Increasingly Turning Over New Leaf in Sorting Lettuce, Says TOMRA
2014-03-10 14:12:00| Food Processing Technology
A major sensor-based sorting systems provider says American lettuce growers and processors are rapidly adopting its leading-edge technology to substantially increase efficiency and output quality.
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Farm linked to cyclospora stops sending lettuce to U.S.
2013-08-14 08:41:15| Biotech - Topix.net
A farm linked to the recent outbreak of cyclospora has stopped sending lettuce to the United States, according to the Food and Drug Administration.
TCL develops new recyclable packaging film for McDonalds lettuce
2013-07-24 01:00:00| Packaging Gateway
TCL Packaging has developed a new recyclable film to pack shredded lettuce for McDonalds.
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Labor by the Bay: Social Security cuts, Fast food strikes, Lettuce Wars, Safeway...
2013-04-10 21:27:53| Grocery - Topix.net
ON THE CUTTING EDGE... President Barack Obama has once again signaled that he wants to cut Social Security benefits by reducing cost-of-living adjustments, as reported Monday in the lead story in Beyond Chron, but buried in verbiage in most of the mainstream media.
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Genetic Discovery May Allow Lettuce Growth Even in Hot Temperatures
2013-04-01 18:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Yale Environment 360: A team of scientists has identified the specific gene in lettuce that causes the plants seeds to stop germinating in warm temperatures, a discovery they say could allow production of the food crop year-round even in the planets hotter regions. Writing in the journal The Plant Cell, the researchers say they identified a chromosome in the wild ancestor of commercial lettuce varieties that enabled seeds to germinate even in warm temperatures. When the chromosome was crossed with commercial varieties...
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