HOLTVILLE, CALIFORNIA - There should be tractors rumbling across Jack Vessey's ranch, pulling wagons full of fresh-cut romaine lettuce to be packed and shipped to restaurants and grocery stores across the United States.
The lockdown in most US states that started in mid-March created a logjam of fruit and vegetables bound for restaurants across the country. The effects of the business closures rippled throughout the supply chain, reaching even the produce still rooted in farmland as customers cancel orders. Imperial County, California, on the Arizona border produces around US$1.2 billion in vegetables per year, according to Kay Pricola, the executive director of the Imperial Valley Vegetable Growers Association.
Vessey said he still had 150 acres of lettuce to be harvested when his distributor stopped taking shipments.
Wasteful.
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