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A comment on Roquette Science: How computerized arugula farms take over the world (2018). Parent comment

Re:Roquette Science: How computerized arugula farms take ove... by kingnothing on Monday March 11, 2019 @03:49PM (#19362164)
Surprisingly, $1.5B worth of lettuce was produce in the US in 2017.

https://www.agmrc.org/commodities-products/vegetables/lettuc...

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Re:Roquette Science: How computerized arugula farms take ove... by vkou on Tuesday March 12, 2019 @01:37AM (#19365678)
$2 of lettuce (~1lb) buys you 63 calories.

$2 of rice (~3lb, uncooked) buys you 5,000 calories.

Lettuce is a garnish cash crop you can grow under a lamp in your garage. Rice is what will keep you alive, though.

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