Irrigation water, which is necessary to grow crops in areas that don’t get a lot of rain, creates a pathway for contamination ...

Lettuce growers could safely reduce the amount of irrigation water used on their fields by 25 %, so say researchers working on an ongoing EU-funded project into how climate change and globalisation ...

Irrigation water, which is necessary to grow crops in areas that don’t get a lot of rain, creates a pathway for contamination, especially if the lettuce field is near livestock farms.

Feedlots likely contribute to the contamination of fresh produce in nearby fields ... cattle — contaminates irrigation water and plants. “. . . air, water, and lettuce leaf microbiome analysis ...

And their fields drive a $4 billion industry ... installing underground irrigation under alfalfa and lettuce beds, building aerated reservoirs and a network of pipes and pumps to recycle runoff.

Irrigation – to supply enough moisture ... Crop rotation - rotate your lettuce field with crops like cereals, such as maize and legumes like beans, to reduce the build-up of pests and diseases.

That lettuce will be in grocery stores by mid-November. Other fields are covered with alfalfa or grass that ... delivers enough water to the Imperial Irrigation District (IID) each year to cover all ...