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Wrote a column on what may turn out to be the biggest news of 2020, the possible eclipse of head lettuce (iceberg, mainly) by leaf lettuce. With appearances by @hels, Nora Ephron, @AliceWaters, John Waters, @amandamull and (uncredited) @JamesSurowiecki https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2020-10-13/america-has-lost-its-taste-for-iceberg-lettuce
Here's the money chart
But that's not all the leafy green data available from @USDA_ERS! Here, for example, is what's been happening with spinach
The decline of cabbage
The collapse of escarole
And of course the (probably unsustainable) kale boom
More charts and data in my column: https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2020-10-13/america-has-lost-its-taste-for-iceberg-lettuce
And more data than you can believe at the great @USDA_ERS per-capita food availability website https://www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/food-availability-per-capita-data-system/
And more data than you can believe at the great @USDA_ERS per-capita food availability website https://www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/food-availability-per-capita-data-system/
Oh and I was informed by a friend after I wrote the column but before it was published that it really should have included an "East of Eden" reference but I've never read "East of Eden" so I'll just link to this from @ArableLabs instead https://medium.com/@ArableLabs/the-modern-miracle-of-iceberg-lettuce-66363282308f
Sauerkraut endorsement
Oh no! I forgot Brussels sprouts! That is, I didn't think of them as leafy greens but of course they are (thank you to @shipper_xphi
for the nudge). They're mini-cabbages, and they've been getting more popular even as their cousins have been getting less so
for the nudge). They're mini-cabbages, and they've been getting more popular even as their cousins have been getting less so
And finally (and this *is* in the column), here's a broader view of dark leafy green availability. Collards and turnip greens are great!
