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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">https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/a...
Here& #39;s the money chart
But that& #39;s not all the leafy green data available from @USDA_ERS! Here, for example, is what& #39;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">https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/a... 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/">https://www.ers.usda.gov/data-prod...
And">https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/a... 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/">https://www.ers.usda.gov/data-prod...
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& #39;ve never read "East of Eden" so I& #39;ll just link to this from @ArableLabs instead https://medium.com/@ArableLabs/the-modern-miracle-of-iceberg-lettuce-66363282308f">https://medium.com/@ArableLa...
Sauerkraut endorsement
Oh no! I forgot Brussels sprouts! That is, I didn& #39;t think of them as leafy greens but of course they are (thank you to @shipper_xphi
for the nudge). They& #39;re mini-cabbages, and they& #39;ve been getting more popular even as their cousins have been getting less so
for the nudge). They& #39;re mini-cabbages, and they& #39;ve been getting more popular even as their cousins have been getting less so
And finally (and this *is* in the column), here& #39;s a broader view of dark leafy green availability. Collards and turnip greens are great!
