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Aquaponics: Sustainable solution for lettuce shortage

California lettuce growers faced hotter-than-average temperatures and crop diseases that led to a shortage of lettuce which of course raised prices for lettuce over the last few months. But a less known way to grow lettuce is starting to gain more attention to help fix this shortage called aquaponics. One aquaponics lettuce producer shows how this type of agriculture can help with sustainability.