•Freezing temperatures dip down to 18 degrees in the nation’s “Winter Salad Bowl” region in Southwestern Arizona and Southern California which could result in a shortage of some winter vegetables;
•University of Arizona Cooperative Extension agent Kurt Nolte, Yuma County, expects a shortage of some produce in the nation at some point;
•Growers in Yuma County area and neighboring southern California produce about 95 percent of the nation’s winter vegetable supply for salads;
•Most of the area’s lemon crop was harvested before the freeze occurred.
Freezing temperatures as low as 18 degrees in the nation’s “Winter Salad Bowl” region in Southwestern Arizona and Southern California could result in a shortage of some winter vegetables.
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