Lettuce growers combat shortage, soaring prices with aquaponics

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Aquaponics is an organic way to grow lettuce by using a type of fish.

Nearly 100% of the lettuce in the U.S. is produced in California and Arizona year-round, according to the Agriculture Marketing Resource Center.

But if you come to Lisbon, Maine, you'll find one of the biggest lettuce producers on the East Coast, run by Kenkel."They just grow on top of water, and the roots grow right into it," said Kenkel. "We're one of the largest in the country, and only a handful use this technique right now, but it's a way of integrating sustainable protein production with sustainable plant production," said Kenkel."We grow about 20 times more lettuce per acre than a conventional field."

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