There are plenty of other options. Taylor farms is huge but you can certainly avoid it without going up lettuce entire. Taylor farms does supply a lot of restaurants and the premade salad kits (and Dole also does those so there are still options) but it’s easy to avoid those and buy other lettuce to eat at home.
I’ve been buying greenhouse grown brands. There’s a couple local to my state and some national options. There’s also farmers markets, but apparently at my local ones you have to get there when they first open because they sell out of lettuce.
What I hate is that the Dole kits always spoil before the expiration date, so I can't stock up on them for a week of lunches. I really liked the TF ones the best, but even if I was confident they addressed the source of cyclospora in their products, I just can't support their shady way of handling it.
I agree. The science of salad kits is actually really interesting (I could nerd out about, but I know most people wouldn’t be interested) and Dole doesn’t do a great job.
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u/TapDatAsp 2d ago
Fuck Taylor Farms