Beautiful Lettuce Field
by Robert Bales
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Beautiful Lettuce Field
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Robert Bales
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Photograph - Photo
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The Yuma area produces over 90 percent of the winter lettuce for the United Stated.
Tucked away in the very southwest corner of Arizona, you will find sunshine, clean air, majestic vistas, and beautiful rows of fresh lettuce. Yuma lies in the Sonora Desert, framed by rugged mountains, irrigated by the Colorado River, and flooded with sunshine almost every day of the year. Known as the Winter Lettuce Capital of the World, Yuma produces the majority of the fresh lettuces you eat during the winter.
Now, of the 230,000 acres of land utilized for agriculture in Yuma County, 100 per cent are irrigated with Colorado River water delivered by one of the county's seven irrigation districts. Every single field in the county is also laser-leveled and graded using GPS technology, making Yuma's irrigation network one of the most efficient in the world.
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December 10th, 2015
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Jane M Dahl
Wow -- who knew? That's fabulous. Wonderful and beautiful capture. Featured in American Desert Southwest.
Lucinda Walter
Congratulations! Your beautiful work is featured in the FAA group "Beauty of Arizona l/f
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