{
  "id": 4205933,
  "title": "With Shoppers Wary of Illness, Farmers Destroy Millions of Heads of Lettuce",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/29/with-shoppers-wary-of-illness-farmers-destroy-millions-of-heads-of",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-29T09:00:49.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The New York Times",
    "slug": "the-new-york-times",
    "url": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/29/us/salinas-california-taylor-farms-lettuce-cyclospora.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "After a drop in demand driven by a nationwide outbreak of cyclosporiasis, California growers are plowing lettuce back into the soil and laying off workers.",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}