Lettuce with a real shelf life; Bushel Boy's new lettuce, grown in greenhouses south of the metro area, comes with roots attached so it stays fresh longer after shoppers take it home.(NEWS)

From: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN) | Date: May 4, 2008| Author: Powell, Joy | Copyright information

Byline: JOY POWELL; STAFF WRITER

When it comes to lettuce on the shelf, you can't get much fresher than this.

Within 24 hours of harvest, live leaf lettuce, with dripping roots still attached in plugs of dirt, is being loaded onto trucks and driven to Twin Cities-area grocery stores.

Bushel Boy Farms -- a Minnesota brand that's become known for fresh greenhouse tomatoes grown the European way -- has launched an experiment to see if consumers like t...

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