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With shoppers wary of illness, farmers destroy millions of heads of lettuce

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SALINAS, Calif. — At a Church Brothers Farms production facility, where conveyor belts rumble with giant heaps of chopped romaine and red cabbage, the company has slashed workers’ hours and laid off employees this summer.

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    SALINAS, Calif. — At a Church Brothers Farms production facility, where conveyor belts rumble with giant heaps of chopped romaine and red cabbage, the company has slashed workers’ hours and laid off employees this summer.

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