Local Aquaponics Farm Sees Surge Amid Lettuce Recalls

Emerge Aquaponics, a Colorado Springs indoor farm, is drawing new customers as nationwide lettuce recalls push shoppers to seek locally grown alternatives.

By Springs Daily Staff, Newsroom
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A Colorado Springs indoor farming operation is gaining customers as lettuce recalls across the country raise questions about produce safety and supply chains.

Emerge Aquaponics, an indoor farming operation in Colorado Springs, is experiencing an influx of customers as nationwide lettuce recalls prompt grocery shoppers to seek alternative sources for fresh produce, with consumers raising questions about food safety and origins.

Additional details about the scope of the recalls, the farm's sales figures, and statements from farm operators or public health officials were not available in the sources provided at publication time. Springs Daily will update this brief as more information becomes available.

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