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The California leafy greens industry has a long history of supporting agricultural research. Initially, research efforts were overseen by the Iceberg Lettuce Advisory Board, founded in 1973. That program expanded its scope to include leaf lettuces and changed its name to the California Lettuce Research Board (CLGRB) in 1998. Ten years later, in March 2008, leafy greens handlers throughout the State of California voted to replace the CLGRB with a new program, the California Leafy Greens Research Program, in order to expand research efforts to include spinach and spring mix while still maintaining research programs for iceberg and leaf lettuces... Funding is secured through a mandatory assessment on all lettuce, spinach and spring mix grown in California. This is accomplished under the authority of the Secretary of the California Department of Food and Agriculture under the California Marketing Act of 1937... California's position as a leader in the production and distribution of leafy..

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