California Leafy Greens Research Program

(PESP Partner since January 1998)

In 2008 the California Leafy Greens Research Program was formed to replace the California Lettuce Research Program. Its mission is to provide research programs for iceberg lettuce, leaf lettuces, spinach, and spring mix.

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 (CLRB) in 1998. Ten years later, in March 2008, leafy greens handlers throughout the State of California voted to replace the CLRB 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.

Member Contacts

Mary Zinscky, CEO
California Leafy Greens Research Program
512 Pajaro St
Salinas, CA 93901
831-424-3782
831-424-3785 (fax)
maryz@calgreens.org

EPA Liaison to this Member

Cindy Wire
U.S. EPA Region 9
75 Hawthorne St (CMD-1)
San Francisco, CA 94105
415-947-4242
415-947-3583 (fax)
wire.cindy@epa.gov

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