Yuma's long-running Lettuce Days canceled

[Ptah]

Yuma's Lettuce Days, the annual event that draws thousands of people and was once named best food festival in Arizona, has been canceled.

The Yuma Visitors Bureau on Tuesday announced it won't take place in 2017.

"We have very mixed emotions about it because we love Lettuce Days and we're very attached to it. But it's a business decision that we need to stop and regroup because it's a big endeavor," executive director Linda Morgan said.

Morgan said the event was costly and required a lot of resources to put on. This year's event, held on the last weekend of February, cost about $234,000. It drew about 18,000 people, a lower number than usual. Fewer people attended this year because it was unusually hot on the weekend it was held, Morgan said.

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Yuma contributes 85 percent of the nation's winter produce and brings in billions in agricultural revenue to the state, Eatherly said.

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[packman]

1. Lettuce pray it is picked up next year

So everyone should romaine calm and keep their heads about this year's cancellation.

That's it - I'm done

[skamaria]

2. Thats the spirit!

Hog up all the puns! Lol