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Agriculture is more than what we eat – it has the power to shape culture and socio-economic divides. This has played out in many areas across the West. KUNC’s Esther Honig has the story of how lettuce changed one of the poorest regions in neighboring Colorado, the San Luis Valley.

[Photo: A field pack machine slowly makes its way through the rows of lettuce. Credit Esther Honig/KUNC]