SALAD CULTIVATION
Production of salad in Italy is around 700,000 tons, almost 70% of which is grown in five regions alone: Apulia (25%), Campania (15%), Sicily (10%), Latium (9%) and Abruzzo (7%). Other fairly important areas of production include Piedmont (which offers 5.5% of the domestic harvest), Emilia-Romagna (5%) and Venetia (4%).
Salad greens include a number of varieties of lettuce and endive. Grown mainly to produce leaves to be eaten fresh or, more rarely, cooked, lettuce has leaves of various shape, thickness and consistency depending on the variety; its color ranges from pale green to dark green, to reddish brown.
The many varieties of endive are appreciated for the flavor of the leaf and the base of the main rib, especially tasty and crisp.

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