Social media 'lettuce' manipulation: They pulled out leftover harvest and shared it saying 'it wasn't sold'

The background of the video from Mersin Tarsus that was shared on social media with the caption "Farmer devastated, fed his produce to sheep when he couldn’t sell it" has been clarified. The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry stepped in and announced that the reality was very different from what was portrayed. In a statement from the Ministry’s NSosyal account, it was noted that the posts on some social media platforms, which claimed that a farmer in Tarsus district of Mersin fed his curly lettuce to sheep because he couldn’t sell it, did not reflect the truth. In the statement, it was pointed out that the land where the video was filmed, in Kulak Neighborhood of Tarsus district, was being processed by a producer, and the following information was provided: "In the inspection, it was found that our producer had already sold the product while it was still in the field. The person who bought the product harvested the majority of the lettuce and brought it to the market, while the ...