Wilted : Pathogens, Chemicals, and the Fragile Future of the Strawberry Industry /

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Strawberries are big business in California. They are the sixth-highest-grossing crop in the state, which produces 88 percent of the nation's favorite berry. Yet the industry is often criticized for its backbreaking labor conditions and dependence on highly toxic soil fumigants used to control...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Guthman, Julie (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley, CA : University of California Press, [2019]
Colección:Critical Environments: Nature, Science, and Politics ; 6
Temas:
Soilborne plant pathogens > Control.
Strawberries > Diseases and pests > Control.
Strawberry industry > California.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Agriculture & Food (see also POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Agriculture & Food Policy).
backbreaking labor conditions.
california.
control fungal pathogens.
dependence on toxic soil fumigants.
jeopardize future of industry.
lucrative.
nations favorite berry.
produces eighty eight percent.
rely on soil fumigants.
rest of fruits production system.
sixth highest grossing crop.
story of strawberry industry.
strawberries in california.
strawberries.
strawberry production in golden state.
thought provoking.
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