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Wilted
Pathogens, Chemicals, and the Fragile Future of the Strawberry Industry
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Ideal for readers interested in agricultural and environmental sciences, food systems, and social justice, as well as scholars and activists focused on sustainable farming practices and labour rights.
Guthman tells the story of how California's strawberry industry came to rely on soil fumigants, and how that reliance reverberated throughout the rest of the fruit's production system.
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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 favourite berry. Yet the industry is often criticised for its backbreaking labour conditions and dependence on highly toxic soil fumigants used to control fungal pathogens and other soilborne pests.
In Wilted, Julie Guthman tells the story of how the strawberry industry came to rely on soil fumigants, and how that reliance reverberated throughout the rest of the fruit’s production system. The particular conditions of plants, soils, chemicals, climate, and labouring bodies that once made strawberry production so lucrative in the Golden State have now changed and become a set of related threats that jeopardise the future of the industry.
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Praised as a thorough and well-researched study, the book is noted for its compelling coverage of issues largely unseen by consumers, such as year-round availability and pesticide reliance. Reviews commend its thought-provoking examination of the strawberry industry's geographic, historical, and economic vulnerabilities. It is described as an engrossing, analytically rich work that challenges scholars and policymakers to reconsider approaches to agrarian change.
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ISBN: 9780520305281
Publisher: University of California Press
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 20 August 2019
Country: United States
Imprint: University of California Press
Illustration: 21 b-w illustrations
Audience: Professional and scholarly
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 25.0mm
Width: 152.0mm
Height: 229.0mm
Weight: 454g
Pages: 328
About the Author
Julie Guthman is a geographer and Distinguished Professor in Sociology at University of California, Santa Cruz. Her previous books include Wilted: Pathogens, Chemicals, and the Fragile Future of the Strawberry Industry.
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