{"product_id":"wilted-by-julie-guthman-9780520305281","title":"Wilted","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStrawberries 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eWilted\u003c\/em\u003e, 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47471970582764,"sku":"9780520305281","price":56.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/e6eb2ca49f0a8ac69d15edf8b0e77ca3.jpg?v=1775692500","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/wilted-by-julie-guthman-9780520305281","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}