Toxic Strawberries
We expect to find strawberries in the supermarket all year round.\xa0 But geographer Julie Guthman argues that for strawberries to be produced throughout the year \u2014 which used to be harvested a few weeks in spring \u2014 has required an enormous marshaling of chemical fumigants, pesticides, workers\u2019 labor, and land.\xa0 And that effort is now fracturing.\nResources:\nJulie Guthman, Wilted: Pathogens, Chemicals, and the Fragile Future of the Strawberry Industry UC Press, 2019\nThe post Toxic Strawberries appeared first on KPFA.