b'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.'