Julie Guthman's New Book Is Wilted: Pathogens, Chemicals, and the Fragile Future of the Strawberry I (IMAGE)

University of California - Santa Cruz

Julie Guthman's New Book Is Wilted: Pathogens, Chemicals, and the Fragile Future of the Strawberry I

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In her new book, Wilted, Julie Guthman lays out the confluence of factors that jeopardize the future of California's strawberry industry, including high up-front costs, labor shortages, increased pesticide regulation, the sky-high cost of coastal acreage, climate change, and the use of chemical-intensive fumigants to control soil-borne pathogens.

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