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Green Versus Gold: Sources in California's Environmental History
Green Versus Gold examines California’s environmental history, ranging from its Native American past to conflicts and movements of recent decades.
Green Versus Gold examines California’s environmental history, ranging from its Native American past to conflicts and movements of recent decades.
Ron Finley recounts his experiences planting vegetable gardens in unexpected places in South Central Los Angeles.
Using the Central Coast of California as a case study, this article argues that a nexus of ambitious growers and a growing state agricultural bureaucracy worked to create a “brand name” and teach cultivation approaches with increased production and expanded markets. But these same actors also made efforts to keep the long-term health of the industry and the community in mind.