A spate of heavy rains in California that have interfered with the strawberry harvest is negatively impacting farm workers and may soon hit consumers in the wallet, too.
on Sunday, in reference to inundated portions of California's Central Valley and Coast. California grows about half of all the fruits and vegetables produced in the United States, including 91% of U.S. strawberries, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
when a levee on the nearby Parajo River broke. The community is composed largely of Latino farm workers, and many saw their homes destroyed.one-fifth of strawberry farms Parajo and its neighbors are just the latest in a series of California towns that have been flooded this winter. In January, Fidencio Velasquez, a supervisor at Santa Clara Farms in Ventura County, told the Los Angeles Times thatin damage to crops and equipment, and that 150 of its employees would be furloughed for weeks.
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