Once considered the king of vegetables in California agriculture and a seasonal delicacy exported worldwide, asparagus is on the decline here. A handful of growers endure, farming the prized vegetable, but the state's asparagus industry overall is succumbing to the pressures of the global market, largely because of labor costs.
How this happened can be read as a cautionary tale for California agriculture at large, farmers and asparagus industry insiders said. |
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