In 1962, about 4,000 tomato farmers, employing 50,000 farm workers, were in operation across California. Just nine years later, only 600 farms remained, and 32,000 farm workers were out of a job. What had happened?
The introduction of mechanized tomato harvesters.
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And ThinkPlace is delighted to have played a role in helping bring this important intervention to life.
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