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"content": "\u003cp>The Monterey County agricultural commissioner plans to issue a single fine of up to $5,000 against a Salinas produce company that employed 17 celery workers sickened in a pesticide drift incident last year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The commissioner’s decision has angered farmworker advocates and re-energized their push for stronger pesticide enforcement laws. An effort to increase fines \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11652279/assembly-rejection-of-pesticide-bill-came-after-farm-industry-campaign-donations\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">failed in the Legislature\u003c/a> earlier this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think it’s atrocious,” said Mark Weller, co-director of the Berkeley-based Californians for Pesticide Reform. “The regulations obviously fall far short.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The company involved in the incident, \u003ca href=\"http://www.taproduce.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tanimura and Antle\u003c/a>, disputes claims that pesticides caused the workers’ symptoms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Monterey County agency’s findings, which KQED obtained through a California Public Records Act request, disclose a range of symptoms reported by fieldworkers who were transplanting celery starts near Salinas when they were overcome early the morning of June 22, 2017.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They told investigators they felt dizzy and weak, had stomach pain and headaches, and complained of sore throats, eye irritation and blurred vision.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some of them vomited from the exposure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I began crying because I couldn’t breathe and my vision was blurred,” one unidentified worker said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I had a severe headache, nausea, sore throat and numb feet,” another employee said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The workers were all employed by Tanimura and Antle, a produce grower that also owns the contractor that sprayed nine different pesticides on adjacent celery and lettuce fields about six hours before workers started complaining of symptoms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The company took some workers to Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital in Salinas, but didn’t have enough vehicles to transport all of the sickened employees. Several fieldworkers had to get themselves to the hospital.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The failure to get prompt medical attention for all of the affected workers is the subject of the one violation the agricultural commissioner’s office plans to issue against Tanimura and Antle.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“A hazard was created when those who were experiencing illness symptoms, including dizziness and nausea, were allowed to drive themselves, and others, to (Silicon Valley Memorial Hospital), creating an unsafe condition,” wrote Ronnie Capili, a Monterey County agricultural inspector.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The maximum fine the commissioner’s office can levy against the company for that violation is $5,000.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Local farmworker advocates say the company should face stronger punishment for allowing so many of its workers to get sick.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I was absolutely shocked,” Weller, with Californians for Pesticide Reform, said in an interview after reading the commissioner’s findings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The county agricultural commissioner plans to issue the fine in August or September, according to Ken Allen, a deputy agricultural commissioner.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite the extreme nature of the farmworkers’ symptoms and the large number of employees who became sick, the commissioner’s office said it did not find any other violations tied to the case.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There were no issues during the applications, therefore no non-compliances were noted,” wrote Capili.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Investigators believe the dense fog the morning of the incident contributed to the chemicals drifting over into the field were the celery employees were working.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Anne Katten, director of the California Rural Legal Assistance Foundation’s Pesticide and Worker Safety Project, said that finding shows that pesticides sprayed in foggy conditions can present a heightened danger.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Fieldwork should not be allowed so close to fields just treated with pesticides,” Katten, who also reviewed the findings, said in an email. “This is a problem that needs to be remedied before more workers are placed in harm’s way.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Nine Pesticides Were Sprayed\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tanimura and Antle sprayed six different insecticides, two fungicides and a product used to enhance the effects of the other chemicals on a celery field and lettuce field at Moresco Farms at 10 p.m. on June 21, 2017.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A field crew began showing up at 3:30 a.m. the next day to plant celery starts nearby. Several of the workers told investigators they saw a warning sign at one of the fields where the pesticide application took place, but there was little specific information on what chemicals were used.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“How can one part of the company know that they’ve applied extremely hazardous pesticide at 10 o’clock one night and then not inform the next morning’s crew?” Weller asked. “That’s asking for this kind of awful accident.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By 4:15 a.m. the workers started getting sick.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After they were taken to the hospital, the agricultural commissioner’s office sent clothing from the farmworkers to a California Department of Food and Agricultural lab to test for pesticides.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The tests found high levels of permethrin and methomyl as well as traces of two other chemicals, chlorantraniliprole and spirotetramat.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Permethrin is the active ingredient in Pounce, an insecticide sprayed on close to 19 acres of celery on the farm’s Block 6, a field next to where the farmworkers parked their vehicles. The chemical is classified by the Environmental Protection Agency as a weak or likely carcinogen.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Methomyl is an active ingredient in the insecticide Lannate SP. That pesticide was also sprayed on Block 6, as well as on 11 acres of head lettuce on another field in the area, Block 10.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The EPA says methomyl is extremely toxic if ingested or “moderately toxic” if inhaled. In high enough doses the chemical can “overstimulate the nervous system”, leading to nausea, dizziness and confusion, according to the agency. Federal officials say at very high exposures, methomyl can result in respiratory paralysis and death.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Farmworker advocates believe it was the exposure to methomyl that got the workers sick.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Company Cites Changes in Safety Procedures\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Representatives and employees of Tanimura and Antle did not respond to requests for comment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But in an incident report obtained by Monterey County officials, the firm defended its employees’ actions and noted that all but one of the sickened workers returned to work “without issue” the next day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We cannot find a direct link to any chemical exposure which was the contributing factor to the symptoms felt by our employees,” Javier Medina, a human resources employee with the company, said in the report.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The company has, however, made some changes prompted by the incident, Medina wrote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“As a result of this incident, the decision has been made to avoid working near any posted fields whenever possible,” Medina added.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Monterey County agricultural commissioner’s report is the last of four investigations into pesticide drift incidents that sickened a total of 150 agricultural workers in Central California last year. Those included two episodes in Kern County and another in Santa Cruz County.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In June, the Santa Cruz County Agricultural Commissioner’s Office issued \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11675165/santa-cruz-county-penalizes-firms-in-pesticide-incident-that-sickened-15-workers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">$56,000 in fines\u003c/a> against several companies it found responsible for a chemical drift that sickened 15 raspberry workers in Watsonville last year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last, December the Kern County agricultural commissioner imposed nearly $50,000 in fines against five companies tied to a pesticide incident that \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11637296/firms-fined-for-pesticide-incident-that-sickened-92-near-bakersfield\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sickened 92 farmworkers\u003c/a> harvesting garlic near Bakersfield.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last August the same agency issued a similar fine against two companies, including Sun Pacific, the produce company behind the popular \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11610597/produce-company-behind-popular-cuties-fined-over-pesticide-drift\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cuties\u003c/a> mandarins and clementines, for violating pesticide rules in an incident that sickened 37 farmworkers in May 2016.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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Several of the workers told investigators they saw a warning sign at one of the fields where the pesticide application took place, but there was little specific information on what chemicals were used.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“How can one part of the company know that they’ve applied extremely hazardous pesticide at 10 o’clock one night and then not inform the next morning’s crew?” Weller asked. “That’s asking for this kind of awful accident.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By 4:15 a.m. the workers started getting sick.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After they were taken to the hospital, the agricultural commissioner’s office sent clothing from the farmworkers to a California Department of Food and Agricultural lab to test for pesticides.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The tests found high levels of permethrin and methomyl as well as traces of two other chemicals, chlorantraniliprole and spirotetramat.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Permethrin is the active ingredient in Pounce, an insecticide sprayed on close to 19 acres of celery on the farm’s Block 6, a field next to where the farmworkers parked their vehicles. The chemical is classified by the Environmental Protection Agency as a weak or likely carcinogen.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Methomyl is an active ingredient in the insecticide Lannate SP. That pesticide was also sprayed on Block 6, as well as on 11 acres of head lettuce on another field in the area, Block 10.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The EPA says methomyl is extremely toxic if ingested or “moderately toxic” if inhaled. In high enough doses the chemical can “overstimulate the nervous system”, leading to nausea, dizziness and confusion, according to the agency. 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"content": "\u003cp>The Santa Cruz County Agricultural Commissioner issued the agency's largest fine ever on Friday, penalizing two of four companies tied to a chemical drift incident that sickened 15 raspberry workers in Watsonville last June.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The commissioner, Juan Hidalgo, is fining Los Amigos Harvesting $56,000 following an investigation that found the firm violated several state agricultural regulations when it released fungicides and insecticides that drifted onto a nearby farm.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It was really egregious,\" Hidalgo said in an interview. \"The actions that the pesticide applicator took were really negligent.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>His office is fining a second firm, FMG Farm Contractor, $1,250 for failing to seek prompt medical attention for employees exposed to the pesticides.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When firefighters arrived on scene, some of the workers were seen vomiting. Several employees were rushed to a hospital, while others said they felt sick later in the day, Hidalgo said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The case was one of several incidents in which pesticides sickened Central Coast and Central Valley agricultural workers last year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Farmworker advocates had hoped the stories of those incidents, which affected about 150 people in all, would prompt lawmakers to increase fines for violating the state's pesticide laws.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11652279/assembly-rejection-of-pesticide-bill-came-after-farm-industry-campaign-donations\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">bill to do just that failed in the Assembly\u003c/a> earlier this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The agricultural commissioner says Los Amigos applied pesticides on June 29, 2017, without a license and did not follow instructions associated with the chemicals used, among other violations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The company sprayed four agricultural chemicals: the fungicides Pristine and Rally 40WSP; DiPel DF, an insecticide; and Widespread Max, a substance designed to improve pesticide coverage and penetration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11546072/advocates-concerned-about-chemical-drifts-that-sickened-central-coast-farmworkers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Farmworker advocates\u003c/a> say some of those chemicals can interfere with reproductive and endocrine systems and can irritate skin and eyes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Los Amigos Harvesting plans to appeal the fines and emphasized that the workers who became ill recovered quickly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We diligently follow all federal and state laws pertaining to the use of pesticides in farming activities,\" the company said in a statement. \"Los Amigos Harvesting will be disputing the findings outlined in the commissioner's report. As part of the investigation process, we are requesting a hearing to review these findings further and present what we believe to be accurate information.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A representative for FMG Farm Contractor could not be reached for comment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>FMG and another company investigated in connection with the drift incident, Coastal Berry North, are tied to the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11598859/driscolls-tied-to-central-coast-chemical-incident-that-sickened-farmworkers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dole Food Co.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The employees who became ill were working on a field operated by Coastal Berry North. A Dole spokesman did not respond to a request for comment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Los Amigos was employed by Garrett Farms, which does work for the berry distributor, Driscoll's, and owns the land where the chemicals were sprayed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"This incident occurred in 2017 on a field of one our independent growers,\" Driscoll's said in a statement. \"At the time of the incident, our priority and deepest concern was the well-being of the workers impacted on the neighboring farm in Watsonville. We are pleased to hear those impacted were able to return to their families and resume normal activities,\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We understand that ultimately the accountability for protecting the safety of all workers associated with Driscoll's is ours and we are committed to doing everything we can to ensure this does not happen again. This includes fully holding our independent growers accountable for their actions,\" the statement said. \"We are enhancing the training provided to our independent growers to reinforce our strict safety standards.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Garrett Farms was not fined. A representative for that company did not respond to a request for comment.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The case was one of several incidents in which pesticides sickened Central Coast and Central Valley agricultural workers last year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Farmworker advocates had hoped the stories of those incidents, which affected about 150 people in all, would prompt lawmakers to increase fines for violating the state's pesticide laws.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11652279/assembly-rejection-of-pesticide-bill-came-after-farm-industry-campaign-donations\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">bill to do just that failed in the Assembly\u003c/a> earlier this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The agricultural commissioner says Los Amigos applied pesticides on June 29, 2017, without a license and did not follow instructions associated with the chemicals used, among other violations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The company sprayed four agricultural chemicals: the fungicides Pristine and Rally 40WSP; DiPel DF, an insecticide; and Widespread Max, a substance designed to improve pesticide coverage and penetration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11546072/advocates-concerned-about-chemical-drifts-that-sickened-central-coast-farmworkers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Farmworker advocates\u003c/a> say some of those chemicals can interfere with reproductive and endocrine systems and can irritate skin and eyes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Los Amigos Harvesting plans to appeal the fines and emphasized that the workers who became ill recovered quickly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We diligently follow all federal and state laws pertaining to the use of pesticides in farming activities,\" the company said in a statement. \"Los Amigos Harvesting will be disputing the findings outlined in the commissioner's report. As part of the investigation process, we are requesting a hearing to review these findings further and present what we believe to be accurate information.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A representative for FMG Farm Contractor could not be reached for comment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>FMG and another company investigated in connection with the drift incident, Coastal Berry North, are tied to the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11598859/driscolls-tied-to-central-coast-chemical-incident-that-sickened-farmworkers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dole Food Co.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The employees who became ill were working on a field operated by Coastal Berry North. A Dole spokesman did not respond to a request for comment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Los Amigos was employed by Garrett Farms, which does work for the berry distributor, Driscoll's, and owns the land where the chemicals were sprayed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"This incident occurred in 2017 on a field of one our independent growers,\" Driscoll's said in a statement. \"At the time of the incident, our priority and deepest concern was the well-being of the workers impacted on the neighboring farm in Watsonville. We are pleased to hear those impacted were able to return to their families and resume normal activities,\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We understand that ultimately the accountability for protecting the safety of all workers associated with Driscoll's is ours and we are committed to doing everything we can to ensure this does not happen again. This includes fully holding our independent growers accountable for their actions,\" the statement said. \"We are enhancing the training provided to our independent growers to reinforce our strict safety standards.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Garrett Farms was not fined. A representative for that company did not respond to a request for comment.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Agricultural industry groups opposed to legislation that would have increased fines for violating California's pesticide regulations contributed more than $340,000 to members of the Assembly in the two years before the body rejected the measure in late January.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The bill was \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/12/27/after-pesticide-incidents-sicken-farmworkers-advocates-push-to-make-penalties-stronger/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">championed by farmworker advocates\u003c/a> after a series of chemical drift incidents sickened more than 150 agricultural employees on the Central Coast and Central Valley last year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1419\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AB 1419\u003c/a> would have given the California Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) the authority to issue $25,000 fines for serious violations of regulation -- for instance, those that make workers ill. Currently, county agricultural commissioners can levy up to $5,000.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>DPR sponsored the legislation, which was authored by Assemblyman Bill Quirk, D-Hayward, chair of the Assembly's Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials Committee.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billVotesClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1419\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">bill sailed through two committees\u003c/a> in January with wide support. No members of the toxic materials panel voted against the bill. The Assembly Appropriations Committee later approved the measure in a 12-4 vote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But AB 1419 \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2018/01/30/state-assembly-rejects-bill-to-increase-pesticide-fines/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">failed to get the 41 votes needed\u003c/a> for passage on the Assembly floor: 35 members voted for the legislation and 26 voted against it. Sixteen members -- all Democrats, including several representing rural districts -- declined to vote on the measure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ag Money in the Assembly\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Assembly members who voted no on the bill received, on average, about $4,000 more from four farm and chemical industry groups that took positions opposing the legislation than those who backed the measure. That's according to an analysis of campaign finance data from the California Secretary of State's Office by \u003ca href=\"https://maplight.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MapLight\u003c/a>, an organization that studies the influence of money in politics.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Between January 2015 and December 2017, the California Farm Bureau Federation, Western Growers Association, Agricultural Council of California and the Western Plant Health Association gave on average $6,298 to members of the Assembly who voted against the pesticide bill, MapLight found.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The 35 members who voted for the measure received an average of $2,313 from the four groups, MapLight's analysis says. That included 13 members who got an average of $6,034 from the groups and 22 members who got no contributions at all from them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Members of the Assembly who declined to vote either way on the bill received an average of $6,090.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It's rarely so stark that you can see dollars spent roughly correlating into votes,\" said Jessica Levinson, a professor at Loyola Law School who specializes in campaign finance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We have very clear dollar amounts that we can roughly link to votes,\" said Levinson, who is also president of the Los Angeles Ethics Commission. \"Money makes a big difference, and the agricultural industry spent money in a very effective way.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of two Democrats who voted no on the bill, Elk Grove Assemblyman Jim Cooper, received $22,100 in donations from agricultural industry groups that took a position on the bill, more than any other member of the Assembly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>An aide to Cooper did not respond to a request for comment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Assemblywoman Catharine Baker, R-San Ramon, who also voted no, was No. 2 in donations from those who opposed the bill, with $21,700.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Campaign contributions have no influence ... on how I vote,\" Baker said Friday in an emailed statement through a spokeswoman. She added that \"arbitrarily\" raising potential fines from $5,000 to $25,000 \"is not the answer.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Levinson says legislators bristle at the issue of campaign donations and their potential ties to how they may vote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Lawmakers don't like it when the curtain is peeled back, and we look at hard data and we look at money being spent and we look at votes and we draw our own conclusions,\" Levinson said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Critics: Too Much Ag Industry Influence in Sacramento\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Farmworker advocates say the data show how difficult it is to get reforms in agricultural practices through the Legislature.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Pesticide corporations and their allies wield significant influence in the state Capitol,\" said Paul Towers, organizing director of Pesticide Action Network North America.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He says the campaign donations show that the industry exerts too much power over legislators, particularly in rural and agricultural regions of the state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We need to peel back that influence,\" Towers said. \"The current farming system doesn't serve the most vulnerable communities and needs to be fixed.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Californians do care about what's in their food, how it's grown and who it affects,\" Towers said. \"What ends up on our food down the chain, we all have a stake in that. Our legislators need to vote with that in mind.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Industry Opposition\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The California Farm Bureau Federation \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2018/01/22/ag-industry-fights-pesticide-penalties-and-state-efforts-to-increase-future-fines/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">opposed the bill\u003c/a>, its representatives have said, because the state's current policies already give county agricultural commissioners and the California Department of Pesticide Regulation enough authority to enforce pesticide safety rules.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It's not terribly surprising that we or other agricultural organizations might contribute to candidates that share our priorities and philosophy, or that those candidates, once elected, might continue to follow those priorities or that philosophy,\" federation spokesman Dave Kranz said in an email.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Environmental and labor organizations make substantial contributions to candidates, and it's safe to say that a number of environmental and labor bills have passed the Legislature with the support of elected officials backed by those interests,\" Kranz said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Representatives for the three other industry associations that opposed higher fines for pesticide violations did not respond to requests for comment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Groups that officially registered support for the failed pesticide bill gave a total of $700, to two members of the Assembly, in the two years before it was rejected, according to MapLight. Neither member cast votes on the bill.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Environmental Working Group, Pesticide Action Network, Breast Cancer Prevention Partners and California Rural Legal Assistance were officially on record supporting the legislation. Only California Rural Legal Assistance made campaign donations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Bill's Author: 'We Just Ran Out of Time'\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Quirk said he does not think the agricultural industry has too much influence over the Legislature.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It's my belief that members make decisions based upon what they think is right, and that's what I think the members did,\" Quirk said in an interview.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Quirk says he was caught off guard by the timing of the vote. It came as the deadline for voting on the bill approached, and Quirk says he thought he had one more day to rally support.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I did not have a speech prepared. 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That's according to an analysis of campaign finance data from the California Secretary of State's Office by \u003ca href=\"https://maplight.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MapLight\u003c/a>, an organization that studies the influence of money in politics.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Between January 2015 and December 2017, the California Farm Bureau Federation, Western Growers Association, Agricultural Council of California and the Western Plant Health Association gave on average $6,298 to members of the Assembly who voted against the pesticide bill, MapLight found.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The 35 members who voted for the measure received an average of $2,313 from the four groups, MapLight's analysis says. That included 13 members who got an average of $6,034 from the groups and 22 members who got no contributions at all from them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Members of the Assembly who declined to vote either way on the bill received an average of $6,090.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It's rarely so stark that you can see dollars spent roughly correlating into votes,\" said Jessica Levinson, a professor at Loyola Law School who specializes in campaign finance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We have very clear dollar amounts that we can roughly link to votes,\" said Levinson, who is also president of the Los Angeles Ethics Commission. \"Money makes a big difference, and the agricultural industry spent money in a very effective way.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of two Democrats who voted no on the bill, Elk Grove Assemblyman Jim Cooper, received $22,100 in donations from agricultural industry groups that took a position on the bill, more than any other member of the Assembly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>An aide to Cooper did not respond to a request for comment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Assemblywoman Catharine Baker, R-San Ramon, who also voted no, was No. 2 in donations from those who opposed the bill, with $21,700.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Campaign contributions have no influence ... on how I vote,\" Baker said Friday in an emailed statement through a spokeswoman. 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Our legislators need to vote with that in mind.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Industry Opposition\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The California Farm Bureau Federation \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2018/01/22/ag-industry-fights-pesticide-penalties-and-state-efforts-to-increase-future-fines/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">opposed the bill\u003c/a>, its representatives have said, because the state's current policies already give county agricultural commissioners and the California Department of Pesticide Regulation enough authority to enforce pesticide safety rules.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It's not terribly surprising that we or other agricultural organizations might contribute to candidates that share our priorities and philosophy, or that those candidates, once elected, might continue to follow those priorities or that philosophy,\" federation spokesman Dave Kranz said in an email.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Environmental and labor organizations make substantial contributions to candidates, and it's safe to say that a number of environmental and labor bills have passed the Legislature with the support of elected officials backed by those interests,\" Kranz said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Representatives for the three other industry associations that opposed higher fines for pesticide violations did not respond to requests for comment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Groups that officially registered support for the failed pesticide bill gave a total of $700, to two members of the Assembly, in the two years before it was rejected, according to MapLight. 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"content": "\u003cp>Legislation that would expand the enforcement power of California's pesticide regulator and increase penalties for farming companies that violate the state's agricultural chemical laws failed in the state Assembly late Monday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Assembly Bill 1419, authored by Assemblyman Bill Quirk, D-Hayward, would have given the California Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) the authority to issue $25,000 fines for serious violations of the laws. Currently, county agricultural commissioners can levy fines up to $5,000.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=\"MaShqjaCM44soE5c39TxikNTqZ8VHTah\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The legislation needed 41 votes to pass but got only 35. The bill garnered significant support from Democrats in committee, but 18 members of the party voted against it or declined to vote when it got to the Assembly floor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I was surprised by the number of colleagues who did not vote for this bill that is meant to protect farmworkers,\" said Quirk in an emailed statement Tuesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The assemblyman's office had worked with state regulators and opponents of the legislation for more than a year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Quirk was joined by advocates for agricultural employees in expressing concern that the bill was killed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It's disappointing that the California Legislature has failed to stand up for some of our most vulnerable populations, particularly farmworkers and children in agricultural communities that are affected by pesticide drift,\" said Paul Towers, organizing director at Pesticide Action Network North America, in an interview.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"As California looks to stand up to the Trump administration and show that it is the shining beacon of protecting immigrants and vulnerable communities ... this is a disappointing end for a bill that would have meant better protections for farmworkers from hazardous pesticides,\" Towers said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=\"zADc6DK1jXz7hVE7deHbcXZePder7gYc\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Towers and other farmworker advocates had hoped recent attention placed on four separate chemical drift incidents in the Central Valley and Central Coast, which are believed to have sickened more than 150 agricultural employees, \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/12/27/after-pesticide-incidents-sicken-farmworkers-advocates-push-to-make-penalties-stronger/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">would push lawmakers\u003c/a> to approve the legislation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the bill faced \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2018/01/22/ag-industry-fights-pesticide-penalties-and-state-efforts-to-increase-future-fines/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">opposition from some of California's agricultural industry groups\u003c/a>, including the California Farm Bureau Federation, which questioned whether the fine increases would have been effective.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We believe current policies give county agricultural commissioners and DPR the authority they need to take appropriate action to enforce pesticide safety rules,\" said Cynthia Cory, the federation's director of environmental affairs, in a statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We remain committed to assuring the safety and health of farmers, their employees and neighbors,\" Cory said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The timing of the vote seemed to catch Quirk's office by surprise.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We thought we had one more day to confirm votes,\" said Quirk's aide, Tomasa Dueñas, in an email. The office was told late Monday afternoon that the legislation would come up for a vote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=\"mQgXENGNkyF6qAcVQlLDfs87evZIdhsT\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Unfortunately the bill didn't get enough votes to pass off the floor. AB 1419 is dead for the year,\" Dueñas said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The vote took place earlier than expected and legislators did not have enough time to review the measure, according to Towers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The bill sailed through two committee hearings but garnered 26 \"no\" votes, and 16 members of the Assembly -- all Democrats, some of whom represent more rural parts of the state -- declined to vote yes or no on the bill when it came to a floor vote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Frankly, we did not have enough time to educate them on the issue,\" Towers said. \"Bills were moved more quickly than maybe they should have been and weren't given the proper discourse.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Most members who voted for the legislation were Democrats. However, Assemblyman Brian Maienschein (R-San Diego) voted for the measure, and two Democrats, Elk Grove Assemblyman Jim Cooper and Brentwood Assemblyman Jim Frazier, voted against it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Department of Pesticide Regulation was the bill's sponsor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"DPR is still very much committed to this issue, and we will explore other options to make this a reality,\" agency spokeswoman Charlotte Fadipe said in an email.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The assemblyman's office had worked with state regulators and opponents of the legislation for more than a year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Quirk was joined by advocates for agricultural employees in expressing concern that the bill was killed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It's disappointing that the California Legislature has failed to stand up for some of our most vulnerable populations, particularly farmworkers and children in agricultural communities that are affected by pesticide drift,\" said Paul Towers, organizing director at Pesticide Action Network North America, in an interview.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"As California looks to stand up to the Trump administration and show that it is the shining beacon of protecting immigrants and vulnerable communities ... this is a disappointing end for a bill that would have meant better protections for farmworkers from hazardous pesticides,\" Towers said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Towers and other farmworker advocates had hoped recent attention placed on four separate chemical drift incidents in the Central Valley and Central Coast, which are believed to have sickened more than 150 agricultural employees, \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/12/27/after-pesticide-incidents-sicken-farmworkers-advocates-push-to-make-penalties-stronger/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">would push lawmakers\u003c/a> to approve the legislation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the bill faced \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2018/01/22/ag-industry-fights-pesticide-penalties-and-state-efforts-to-increase-future-fines/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">opposition from some of California's agricultural industry groups\u003c/a>, including the California Farm Bureau Federation, which questioned whether the fine increases would have been effective.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We believe current policies give county agricultural commissioners and DPR the authority they need to take appropriate action to enforce pesticide safety rules,\" said Cynthia Cory, the federation's director of environmental affairs, in a statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We remain committed to assuring the safety and health of farmers, their employees and neighbors,\" Cory said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The timing of the vote seemed to catch Quirk's office by surprise.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We thought we had one more day to confirm votes,\" said Quirk's aide, Tomasa Dueñas, in an email. The office was told late Monday afternoon that the legislation would come up for a vote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Unfortunately the bill didn't get enough votes to pass off the floor. AB 1419 is dead for the year,\" Dueñas said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The vote took place earlier than expected and legislators did not have enough time to review the measure, according to Towers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The bill sailed through two committee hearings but garnered 26 \"no\" votes, and 16 members of the Assembly -- all Democrats, some of whom represent more rural parts of the state -- declined to vote yes or no on the bill when it came to a floor vote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Frankly, we did not have enough time to educate them on the issue,\" Towers said. \"Bills were moved more quickly than maybe they should have been and weren't given the proper discourse.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Most members who voted for the legislation were Democrats. However, Assemblyman Brian Maienschein (R-San Diego) voted for the measure, and two Democrats, Elk Grove Assemblyman Jim Cooper and Brentwood Assemblyman Jim Frazier, voted against it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Department of Pesticide Regulation was the bill's sponsor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"DPR is still very much committed to this issue, and we will explore other options to make this a reality,\" agency spokeswoman Charlotte Fadipe said in an email.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"disqusTitle": "Healthy to Eat, Unhealthy to Grow: Strawberries Embody the Contradictions of California Agriculture",
"title": "Healthy to Eat, Unhealthy to Grow: Strawberries Embody the Contradictions of California Agriculture",
"headTitle": "The California Dream | The California Report | KQED News",
"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://theconversation.com/profiles/julie-guthman-420662\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Julie Guthman\u003c/a> is professor of social sciences at \u003ca href=\"http://theconversation.com/institutions/university-of-california-santa-cruz-1451\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">UC Santa Cruz.\u003c/a>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Agricultural abundance is a pillar of the California Dream. In 2016, the state turned out \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdfa.ca.gov/statistics/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">more than $45 billion worth\u003c/a> of meat, milk and crops. Long before nutritionists agreed that fresh fruits and vegetables should be the center of American diets, California farmers had planted much of their land with these products, and today they produce \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdfa.ca.gov/farm_bill/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">half of the nation’s fruits, vegetables and nuts\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But although fruits and vegetables are vaunted as healthy foods, their impact as crops is quite different. On many California produce farms, wages are low, working conditions are poor and farmers use enormous quantities of pesticides and precious water. This is the central contradiction of California agriculture.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For the past five years I have been studying California’s strawberry industry, which currently is the state’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdfa.ca.gov/statistics/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sixth-\u003c/a>most-important commodity in terms of the value of crops sold. Strawberries are attractive, reasonably nutritious and occasionally tasty fruits, and can be grown and eaten within California nearly year-round. But the industry’s growth has relied on the heavy use of toxic chemicals, and now growers face heightened restrictions on some of their most favored chemicals: soil fumigants. Unfortunately, less toxic or non-chemical strategies that would allow strawberries to be grown for a mass market, maintaining affordable prices, are elusive and likely to remain so.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11643736\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11643736\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/strawberry-pickers-800x518.jpg\" alt=\"Line of strawberry pickers in a field\" width=\"800\" height=\"518\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/strawberry-pickers-800x518.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/strawberry-pickers-160x104.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/strawberry-pickers-960x621.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/strawberry-pickers-240x155.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/strawberry-pickers-375x243.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/strawberry-pickers-520x336.jpg 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/strawberry-pickers.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Strawberry pickers in Salinas, California, photographed April 27, 2009. \u003ccite>(\u003ca href=\"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/10/Xp3-dot-us_DSC8991.jpg\">Holgerhubbs\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/\">Wikimedia Commons\u003c/a>)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Chemical Dependence\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Although strawberry production once was scattered throughout the state, by the 1960s it had concentrated in coastal zones to take advantage of sandy soils and mild temperatures. Thereafter, the industry saw tremendous growth in productivity. In Monterey and Santa Cruz counties alone, \u003ca href=\"https://doi.org/10.3733/ca.2016a0001\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">acreage more than tripled and production increased tenfold\u003c/a> from 1960 to 2014. Much of this growth was enabled by advances in plant breeding and use of plastic tarps to absorb heat, allowing growers to increase the length of strawberry seasons.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the main driver of growth has been the use of pre-plant chemical fumigants. Growers hire pest control companies to fumigate soils before planting strawberries in order to kill soil-borne pests -- most importantly, plant pathogens such as \u003cem>Verticillium dahliae\u003c/em> and \u003cem>Macrophomina phaseolina\u003c/em>. Without such treatment, these pathogens cause strawberry plants to wilt and die.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, however, the industry’s fumigant of choice -- methyl bromide -- can no longer be used in strawberry fruit production. In 1991, methyl bromide was banned under the \u003ca href=\"http://ozone.unep.org/en/treaties-and-decisions/montreal-protocol-substances-deplete-ozone-layer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer\u003c/a>. The United States was supposed to phase out use by 2005, a deadline that was extended to 2015 and didn’t really take effect until two years later. Even so, this toxic chemical can still be used in nursery production to ensure that starter plants are virus- and pathogen-free.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11643737\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11643737\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/strawberry-danger-file-20180119-110103-1x1y52i-800x534.jpg\" alt=\"Danger sign in front of strawberry field\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/strawberry-danger-file-20180119-110103-1x1y52i-800x534.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/strawberry-danger-file-20180119-110103-1x1y52i-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/strawberry-danger-file-20180119-110103-1x1y52i-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/strawberry-danger-file-20180119-110103-1x1y52i-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/strawberry-danger-file-20180119-110103-1x1y52i-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/strawberry-danger-file-20180119-110103-1x1y52i-520x347.jpg 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/strawberry-danger-file-20180119-110103-1x1y52i.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Recently fumigated field in Watsonville, California, on Oct. 11, 2009. \u003ccite>(\u003ca class=\"source\" href=\"https://flic.kr/p/791REj\">Benketaro\u003c/a>, \u003ca class=\"license\" href=\"http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/\">CC BY\u003c/a>)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>One potential replacement, methyl iodide, was approved for use in late 2010. But it was \u003ca href=\"http://calag.ucanr.edu/Archive/?article=ca.2016a0003\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">withdrawn from the market in 2012\u003c/a> following an activist campaign and lawsuit that accused California regulators of performing an inadequate review of potential health risks to workers and the general public. Among other things, the chemical is a known \u003ca href=\"http://www.stpp.ucla.edu/sites/default/files/Final%20Report%20SRC.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">neurotoxin and carcinogen\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other fumigants are still allowed, but their use is increasingly restricted by buffer zones and township quotas. Consequently, growers are contending with \u003ca href=\"https://doi.org/10.1080/15538362.2012.697000\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">heightened levels of plant disease\u003c/a>, some from pathogens that had never before been evident in California strawberry fields.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>An Embedded System\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Can California find a less toxic way to raise \u003ca href=\"http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/LyraEDISServlet?command=getImageDetail&image_soid=FIGURE%207&document_soid=FE971&document_version=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">90 percent of the nation’s fresh strawberries\u003c/a>? Although the strawberry industry is \u003ca href=\"http://www.calstrawberry.com/Portals/0/images/2013-CSC_enviroreport_web.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">investing significant resources into non-chemical alternatives to manage soil-borne disease\u003c/a>, the obstacles are formidable. The entire production system, including reliance on fumigants, is \u003ca href=\"https://doi.org/10.3733/ca.2017a0017\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">embedded into the cost of land\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fumigation has allowed growers to plant on the same blocks of land, year after year, and not worry about soil disease. With fumigation available to control pathogens, strawberry breeders have emphasized productivity, beauty and durability rather than pathogen resistance. Meanwhile, nursery production has shifted away from prime fruit-growing regions along the coast to take advantage of different environments for plant propagation, enabling coastal land to be used solely for growing fruit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Together these innovations have allowed growers to keep prime strawberry land in production every year for much of the year, yielding exceptional amounts of fruit. High land prices reflect these expectations and make it unprofitable to grow strawberries using less intensive methods. The Pacific Ocean’s natural summer air conditioning is attractive to suburbanites as well as strawberries, so coastal development is putting additional pressure on the cost of strawberry land while at the same time increasing public pressure to control use of fumigants.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11643738\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 160px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-11643738\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/strawberry4-file-20180119-110106-1rcwmmh-160x84.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"160\" height=\"84\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/strawberry4-file-20180119-110106-1rcwmmh-160x84.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/strawberry4-file-20180119-110106-1rcwmmh-800x421.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/strawberry4-file-20180119-110106-1rcwmmh-960x505.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/strawberry4-file-20180119-110106-1rcwmmh-240x126.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/strawberry4-file-20180119-110106-1rcwmmh-375x197.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/strawberry4-file-20180119-110106-1rcwmmh-520x274.jpg 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/strawberry4-file-20180119-110106-1rcwmmh.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 160px) 100vw, 160px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Official logo of the California Strawberry Commission \u003ccite>(\u003ca class=\"source\" href=\"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fe/California_Strawberry_Commission_Logo_-_Color.jpg\">CA Strawberry Commission\u003c/a>, \u003ca class=\"license\" href=\"http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/\">CC BY-SA\u003c/a>)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Chemical-free Strawberries For the Few\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Informed and concerned consumers ingrained with California’s deep culture of environmentalism have turned to organic strawberries, which they see as a more sustainable option. As conventional growers took note of this vibrant market, \u003ca href=\"https://doi.org/10.3733/ca.2016a0001\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">organic strawberry production rose fivefold between 2000 and 2012\u003c/a>, to reach about \u003ca href=\"http://www.organicproducenetwork.com/article/351/organic-strawberries-in-short-supply\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">3,300 acres planted in 2017\u003c/a>, which represents 12 percent of all strawberry acreage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But although organic growers use non-chemical soil fumigation methods or rotate strawberries with crops that have a mild disease-suppressing effect, such as broccoli, few of them fundamentally alter the production system in other ways. In my research, I have observed that some growers are finding land away from prime areas that can be quickly certified for organic production, but have no long-term plans to manage soil diseases when they inevitably arise -- a practice that is not in the spirit of organic production.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A small but dedicated set of growers have learned how to raise strawberries for the long haul without fumigants. However, even they use starter plants produced on fumigated soil, since no nurseries produce organic plants. Crucially, for these growers strawberries are a minor crop in what are otherwise highly diversified systems. And most of these producers are located outside of prime strawberry-growing regions, where land is cheaper. Their approach therefore is not nearly replicable for growers producing for the mass market.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg src=\"https://counter.theconversation.com/content/86907/count.gif?distributor=republish-lightbox-basic\" alt=\"The Conversation\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\">These exceptions tell us as much about the limits of California strawberry production as does mainstream production. Consumers who want organic strawberries must be willing to live with compromises, pay premium prices -- and eat their broccoli. For others, the dream of affordable year-round strawberries grown without toxic chemicals is already an impossible one.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This article originally appeared in \u003ca href=\"http://theconversation.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Conversation\u003c/a>, an online publication that features academics writing about their research and ideas for the public. KQED and The Conversation are partners in the \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/series/californiadream/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">California Dream\u003c/a> project, a collaboration looking at the Golden State's promise, whether we are achieving it, and the future of California.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/series/californiadream/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The California Dream series\u003c/a> is a statewide media collaboration of CALmatters, KPBS, KPCC, KQED and Capital Public Radio with support from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the James Irvine Foundation and the College Futures Foundation.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-11660142\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/CADreamBanner-800x219.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"219\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/CADreamBanner-800x219.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/CADreamBanner-160x44.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/CADreamBanner-1020x280.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/CADreamBanner-1180x324.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/CADreamBanner-960x263.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/CADreamBanner-240x66.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/CADreamBanner-375x103.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/CADreamBanner-520x143.jpg 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/CADreamBanner.jpg 1867w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://theconversation.com/profiles/julie-guthman-420662\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Julie Guthman\u003c/a> is professor of social sciences at \u003ca href=\"http://theconversation.com/institutions/university-of-california-santa-cruz-1451\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">UC Santa Cruz.\u003c/a>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Agricultural abundance is a pillar of the California Dream. In 2016, the state turned out \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdfa.ca.gov/statistics/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">more than $45 billion worth\u003c/a> of meat, milk and crops. Long before nutritionists agreed that fresh fruits and vegetables should be the center of American diets, California farmers had planted much of their land with these products, and today they produce \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdfa.ca.gov/farm_bill/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">half of the nation’s fruits, vegetables and nuts\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But although fruits and vegetables are vaunted as healthy foods, their impact as crops is quite different. On many California produce farms, wages are low, working conditions are poor and farmers use enormous quantities of pesticides and precious water. This is the central contradiction of California agriculture.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For the past five years I have been studying California’s strawberry industry, which currently is the state’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdfa.ca.gov/statistics/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sixth-\u003c/a>most-important commodity in terms of the value of crops sold. Strawberries are attractive, reasonably nutritious and occasionally tasty fruits, and can be grown and eaten within California nearly year-round. But the industry’s growth has relied on the heavy use of toxic chemicals, and now growers face heightened restrictions on some of their most favored chemicals: soil fumigants. Unfortunately, less toxic or non-chemical strategies that would allow strawberries to be grown for a mass market, maintaining affordable prices, are elusive and likely to remain so.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11643736\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11643736\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/strawberry-pickers-800x518.jpg\" alt=\"Line of strawberry pickers in a field\" width=\"800\" height=\"518\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/strawberry-pickers-800x518.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/strawberry-pickers-160x104.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/strawberry-pickers-960x621.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/strawberry-pickers-240x155.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/strawberry-pickers-375x243.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/strawberry-pickers-520x336.jpg 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/strawberry-pickers.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Strawberry pickers in Salinas, California, photographed April 27, 2009. \u003ccite>(\u003ca href=\"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/10/Xp3-dot-us_DSC8991.jpg\">Holgerhubbs\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/\">Wikimedia Commons\u003c/a>)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Chemical Dependence\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Although strawberry production once was scattered throughout the state, by the 1960s it had concentrated in coastal zones to take advantage of sandy soils and mild temperatures. Thereafter, the industry saw tremendous growth in productivity. In Monterey and Santa Cruz counties alone, \u003ca href=\"https://doi.org/10.3733/ca.2016a0001\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">acreage more than tripled and production increased tenfold\u003c/a> from 1960 to 2014. Much of this growth was enabled by advances in plant breeding and use of plastic tarps to absorb heat, allowing growers to increase the length of strawberry seasons.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the main driver of growth has been the use of pre-plant chemical fumigants. Growers hire pest control companies to fumigate soils before planting strawberries in order to kill soil-borne pests -- most importantly, plant pathogens such as \u003cem>Verticillium dahliae\u003c/em> and \u003cem>Macrophomina phaseolina\u003c/em>. Without such treatment, these pathogens cause strawberry plants to wilt and die.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, however, the industry’s fumigant of choice -- methyl bromide -- can no longer be used in strawberry fruit production. In 1991, methyl bromide was banned under the \u003ca href=\"http://ozone.unep.org/en/treaties-and-decisions/montreal-protocol-substances-deplete-ozone-layer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer\u003c/a>. The United States was supposed to phase out use by 2005, a deadline that was extended to 2015 and didn’t really take effect until two years later. Even so, this toxic chemical can still be used in nursery production to ensure that starter plants are virus- and pathogen-free.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11643737\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11643737\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/strawberry-danger-file-20180119-110103-1x1y52i-800x534.jpg\" alt=\"Danger sign in front of strawberry field\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/strawberry-danger-file-20180119-110103-1x1y52i-800x534.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/strawberry-danger-file-20180119-110103-1x1y52i-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/strawberry-danger-file-20180119-110103-1x1y52i-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/strawberry-danger-file-20180119-110103-1x1y52i-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/strawberry-danger-file-20180119-110103-1x1y52i-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/strawberry-danger-file-20180119-110103-1x1y52i-520x347.jpg 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/strawberry-danger-file-20180119-110103-1x1y52i.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Recently fumigated field in Watsonville, California, on Oct. 11, 2009. \u003ccite>(\u003ca class=\"source\" href=\"https://flic.kr/p/791REj\">Benketaro\u003c/a>, \u003ca class=\"license\" href=\"http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/\">CC BY\u003c/a>)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>One potential replacement, methyl iodide, was approved for use in late 2010. But it was \u003ca href=\"http://calag.ucanr.edu/Archive/?article=ca.2016a0003\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">withdrawn from the market in 2012\u003c/a> following an activist campaign and lawsuit that accused California regulators of performing an inadequate review of potential health risks to workers and the general public. Among other things, the chemical is a known \u003ca href=\"http://www.stpp.ucla.edu/sites/default/files/Final%20Report%20SRC.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">neurotoxin and carcinogen\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other fumigants are still allowed, but their use is increasingly restricted by buffer zones and township quotas. Consequently, growers are contending with \u003ca href=\"https://doi.org/10.1080/15538362.2012.697000\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">heightened levels of plant disease\u003c/a>, some from pathogens that had never before been evident in California strawberry fields.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>An Embedded System\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Can California find a less toxic way to raise \u003ca href=\"http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/LyraEDISServlet?command=getImageDetail&image_soid=FIGURE%207&document_soid=FE971&document_version=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">90 percent of the nation’s fresh strawberries\u003c/a>? Although the strawberry industry is \u003ca href=\"http://www.calstrawberry.com/Portals/0/images/2013-CSC_enviroreport_web.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">investing significant resources into non-chemical alternatives to manage soil-borne disease\u003c/a>, the obstacles are formidable. The entire production system, including reliance on fumigants, is \u003ca href=\"https://doi.org/10.3733/ca.2017a0017\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">embedded into the cost of land\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fumigation has allowed growers to plant on the same blocks of land, year after year, and not worry about soil disease. With fumigation available to control pathogens, strawberry breeders have emphasized productivity, beauty and durability rather than pathogen resistance. Meanwhile, nursery production has shifted away from prime fruit-growing regions along the coast to take advantage of different environments for plant propagation, enabling coastal land to be used solely for growing fruit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Together these innovations have allowed growers to keep prime strawberry land in production every year for much of the year, yielding exceptional amounts of fruit. High land prices reflect these expectations and make it unprofitable to grow strawberries using less intensive methods. The Pacific Ocean’s natural summer air conditioning is attractive to suburbanites as well as strawberries, so coastal development is putting additional pressure on the cost of strawberry land while at the same time increasing public pressure to control use of fumigants.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11643738\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 160px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-11643738\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/strawberry4-file-20180119-110106-1rcwmmh-160x84.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"160\" height=\"84\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/strawberry4-file-20180119-110106-1rcwmmh-160x84.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/strawberry4-file-20180119-110106-1rcwmmh-800x421.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/strawberry4-file-20180119-110106-1rcwmmh-960x505.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/strawberry4-file-20180119-110106-1rcwmmh-240x126.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/strawberry4-file-20180119-110106-1rcwmmh-375x197.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/strawberry4-file-20180119-110106-1rcwmmh-520x274.jpg 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/strawberry4-file-20180119-110106-1rcwmmh.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 160px) 100vw, 160px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Official logo of the California Strawberry Commission \u003ccite>(\u003ca class=\"source\" href=\"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fe/California_Strawberry_Commission_Logo_-_Color.jpg\">CA Strawberry Commission\u003c/a>, \u003ca class=\"license\" href=\"http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/\">CC BY-SA\u003c/a>)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Chemical-free Strawberries For the Few\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Informed and concerned consumers ingrained with California’s deep culture of environmentalism have turned to organic strawberries, which they see as a more sustainable option. As conventional growers took note of this vibrant market, \u003ca href=\"https://doi.org/10.3733/ca.2016a0001\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">organic strawberry production rose fivefold between 2000 and 2012\u003c/a>, to reach about \u003ca href=\"http://www.organicproducenetwork.com/article/351/organic-strawberries-in-short-supply\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">3,300 acres planted in 2017\u003c/a>, which represents 12 percent of all strawberry acreage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But although organic growers use non-chemical soil fumigation methods or rotate strawberries with crops that have a mild disease-suppressing effect, such as broccoli, few of them fundamentally alter the production system in other ways. In my research, I have observed that some growers are finding land away from prime areas that can be quickly certified for organic production, but have no long-term plans to manage soil diseases when they inevitably arise -- a practice that is not in the spirit of organic production.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A small but dedicated set of growers have learned how to raise strawberries for the long haul without fumigants. However, even they use starter plants produced on fumigated soil, since no nurseries produce organic plants. Crucially, for these growers strawberries are a minor crop in what are otherwise highly diversified systems. And most of these producers are located outside of prime strawberry-growing regions, where land is cheaper. Their approach therefore is not nearly replicable for growers producing for the mass market.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg src=\"https://counter.theconversation.com/content/86907/count.gif?distributor=republish-lightbox-basic\" alt=\"The Conversation\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\">These exceptions tell us as much about the limits of California strawberry production as does mainstream production. Consumers who want organic strawberries must be willing to live with compromises, pay premium prices -- and eat their broccoli. For others, the dream of affordable year-round strawberries grown without toxic chemicals is already an impossible one.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This article originally appeared in \u003ca href=\"http://theconversation.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Conversation\u003c/a>, an online publication that features academics writing about their research and ideas for the public. KQED and The Conversation are partners in the \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/series/californiadream/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">California Dream\u003c/a> project, a collaboration looking at the Golden State's promise, whether we are achieving it, and the future of California.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/series/californiadream/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The California Dream series\u003c/a> is a statewide media collaboration of CALmatters, KPBS, KPCC, KQED and Capital Public Radio with support from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the James Irvine Foundation and the College Futures Foundation.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Farmworker advocates say they hope four separate pesticide drift incidents this year that appeared to sicken more than 150 workers will prompt state lawmakers to strengthen rules governing use of the agricultural chemicals.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"These drift incidents happen all the time,\" said Valerie Gorospe, a community organizer with the \u003ca href=\"https://crpe-ej.org/en/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Center on Race, Poverty and the Environment\u003c/a>, an environmental justice group based in Oakland and Delano, who has helped farmworkers in the aftermath of several chemical drift events.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Our current laws and our regulations that we have for the state of California are completely inadequate,\" Gorospe said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Activists like Gorospe want the chairman of the state Assembly committee that oversees toxic chemicals to push forward legislation that would increase fines for violating California's pesticide laws and expand the power of the state's pesticide regulator.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That lawmaker, Assemblyman Bill Quirk, D-Hayward, has a proposal that would do just that.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Possibility of Higher Fines\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Currently, county agricultural commissioners can levy fines of as much as $5,000 against growers, labor contractors and those applying pesticides for violating regulations on pesticide use.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Quirk's bill, AB 1419, would give the California Department of Pesticide Regulation authority to issue $25,000 fines for more serious violations. DPR is one of the bill's sponsors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We think the most serious violations warrant a higher penalty amount,\" said Charlotte Fadipe, an agency spokeswoman.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We have to hold people accountable if they do things that they really know they shouldn't do,\" said Quirk, chair of the Assembly's Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials Committee. \"There has to be some enforcement.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Quirk emphasizes his bill is a \"work in progress\" and that he's still working out the proposal's details.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It's been 15 years since the state raised fine amounts for breaking pesticide laws. Advocates for farmworkers and for efforts to reduce the use of dangerous chemicals in the agricultural industry say it's time to bring more teeth to enforcement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The current fines amount to pocket change for large-scale growers,\" said Paul Towers, organizing director at \u003ca href=\"http://www.panna.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pesticide Action Network North America\u003c/a>. \"Until the penalties are significant enough, they'll fail to deter problems with pesticide drifts in the future.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Increasing fines will incentivize growers, farm labor contractors and those who apply pesticides to follow the rules, said Caroline Cox, a senior scientist at the Oakland-based Center for Environmental Health. The current fine amounts are the same as a \"slap on the wrist,\" she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Pushback from Farm Bureau\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At least one agricultural industry group is questioning whether the proposal will be effective.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We have met with DPR and are trying to understand the need for the increased authority and fine threshold,\" said Cynthia Cory, director of environmental affairs for the California Farm Bureau Federation, in an emailed statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The Farm Bureau supports penalties and prompt enforcement for violation of the safe use of chemicals,\" Cory said. \"The best prevention to insure pesticides are handled correctly is continued education, which we fully support and help our farmers and ranchers obtain.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cory noted that agricultural commissioners can push for stronger penalties against pesticide violators by asking local prosecutors to pursue more egregious cases.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The association that represents agricultural commissioners has yet to take a position on the proposal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We are internally reviewing the bill,\" said Sandy Elles, executive director of the California Agricultural Commissioners and Sealers Association, in an email, adding that the group's legislative committee is gathering feedback from its members.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We are carefully assessing the bill's impact to the state-county pesticide enforcement partnership,\" Elles said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Quirk emphasized that his office was working with farmworker advocates and industry representatives in talks that could lead to changes to his bill, which is scheduled to be heard in the Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials Committee on Jan. 9.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Recent Incidents Resulted in Fines\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That hearing comes several weeks after the Kern County agricultural commissioner imposed nearly $50,000 in fines for a series of violations against five companies in connection with an \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/12/18/firms-fined-for-pesticide-incident-that-sickened-92-near-bakersfield/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">investigation\u003c/a> into a pesticide incident that sickened 92 garlic harvesters on the outskirts of Bakersfield last August.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That probe found that a soil fumigant, \u003ca href=\"http://www.amvac-chemical.com/Product-Details/pid/202\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vapam\u003c/a>, had been injected into a nearby field, and then seeped out of the ground and drifted. In the process of investigating that incident, the commissioner learned that at around the same time the workers were getting sick, a helicopter was spraying Vulcan, which contains \u003ca href=\"http://www.capradio.org/articles/2017/12/01/chlorpyrifos-makes-california-list-of-most-dangerous-chemicals/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">chlorpyrifos\u003c/a>, which is now on the state's list of substances known to cause cancer, birth defects and reproductive harm, on a nearby field.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Several months ago, Kern County issued a similar fine against two companies for violating pesticide rules in an \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/08/08/produce-company-behind-popular-cuties-fined-over-pesticide-drift/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">incident\u003c/a> that sickened 37 workers harvesting cabbage near Maricopa in May. One of the firms that faced penalties was Sun Pacific, the produce company behind the popular Cuties mandarins and clementines.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The county agricultural commissioner's investigation found that Vulcan and Cosavet DF, which contains sulfur, drifted a half-mile into an area where the farm employees were working.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sun Pacific has contested the penalty and a hearing on the case is scheduled for March, according to Kern County Agricultural Commissioner Glenn Fankhauser.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In June a chemical release that sickened six raspberry pickers in Watsonville prompted an investigation by the Santa Cruz County agricultural commissioner into several companies, including two firms affiliated with the Dole Food Co. and another tied to Driscoll's, a major berry distributor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That came a week after 18 celery workers were sickened in Salinas, possibly by an insecticide, prompting an investigation by the Monterey County agricultural commissioner.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Santa Cruz and Monterey county officials say the investigations into those incidents have yet to be completed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED's Sonja Hutson contributed to this story.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Note: The California Farm Bureau Federation issued a revised statement after the publication of this story. 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DPR is one of the bill's sponsors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We think the most serious violations warrant a higher penalty amount,\" said Charlotte Fadipe, an agency spokeswoman.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We have to hold people accountable if they do things that they really know they shouldn't do,\" said Quirk, chair of the Assembly's Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials Committee. \"There has to be some enforcement.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Quirk emphasizes his bill is a \"work in progress\" and that he's still working out the proposal's details.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It's been 15 years since the state raised fine amounts for breaking pesticide laws. 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Some were coughing, and others said they felt nauseous and had headaches.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I felt suffocated, dizzy, my eyes were irritated and watery,\" an unidentified worker told Kern County investigators. \"I felt like there was chili powder in the air.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I started to smell a chemical odor and I started to get a headache, burning eyes and started to become nauseous,\" another worker said in the investigation report. \"I could see the entire crew that was in the garlic field was also getting sick.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I couldn't see and couldn't breathe well. ... It felt like I had been pepper sprayed in the eyes,\" a third employee said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More than a dozen of the harvest workers had to be decontaminated and several sought medical treatment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=\"25b20dsf2XE8X62vjypuFBCy1OKSiVpE\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The county's investigation found that a soil fumigant, \u003ca href=\"http://www.amvac-chemical.com/Product-Details/pid/202\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vapam\u003c/a>, that had been injected hours earlier into an adjacent field seeped out of the ground and drifted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The biggest penalty, $42,000, is against \u003ca href=\"http://www.tastefulselections.com/about/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tasteful Selections\u003c/a>, an Arvin-based firm that grows and processes specialty potatoes. The agricultural commissioner fined the company for failing to tell the 167 workers in the area that a pesticide had been injected in soil nearby.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It's a poor choice and probably shouldn't have been done,\" Glenn Fankhauser, the county agricultural commissioner, said in an interview. \"This was really a bad decision.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bob Bender, the president and general manager of Tasteful Selections, declined to comment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The commissioner's office is citing the three farm labor contractors that employed the workers -- Ag Star Harvesting, Harvest Kings and Pacific Farm Management -- for failing to ensure the exposed harvesters got medical care.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"They each had workers that complained of symptoms and they were not immediately taken to the doctor,\" Fankhauser said. \"Instead, they just moved them to a different area of the field.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>None of the labor contractors, each facing $1,000 fines, could be reached for comment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the process of investigating the Tasteful Selections case, the commissioner learned that around the same time the workers were getting sick, a helicopter was spraying \u003ca href=\"http://www.croplife.com/crop-inputs/insecticides/mana-introduces-vulcan-insecticide/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vulcan\u003c/a>, a pesticide that contains chlorpyrifos, on a nearby alfalfa field. The chemical drifted to yet another site nearby.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Several weeks ago \u003ca href=\"http://www.capradio.org/articles/2017/12/01/chlorpyrifos-makes-california-list-of-most-dangerous-chemicals/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">California regulators\u003c/a> added chlorpyrifos to the state's list of substances known to cause cancer, birth defects and reproductive harm.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Firefighters who responded to the incident that morning told the pilot who was spraying the chemical to land, according to Fankhauser.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Testing done on the clothing of the sickened farmworkers did not detect chlorpyrifos. But the county levied a $3,850 fine against the firm doing the spraying, Agra Fly, for violating several pesticide regulations. Those include spraying the chemical from the air within a quarter-mile of residences, for allowing the pesticide to drift to an adjacent field and for not filing a notice of intent with the county to use the chemical.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=\"Wprc6mHeUg0BklnZvqHyQciL0cd12z6u\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The commissioner also cited the pest control adviser who wrote the recommendation to conduct the aerial spraying. That man, Edgar Bolt, is facing a $250 fine, and could not be reached for comment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The five companies and the pesticide adviser can request hearings to contest the penalties. 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It felt like I had been pepper sprayed in the eyes,\" a third employee said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More than a dozen of the harvest workers had to be decontaminated and several sought medical treatment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The county's investigation found that a soil fumigant, \u003ca href=\"http://www.amvac-chemical.com/Product-Details/pid/202\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vapam\u003c/a>, that had been injected hours earlier into an adjacent field seeped out of the ground and drifted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The biggest penalty, $42,000, is against \u003ca href=\"http://www.tastefulselections.com/about/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tasteful Selections\u003c/a>, an Arvin-based firm that grows and processes specialty potatoes. 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