The shrinking salad bowl

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The shrinking salad bowl: Finding our balance on the edge of hunger
Houses and malls becoming the fastest-growing crop in California
Deborah K. Rich, Special to The Chronicle
Saturday, February 12, 2005

It’s almost too late for California to eat local. Even as we rediscover how good tomatoes and cantaloupe taste when they are freshly picked — if not in our backyard, then in the next valley over — our state is fast losing its ability to feed itself.