California agriculture is in the hot seat as farm workers march to Sacramento, COVID exacerbates supply chain issues, and billions of dollars are poured into agricultural innovation. In a recent piece, the Guardian draws on Emily Reisman’s 2021 article Sanitizing agri-food tech: COVID-19 and the politics of expectation to explore the role of crisis narratives in legitimating Silicon Valley style innovation in agriculture. Read the full piece here.
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