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The Salad Bowl strike [1] ... and 5,000–7,000 UFW workers struck the Salinas Valley growers on August 23 in what was the largest farm worker strike in U.S. history. ...
Agriculture dominates the economy of the valley. Promoters call the Salinas Valley "the Salad Bowl of the World" for the production of lettuce, broccoli, peppers and numerous other crops. The climate and long growing season are also ideal for the flower industry and grape vineyards planted by world-famous vintners. [citation needed]
The marine climate is ideal for the floral industry, grape vineyards, and vegetable growers. Salinas is known as the "Salad Bowl of the World" for its large, vibrant agriculture industry. [13] It was the hometown of writer and Nobel laureate John Steinbeck (1902–68), who set many of his stories in the Salinas Valley and Monterey. [14]
The Salinas California lettuce strike of 1934 ran from August 27 to September 24, 1934, [1] in the Salinas Valley of California. [2] This strike of lettuce cutters and shed workers was begun and largely maintained by the recently formed Filipino Labor Union and came to highlight ethnic discrimination and union repression.
[13] [14] [15] Secret talks between the UFW and the Teamsters led to an agreement to return jurisdiction over the field workers to the farm union, [13] [16] but the agreement collapsed on August 23 and 7,000 UFW workers struck the Salinas Valley growers. [17] Violence, sporadic at first but increasingly widespread, began to occur in the fields ...
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Harvest Bowl. Add a base of broth-soaked wild rice then layer with baby kale, sweet potatoes, Brussels sprouts, and chicken. Add lots of fun toppings like crunchy apples, tangy goat cheese ...
That operation is now headquartered in Spreckels, California 50 miles south of San Jose in the Salinas Valley, sometimes called the Salad Bowl of the World. The brothers developed a refrigeration system to keep produce fresh during cross-country train trips, and became the first company to ship fresh fruits and vegetables from California to the ...