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Withering and fattening

California’s farming struggles and America’s overweight children

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August 26, 2009

Newsweek magazine — which recently underwent an editorial overhaul from news magazine to analytical rag — has published interesting takes on two ongoing American problems: the social aspects of obesity, and the challenges facing California's San Joaquin Valley. Why should you care? Because we’re all getting fatter, and because so much of our food is grown in California’s Central Valley.

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