California preparing to come to Memphis
Emilie Barnes prepares a box of Florida strawberries for jam at Jones Orchard outside Millington on Thursday, March 5. A new report by the World Wildlife Fund explores the viability of shifting some fruit and vegetable production from California to farms around Memphis and the surrounding region. (Jim Weber/Daily Memphian)
Infrastructure, logistics, conditions ripe for Memphis and the Delta to take some of West Coast production.
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