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SUMMARY:Big Apples\, Big Business: How WA Became the Apple State
LOCATION:Interim Lakewood\nInterim Lakewood
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DESCRIPTION:Explore how Washington became the top apple producing state in
  the country\, and how\, in the process\, it transformed apples into an in
 dustrialized commodity..\nhttps://piercecounty.libnet.info/event/11383915
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>Why do so many apples in the grocery store
  look the same? And why do so many come from Washington?&nbsp\;&nbsp\;</p>
 \n<p>In this talk\, explore how Washington became the top apple producing 
 state in the country\, and how\, in the process\, it transformed apples in
 to an industrialized commodity. Many regions in the West attempted to grow
  apples\, but in Washington\, big apples became big business thanks to the
  work of scientists\, investors\, irrigators\, railroad corporations\, mar
 keters\, and apple growers. How does the history of Washington apples refl
 ect larger changes happening in the American food system&mdash\;changes th
 at continue to affect our environment and the way we eat today?&nbsp\;</p>
 \n<p>Amanda L. Van Lanen&nbsp\;(she/her) is a Professor of History at Lewi
 s-Clark State College and the author of&nbsp\;The Washington Apple: Orchar
 ds and the Development of Industrial Agriculture. She earned a Ph.D. in hi
 story at Washington State University\, and blogs about food history at his
 toryreheated.com.</p>\n<p>Presented through the Humanties Washington Speak
 er's Bureau program.</p>\nhttps://piercecounty.libnet.info/event/11383915
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