Laying the Foundation for California’s Industrial Food Model

Abstract

The next step in the agribusiness process came with the development of an infrastructure capable of worldwide distribution and the scientific production and processing of a myriad of crops and animal products into new cheap foods. In less than a century, since statehood, the Golden State rose to become one of the top agricultural and industrial food producers of the world, thus making corporate agriculture a permanent cornerstone in the development of a California Cuisine.