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The fertile valley feeds the world. President Trump has thrown farmers and farmworkers there into turmoil, but recently offered them a glimmer of hope.
A farmworker picking plums in the fields of Fresno County, Calif., last month. The Central Valley yields an estimated 40 percent of the fruit, vegetables and tree nuts grown in the United States and exports half of that bounty overseas.Credit...
