grapes

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A consumer boycott of grapes under Huerta’s leadership led to the California Agricultural Labor Relations Act of 1975, which paved the way for farmworkers to push for better working conditions and pay.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2026

That is forcing vineyard owners from Bordeaux to Australia to rip up vines and leave grapes to rot in the fields.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026

There’s a refrigerator case with to-go items, including a turkey sandwich, roasted cauliflower bowl, chef salad and a snack box with cheese, salami, grapes and walnuts.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 4, 2026

Here, the grapes that tangled themselves around corner-bar trellises all summer fall frozen to the sidewalk, shattering softly underfoot.

From Salon • Mar. 1, 2026

So the God of the Vine was born of fire and nursed by rain, the hard burning heat that ripens the grapes and the water that keeps the plant alive.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton