Strawberries
It’s kinda obvious, when strawberries were a $958.8 million crop in 2022, topping lettuce by more than $100 million. Which means that if Adam Trask got the notion that he could ship strawberries to New York, the outcome of East of Eden would have been much more fruitful (get it?) for the family. Leave it to Steinbeck to wallow in despair. Leave it to Monterey County strawberries to give the world a little juicy cheer, to bring a pop of color to the Salad Bowl of the World – and to have a huge local economic impact.