strawberries and methyl bromide

It says right here that the Bush administration has convinced a bunch of other countries that we really, really need methyl bromide, a pesticide that depletes the ozone layer and causes neurological damage. Completely ignoring the ozone problem, this is why we don't live near conventional agriculture.

Key quote:

Once a conventional farmer, her epiphany came one day when she donned protective gear and locked her dog in the car so he wouldn't inhale methyl bromide leaking from a nozzle.

"I thought this was an insane way to make food," she said.

Since this article made me kind of nervous about the future of the US, seeing that cheap produce is more important than banning nasty chemicals, here's a picture of a sunset from three weeks ago, not that this really helps: