US (CA): 2G Roses closes as Pajaro Valley industry withers
Nor did a 1991 free trade pact that brought tough competition, tightened margins and drove many other growers out of business.
But Eugene Tsuji and sister Arlene, who ran the company started 41 years ago by their parents, struggled to recover from the recession. A lawsuit filed by an employee alleging sexual harassment by another worker was the last straw.
The siblings called it quits July 22.
"It just came to the point of not being worth it," Tsuji said.
The closing makes California Pajarosa, across the Pajaro River in Santa Cruz County, the lone survivor of a once flourishing Pajaro Valley rose industry.
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