THE STRAWBERRY CONSPIRACY ( The Plantsman Prequel to The Conquest of Dough.

<p><strong>What happens when strawberry plants refuse to read the manual on planned obsolescence?</strong></p><p>In this wickedly funny tale that channels the satirical genius of Will Cuppy a simple nursery worker named Bunto Fairweather discovers strawberry plants that work <em>too well</em>-producing abundant fruit without chemicals improving soil instead of depleting it and generally behaving as if they'd never heard of artificial scarcity.</p><p>What begins as a horticultural curiosity quickly escalates into an economic crisis when these impossibly productive plants threaten the entire foundation of modern commerce: the carefully maintained balance between human needs and profitable solutions.</p><p><strong>From the corporate boardrooms of Eternal Solutions Inc. to the algorithmic depths of the WANT system (Widespread Artificial Necessity Technology) humanity faces its greatest challenge: what to do when abundance becomes possible.</strong></p>