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I heard in the original post that these peaches suck and that's why del monte is having problems. I'm all for saving trees, but if we're going to replace them with trees people want I'm all for that.
i mean i'm from the area. ish. remember the whole boycott USA thing? we have the best damn peach ranch (don't ask me why peaches get ranches and strawberries get farms) about five miles down the road. i just damn near had a heart attack because their social media's last post was a memoriam for a family member and i thought they sold the farm. the boycott is why they're struggling, not the peaches.
Yeah, I read something about that, too. These were bred to grow fast, look good in the store, and last long on the shelf. Flavor was one of the least considered traits.
Damn. I love peaches*. Peaches and cream ice cream is mad delicious. Had a dessert once, ages ago, where the peaches were set on fire for a short bit. Also crazy good.
Peaches lovers unite. Let’s go score some delicious peaches before they are burned away!
White peach is best peach. All other peaches are inferior. I can't wait for my annual peach pilgrimage where I but 100s of dollars of peaches just to give them away because everyone must try a white peach.
my friend, i need you to come to the peach ranch. last year they were growing what they called "white lady" peaches. you had to eat them over the sink or outside.
Capitalism would prefer people to starve if it is the surest way to protect profits.
Why not give them away to homeless people? Homeless people are often hungry, and would certainly not regret eating 30 to 40 peaches.
And who is going to pay to water, tend, pick. And ship these to the homeless?
apparently they spoil very quickly if not frozen immediately, if there is no market they cant do anything witht ehpeaches. also the trees will attract alot of pests if its left unattended.
This might surprise you, but you can give food to homeless people right now. You don't need to wait for some peach-related mishap in California to do so.
Why would that surprise them? What a weirdly confrontational response to someone you ostensibly agree with...
Wait, i don't understand, in what way would giving food to homeless people help the shareholders? Are the shareholders homeless?
This guy gets it.
Aw, gosh, thanks for pointing that out. I hadn't even considered your point among my disdain for huge amounts of food going to waste that could otherwise have helped people. You can pat yourself on the virtue signal now.
That (in their view) would be even worse, then peaches would become associated with the homeless and lose even more value!
The issue is that the idea of destroying product to protect its value is counter to anything good or reasonable.
Cost to harvest peaches to freely give to homeless dudes: very non-zero
Cost to burn peach trees: zero
Peaches of wrath
Officials say cutting 50,000 tons of peaches from production could prevent $30m in losses for farmers
I hate this capitalist shit-hole.
Ah yes. What a wonderfully efficient system capitalism is. So very good at utilizing resources.