VetOfTheSeas@discuss.online to A Boring Dystopia@lemmy.world · 2 days agoCalifornia farmers to destroy 420,000 peach trees following Del Monte bankruptcywww.sfgate.comexternal-linkmessage-square72fedilinkarrow-up1261arrow-down10cross-posted to: hackernews@lemmy.bestiver.se
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minus-squarepotoooooooo 🥔@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 days agoI’ll take them. I love peaches.
minus-squaredubyakay@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up8·2 days agoNot these you don’t. They taste like nothing and have shit texture.
minus-squarepotoooooooo 🥔@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 day agoYou’d be surprised the peaches I’m willing to eat!
minus-squareCaptain Aggravated@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 days agoSo why are they grown?
minus-squareteyrnon@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 days agoBecause they ship well and don’t produce as much ethylene that causes ripening. Like tomatoes and every other fruit they were chosen for looks and not spoiling, rather than taste.
minus-squaredubyakay@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up6·2 days agohttps://lemmy.world/comment/23585077 So Del Monte could go bankrupt.
I’ll take them. I love peaches.
Not these you don’t. They taste like nothing and have shit texture.
You’d be surprised the peaches I’m willing to eat!
So why are they grown?
Because they ship well and don’t produce as much ethylene that causes ripening. Like tomatoes and every other fruit they were chosen for looks and not spoiling, rather than taste.
https://lemmy.world/comment/23585077
So Del Monte could go bankrupt.