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California farmers to destroy 420,000 peach trees after Del Monte collapses (www.independent.co.uk)
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[–] 14 points 4 months ago (9 children)

Harvest it. Turn it into canned peaches. Finish the harvest. Export it to places where peaches aren't that common. ???. Profit.

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  • [–] 27 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    The cannery closed. That's why this is happening.

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  • [–] 3 points 4 months ago* (1 child)

    Uh huh, and that had nothing to do with capitalism or profits, right?

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago

    Well, in this case those profits might be modeling a real world situation. If Del Monte was pushing canned Peaches more than people needed/wanted, then changing the farms from one crop to another isn't necessarily a horrible thing.

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago (3 children)

    God, i hate canned peaches.

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago

    Sadly I realised after moving to the UK that peaches aren't really "in season" here, at any time of the year. Most grocery stores in my area don't seem to carry them at all (even though we have things like strawberries or even watermelon all year round...), so I have to make do with the canned option.

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