VetOfTheSeas@discuss.online to A Boring Dystopia@lemmy.world · 1 month agoCalifornia farmers to destroy 420,000 peach trees following Del Monte bankruptcywww.sfgate.comexternal-linkmessage-square72linkfedilinkarrow-up1263arrow-down10cross-posted to: hackernews@lemmy.bestiver.se
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minus-squarepotoooooooo 🥔@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 month agoI’ll take them. I love peaches.
minus-squaredubyakay@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up7·1 month agoNot these you don’t. They taste like nothing and have shit texture.
minus-squareCaptain Aggravated@sh.itjust.worksBanned from communitylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 month agoSo why are they grown?
minus-squaredubyakay@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 month agohttps://lemmy.world/comment/23585077 So Del Monte could go bankrupt.
minus-squareteyrnon@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 month 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-squarepotoooooooo 🥔@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoYou’d be surprised the peaches I’m willing to eat!
I’ll take them. I love peaches.
Not these you don’t. They taste like nothing and have shit texture.
So why are they grown?
https://lemmy.world/comment/23585077
So Del Monte could go bankrupt.
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.
You’d be surprised the peaches I’m willing to eat!