California farmers to destroy 420,000 peach trees after Del Monte collapses
2026-05-08 03:13 UTC
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@dotdi@lemmy.world 2026-05-08 03:32
Crazy idea, but instead of ripping out hundreds of thousand of trees using government aid, why doesn’t the government keep the processing plants open using aid? This sounds so very f*cking backwards
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@greyscale@lemmy.grey.ooo 2026-05-08 07:25
Insanity that greenbacks dictate the destruction of mature peach trees because we prioritise shareholder dividends over people eating.
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@chelly__1@lemmychan.org 2026-05-08 06:56
It's crazy how much people allow farmers to scam them. >Removing about 50,000 tons of peaches from production could reduce oversupply and save farmers an estimated $30 million in additional losses Translation: We need to keep prices artificially high because the stupid American public is going to pay it anyways. We need to fuck them over as hard as possible because they have no self respect and get mad at anyone who does.