VetOfTheSeas@discuss.online to A Boring Dystopia@lemmy.world · 9 days agoCalifornia farmers to destroy 420,000 peach trees following Del Monte bankruptcywww.sfgate.comexternal-linkmessage-square72linkfedilinkarrow-up1264arrow-down10cross-posted to: [email protected]
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minus-squaredubyakay@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up8·9 days agoNot these you don’t. They taste like nothing and have shit texture.
minus-squareCaptain Aggravated@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·9 days agoSo why are they grown?
minus-squaredubyakay@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up6·9 days agohttps://lemmy.world/comment/23585077 So Del Monte could go bankrupt.
minus-squareteyrnon@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up4·9 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-squarepotoooooooo 🥔@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 days agoYou’d be surprised the peaches I’m willing to eat!
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!