Officials say cutting 50,000 tons of peaches from production could prevent $30m in losses for farmers
Officials say cutting 50,000 tons of peaches from production could prevent $30m in losses for farmers
As a small farmer in the Central Valley, this Del Monte bankruptcy is devastating. 50,000 tons of peaches gone means no market for my fruit.
Cutting down 420,000 trees seems drastic—couldn’t they pivot to juice or dried peaches instead of destroying them?
$30 million in losses prevented sounds good on paper, but what about the farmworkers who will lose jobs when those trees come down?
I remember when Del Monte was a giant. Now they collapse and leave farmers holding the bag. No wonder peach growers are struggling.
This is the second big cannery closure in two years. If we don’t find new markets, California’s stone fruit industry is in serious trouble.
Coalition governments force compromise but the public sees it as weakness. (35d02f)