1 year ago
Wednesday, July 9, 2008
How Do You Like Them Apples?!
This morning I heard a crazy story on the radio. The item featured an interview with an apple farmer. The man told a tale of fruit laden trees, branches broken under the weight of unharvested apples. Shortly the rotting fruit that has tumbled to the ground will be ploughed under and replaced with a housing development. Why would a farmer blessed with such overwhelming bounty sell out? Because he can't move his harvest. Apparently an Ontario farmer cannot sell his apples to people in Ontario, or anywhere for that matter. And why not? Because the market is being flooded by imported produce. Yes, while consumers munch on foreign fruit and swill Asian apple juice Canadian farmers are going bankrupt. This concept is so ridiculous it is hard to believe. Why would I need an apple from the other side of the world when I can get fresh fruit from a farmer less than 100 km away? Crazy. Sad. Infuriating.
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I won't get on a political rant here, but let's just say I hate globalization; it's a bad concept and isn't working...countries all over the world are hurting because of it...yes, even the Asian countries will suffer in time as consumers on this side of the world can no longer afford to purchase foreign wares....rant over.
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