My brother manages a farm here in the Phoenix area and he told me last night
that he just tore out 12,000 *TWELVE THOUSAND* orange trees because the price
is so low there is absolutely no way he can make any money on them. On the
other hand, lemons are going for a buck apiece in the grocery store, so he is
now planting 12,000 lemon trees in place of the oranges. It will take a few
years before they start bearing fruit, but at least he is not watering
worthless orange trees in the meantime.
--- On Fri, 8/1/08, NT788@comcast.net <NT788@comcast.net> wrote:
From: NT788@comcast.net <NT788@comcast.net>
Subject: Re: [Land-speed] fuel and such
To: "Rich Fox" <v4gr@rcn.com>, "landspeed@autox.team.net"
<land-speed@autox.team.net>
Date: Friday, August 1, 2008, 12:50 AM
Oranges from ex american farmers who were taxed out of the US. Jack
-------------- Original message ----------------------
From: "Rich Fox" <v4gr@rcn.com>
> Yesterday I went to the store and bought some oranges. We grow plenty of
> oranges in California. These looked good and taste good. I just looked at
the
> little label on them and they came from Australia. That's a pretty
long haul
> for an Orange. I guess they came in a refrigerated container. Still must
have
> burned a fair amount of fuel to get here and still sell cheap. RF
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