On Tue, 26 Jun 2012 15:25:21 -0400, Dave Smith
> wrote:

> On 26/06/2012 2:54 PM, Brooklyn1 wrote:
>
> >>> Just eat the thing!
> >>
> >> You're right and more people would probably agree with you if it were
> >> not for the fact that fresh squeezed orange juice is so tasty.
> >
> > The thing is that juice oranges and eating oranges are very different.
> >
>
>
> True. Interesting to note that a lot of the oranges used for juice come
> from Brazil, but when the Florida orange crop get shit by frost or some
> other problem the local shortage of eating oranges is used an excuse to
> boost the price of orange juice.... made from oranges from elsewhere.
>
>
> On a related note... there are a number of cherry orchards in my area.
> They got hit hard this year by Mother Nature. An early hot spell caused
> the trees to blossom early, and then things returned to normal and we
> had a frost the blossoms died. Several of the local sour cherry orchards
> will have nothing. Others are so sparse that the farmer's aren't going
> to bother harvesting at all. The local sour cherry juice processor has
> already posted notices that their prices will be increasing...
> substantially.

Just like gas prices. Fast to go up (for any little reason), slow to
come down, no matter what.

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Food is an important part of a balanced diet.