As a lifelong cherry aficionado and son of Pacific Northwest fruit orchard homeowners, I used to be impressed by the expansive, informative report “Candy cherry business hit by pure disasters, bitter market” [July 8, A1].
I’ve many reminiscences of those self same difficulties and rewards expressed by the orchard homeowners who had been interviewed. There isn’t a expertise similar to strolling by your loved ones’s orchard, having fun with the scent of the blossoms within the spring, and within the fall, plucking a scrumptious apple, peach, pear or cherry out of your tree and consuming it on the spot.
So, I used to be inquisitive about two points with a direct, critical impression on the sustainability of orchards that weren’t addressed: 1) Some farmers acknowledge that local weather change causes billions of {dollars} in injury to fruit crops, but, in the event you have a look at the voting leads to agricultural areas, it’s apparent that the overwhelming majority help candidates like former President Donald Trump, who labels local weather change a hoax and seeks to extend use of fossil fuels that can worsen these issues. 2) Trump guarantees to spherical up tens of tens of millions of undocumented immigrants. If that occurs, who will choose their crop? There appears to be some cognitive dissonance right here.
John Wright, Kenmore
