cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/70351765
Cross posted from https://lemmy.zip/post/70351759
America’s biggest berry empire doesn’t actually grow berries.
Driscoll’s is the middleman that controls the genetics, reaps the profits, and then shifts blame.
A whistleblower alleges the Canadian government repeatedly flagged their berries for exceeding pesticide limits.
I think this is the organization mentioned in the video:
Get Driscolls if you want fruit that tastes like tap water.
In general, buy local, in-season fruit where you can.
but you can see in the video, which apparently no one watched, that Driscoll’s organic ranked better than local by some preferences.
This is all because people expect fresh berries year around.
I didn’t rule out people liking water-tasting berries…
I did watch, the experiment was Driscoll v Driscoll v Driscoll v other brand, not a very scientific one. Since it’s all contractors you hardly know from the box, which farm it is coming from anyway. In my personal experience, the best tasting berries I’ve had are from Europe while I was visiting.