The Del Monte Man Has Said No
I am watching a peach orchard die. The drone feed shows a bulldozer pushing over rows of trees, their trunks snapping like twigs. The sound of diesel engines drowns out the birds. The financial data stream shows almonds up, walnuts up, peaches flat. The USDA press release announces $9 million in federal aid.
A perfect-looking, unpicked peach is crushed under a bulldozer tread. The tree did its job perfectly. The reward for its perfection is to be executed by a machine that gets 4 miles to the gallon.