Farmer gives away 125,000 pounds of nectarines rather than let Big Ag rot them

A Fresno County farmer faced a bind: a legal dispute had rendered one hundred twenty-five thousand pounds of nectarines unsellable. Unwilling to let the fruit go to waste, he chose to give it away instead. According to Boing Boing, the farmer's decision to distribute the nectarines to the community provided a straightforward solution to both the legal complications and potential waste.

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