The sticker proudly displays the country of origin which in this case is the good ole U-S of A.
After looking at the url on this sticker, I learned that this here peach was grown in the heart of the San Joaquin Valley in Kingsburg, California. A quick check on Google earth informed me that this here peach has traveled 13,028 Kilometers (8,095 miles) to get into my greedy little hands in Bangkok.
I eat a lot of fruit. I can eat a kilo a day. I buy whatever is in season and in my neighborhood. Buying fresh delicious fruit is s effortless in Thailand that buying fruit like this peach never crosses my mind. I think of fruit like this as purely status fruit. People buy it to show off; it is sometimes given as a gift. I think the numbers illustrate an issue I've raised before on this blog, so I won't rehash it. I'm off to buy some bananas.
4 comments:
I like peach same same you. Very sweety hi-so aroi mak mak kha.
That's a long way for a peach to travel!
I love your blog - hope you dpn't mind if I link to you!
Kingsburg, CA is my hometown! I grew up on a peach farm there, and it has rarely occurred to me that fresh peaches aren't an everyday fruit for everyone. That really puts the argiculture industry over here into perspective!
anon
Great, that's the just the kind of reaction that a post like this was meant to evoke. Thanks for stopping by.
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