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Gigantic, tasteless strawberries are proof that capitalism will take everything you love and ruin it
@bgcarlisle I've got mine growing in the garden, aren't yours? ;-) https://mastodon.partecipa.digital/media/o5W2XYrC6e81G5TFPWk
@bgcarlisle They're bred for colour, shape, durability in shipping, etc. Nutrition and flavour are not the attributes they are optimising. Tomatoes are the same. 😩
@bgcarlisle for real. And the good workers at Driscoll's who are striking for busting their ass picking sub-standard berries for shit wages and benefits would probably also agree with this.
@bgcarlisle Once you taste them fresh from a market in Mexico it's like taking the red pill.