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I think the extremely low prices are mostly for fallow crops like daikon, but I've also seen navel oranges close to it at 8lbs for a dollar, albeit infrequently

• Melting_Harps 6y ago
  > Edit - The least expensive produce right now is celery at 20 cents pretty pound. That's insanity, celery has a 90+ growing period [1] but if they can make it work for them. its just the water used and the labor for harvest is worth way more than that. And highlights my issue with Farm subsidies, I can't imagine what the farmer was paid. I've been to many Asian stores (private to chains) having grown up in SoCal and raised on Cantonese cuisine, and I can't remember seeing something that low ever in even a 99 Ranch, Mitsuwa, Marukai or Hmart, let alone a private place with higher operational costs and overhead. Then again, most would ruin their reputations if they tried selling rotten berries as SoCal, all of California really, is a pretty well reviewed and subject to backlash in Print media back then and now Social media and yelp and the like. 1: https://www.almanac.com/plant/celery https://www.almanac.com/plant/celery