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They move a bunch of freight by rail, nobody wants to pay someone a bunch of money to drive it when they can just throw it on a train. And trains are relativel
by UncleEntity 4y ago
They move a bunch of freight by rail, nobody wants to pay someone a bunch of money to drive it when they can just throw it on a train.
And trains are relatively time inefficient so people in Maine couldn’t have their fresh Californian strawberries a couple days after they are plucked out of the field.
Maybe people don’t deserve to have fresh produce but that’s another discussion altogether.
- WalterBright 4y agoDid you know that one of the very first uses of the first transcontinental railroad was shipping fresh California produce back east? And this was a century and a half ago.
- UncleEntity 4y agoThey still do…depends on the shelf life of whatever they’re shipping.
- WalterBright 4y agoThey used ice in the old days. Strawberries will last up to 6 days if you refrigerate them coming home from the store, I don't know how long that is since they were picked. A lot of fresh produce comes in by jet.
- UncleEntity 4y agoIt’s quite common for me to show up at a shipper in the morning and whatever I’m picking up is still in the field. I’ve even had stuff loaded straight into the trailer out of the field a few times.
- sfpotter 4y agoUh, who doesn't deserve to have fresh produce??