> But I always wondered why stuff that literally grows on trees isn't cheap and abundant It is! Around here it's apples. Everyone with a few apple trees has f

> But I always wondered why stuff that literally grows on trees isn't cheap and abundant It is! Around here it's apples. Everyone with a few apple trees has far more fruit than they can eat in the fall and they're begging to give them away. I'm lucky in that most of ours are in horse pasture and the horses just eat them when they fall (cue horses drunk on naturally fermented cider!). I'm told it's a similar situation with lemons in LA: they just rot on the ground. Again, I imagine similar happening in Georgia with peaches. Lather, rinse, repeat for whatever fruit is common anywhere else in the country. Extend this to stores. Local fruit "that literally grows on trees" is usually the cheapest fruit you can find. Other than the bananas at $0.54/lb. The economics of those just blow my mind. Cheaper than potatoes but travelled 5x as far.