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> because consumers want the fruit available all year long, and that makes things even more complicated I'd be interested to see an independent study of househ

> because consumers want the fruit available all year long, and that makes things even more complicated I'd be interested to see an independent study of household preferences on this. I suspect most people in my circle would prefer tasty, nutritious, local, and seasonal over the current situation.

TheCleric 2y ago
I don’t have anything other than anecdotal evidence unfortunately. Most people I know don’t even think about seasonality, except as a possible cause of price fluctuations. Many people I know just say “I like X fruit or vegetable.” and will buy it if it’s a decent price.
bsder 2y ago
> I suspect most people in my circle would prefer tasty, nutritious, local, and seasonal over the current situation. Your local monopsony grocery chain, however, does not. And they, not you, are the volume buyer who matters. In addition, most consumers, very specifically, will buy uniformly colorful, firm, tasteless fruit over anything even slightly bruised. About the best you can do as a consumer is try to find actual farmer's markets and spend your money locally.
- bankcust08385 2y ago
  Grow your own herbs and tomatoes. It's pretty simple and the upside is worth it.
bankcust08385 2y ago
No study needed. The simple experience of selling fruit at a fruit stand and making pies and such with blemished produce is evidence enough. There is nothing wrong with blemished fruit, but because it's imperfect and the buyer doesn't know what signals to look for in produce selection, they fallback to superficial signals. Ignorance is human nature.
_heimdall 2y ago
> I suspect most people in my circle would prefer tasty, nutritious, local, and seasonal over the current situation. If we did that at any meaningful scale our whole food system would have to change. I'd welcome it personally, but at least in the US our system is a fragile house of cards and I don't think people would be prepared for what may change or break along the way.
SkyPuncher 2y ago
For me, my kids are the primary drivers of what fruits we have around the house. Almost always, they prefer poor quality in their favorite fruits to top quality of less favorable fruits.

TheCleric 2y ago

I don’t have anything other than anecdotal evidence unfortunately. Most people I know don’t even think about seasonality, except as a possible cause of price fluctuations. Many people I know just say “I like X fruit or vegetable.” and will buy it if it’s a decent price.

bsder 2y ago

> I suspect most people in my circle would prefer tasty, nutritious, local, and seasonal over the current situation. Your local monopsony grocery chain, however, does not. And they, not you, are the volume buyer who matters. In addition, most consumers, very specifically, will buy uniformly colorful, firm, tasteless fruit over anything even slightly bruised. About the best you can do as a consumer is try to find actual farmer's markets and spend your money locally.

bankcust08385 2y ago
Grow your own herbs and tomatoes. It's pretty simple and the upside is worth it.

bankcust08385 2y ago

No study needed. The simple experience of selling fruit at a fruit stand and making pies and such with blemished produce is evidence enough. There is nothing wrong with blemished fruit, but because it's imperfect and the buyer doesn't know what signals to look for in produce selection, they fallback to superficial signals. Ignorance is human nature.

_heimdall 2y ago

> I suspect most people in my circle would prefer tasty, nutritious, local, and seasonal over the current situation. If we did that at any meaningful scale our whole food system would have to change. I'd welcome it personally, but at least in the US our system is a fragile house of cards and I don't think people would be prepared for what may change or break along the way.

SkyPuncher 2y ago

For me, my kids are the primary drivers of what fruits we have around the house. Almost always, they prefer poor quality in their favorite fruits to top quality of less favorable fruits.