Now we get rock hard peaches and leather skinned tomatoes. Great.
It’s a little difficult to get the produce across the country while it’s fresh. I know because I used to do it.
I’ve picked up lettuce in the field in CA while it was being picked. Mrs. rikkir and I ran team, so our truck didn’t stop except for a couple of hours a day to fuel, shower, and eat. The produce gets delivered to a distributor who then sits on it for who knows how long before it goes to the store.
Some of the best veggies I’ve ever eaten were in CA, and the wife’s family owns a farm in KY.