In a bizarre way these carrots are a victim of the bad weather.
Waterlogged soils mean that it hasn't been possible to harvest them. They now grown too big to meet the supermarket specification. They're healthy, nutritious, taste good, cook well, good colour... but they don't fit the spec.
So the field will be sprayed with weed killer and £3,000 worth of carrots written off. You wouldn't believe there are people dieing of malnutrition in the developing world and concern about rising food prices in the UK.
And the pea pods have occasional spots on them so the supermarket has rejected.
2 comments:
Is there anyway we can rock up and get a few sacks before they're consigned to oblivion, Robert?
Andrew, I wish it were as simple as that.
The problems would be contractual and practical.
Contractual because the farmer contracted out to a grower the right to grow carrots on his land. That means that the carrots belong to the grower not the farmer and it would mean getting their permission.
Practical because access to the field is still very wet and needs a 4x4. Too many would damage the field and risk the farmer's crosscompliance and leave him at risk of falling foul of the Government.
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