on 5/19/05 10:44 PM, jyouells2000 at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> 
> I heard a Washington state apple farmer last night say that he
> receives $2.00 / 40 lb box of apples gross and that the washing,
> packing, and sorting fees are often more than a $1.20. (These apples
> sell for $1.99/lb in the store - $80.00 /box) This is because  of
> cheap foreign apples. Since they are locked into only 5 major
> distributors in the US they are screwed. So it's not just Costa
> Ricians having trouble with coffee.
> 
Tonight I watched The Yes Men, a documentary about some guys who created a
WTO look-alike website and were invited to speak at conferences where the
did outrageous things while pretending to be WTO representatives. Hilarious.
http://www.theyesmen.org/





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