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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