2024-11-05
8 分钟For the second year in a row, the U.S. government is buying the largest quantity of apples in its history because there are not enough consumers and processors who want to buy them. Today on the show, an abundance of apples and why some apple growers are getting out of the game altogether. For sponsor-free episodes of The Indicator from Planet Money, subscribe to Planet Money+ via Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org. Music by Drop Electric. Find us: TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, Newsletter. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
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I'm Darian woods here with reporter Alan Heenich.
Ellen, welcome to the show.
Thank you, Darian.
I'm very excited to be here.
You've brought a story, but also something in a bag.
Tell me what you have.
Yep.
I brought you this bag of fresh apples.
Well, thank you very much.
Did you just go apple picking?
You could say that.
I was just in the orchards of Appalachia.
They only make up a small percentage of the national market, but they had a ton of leftovers this year.
Right.
West Virginia alone has around 25 million pounds of apples with nowhere to go.
That's around half of their usual harvest.
Yep.
700 truckloads.