Hail and Farewell

Another day, another grower done in by hail.  In this case a pepper an cuke grower who was bragging on his crop the other day.  Now he offers to send pictures of his hail damaged peppers in hopes we can find a market willing to take them.  And his cukes are a total loss.   His loss is another grower's gain as customers migrate  in their search for good product.  These types of weather events take place all the time, but it seems they are becoming more frequent and the damage more devastating, at least from my perspective.  Where growers would reminice about memories of terrible storms, now they occur on a yearly basis.  This may be a natural cycle of weather events, but we are reaching farther and farther back to try and find similar scenarios.  If we are getting into uncharted territory, we better have some backup plans for the future of agriculture, because the alternative is a hungry and rebellious population.