Farmer gives away 125,000 pounds of nectarines rather than let Big Ag rot them

The nectarines were not allowed to become commerce, so they became community.

A Fresno County farmer says a legal dispute over his nectarines left 125,000 pounds of fruit sitting in the orchard, unsellable and waiting to rot. His solution was beautifully simple: if he can’t sell them, people can eat them.

The farmer grows the fruit. The fruit exists. People want the fruit. But somewhere between the orchard and the table, a legal d…