Featured: Fresh for who, and at what price?

Jeremy rides his hobby horses in his comment on my recent ride on my own:

Good point, that improved varieties always depend on existing diversity yet those doing the improving seldom contribute to maintaining the diversity they depend on.

I would add a couple of my hobby horses.

Will ordinary Zimbabweans be able to afford these “fresh” blueberries? Will the blueberries even be available in Zimbabwe. And, as I swelter through another record-breaking heat dome, I’m reluctant to praise any effort that adds to GHG emissions, no matter how puny those may be in this case.

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