Dozens of peach growers in Yuba and Sutter counties north of Sacramento
had similar questions at a recent gathering. That area produces about twice
as many cling peaches as the Modesto region although both have scaled
back over the years as customer demand for canned goods

“Modesto talks about losing 1,800 employees, but look at us who have put
up capital to plant peaches and spent years growing trees – all lost,” Ranjit
Davit told The Modesto Focus. His family has raised peaches for eight
decades near Live Oak, north of Yuba City.

In both regions, growers depend not on roadside stands but volume
contracts with canneries. The notion that local residents could “just eat
more peaches” would not possibly make up for the 50,000 tons growers
would have sent this year, but won’t, to Del Monte.