stackyFACTSGrocery distributors enforce insanely strict visual standards for produce. If a watermelon is perfectly delicious but slightly asymmetrical or has an uneven rind, it is immediately rejected by buyers and plowed right back into the dirt by deeply depressed farmers.
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