Exploding watermelons.

Food for thought:

It’s easy to forget
the weather that caused havoc for farmers across our land; cyclone Yasi, the droughts and floods

Customers concerned with the price of fruit and nit picking about imperfections.

 If we think at all, imagine everything is back to normal for those affected.

ignore the distance our food has travelled

Oranges from California. Durian from Thailand

News of exploding watermelons in China.

Picture from here

If you’re struggling and poor, how tempting to hurry nature along!

Tampering backfires. Crops ruined.

Are our farmers here supported adequately
To enable them to be patient and let crops grow healthily?

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Photo captures from ABC news.

B: Bereft of Bananas. A-Z April challenge.

The last of our bananas

Bananas are one of the favourite fruits of Australians. It’s a bit of a bother because the price has recently bounced around $11 per kilogram. This bleak price is blamed on the cyclone and floods north of Brisbane earlier this year. The bedraggled farmers battled the bloody weather in their Blundstones, but many felt beaten as they were bombarded by the blustery conditions. Sadly many of their budgets are bust and they fear they might go broke. Hopefully this beautiful part of the world will bounce back and become bountiful before that happens. These battlers don’t need any more burdens.

Screen captures from ABC24

Thanks to Arlee Bird at Tossing It Out and her bounteous crew for hosting this beautiful challenge.

A drabble is a story told in 100 words. No more no less.

Over at traverselife, I'm spending the month looking at different aspects of bullying.

Here tomorrow: Climate and Children.

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