‘The final days of American orange juice’
Yasmin Tayag at The Atlantic
As “orange availability slides, the period of orange juice ubiquity is quickly coming to an finish,” says Yasmin Tayag. The “dwindling fruit provide is making orange juice more durable, however not not possible, to provide.” For the “juice trade, worldwide oranges are extra of a lifeline than a long-term repair,” and “extra poignant, orange juice itself is starting to lose significance.” In “some ways, the decline of orange juice represents the way forward for many staple meals.”
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