| Show I u _ : Waste of Grapefruit GrapcfrUlt Feared reared FearedWhile I II I While news dispatches from fromall fromall 1 all parts of he world are relaymg relaymgmessages relayingmessages ' messages of death from starvation starva starvaIhon and President Truman IS ISwarning i ; Ihon warning America daily dally of the thenatIOnal thenational natIOnal food crises growers of ofgrapelfrUlt olgrapelfruit grapelfrUlt in m the desert region regIOns regIOnsof ; of the west are reporting reportmg an anabundance arabundance abundance of their product productwhich producwhich which they fear the public pubhc may maynot ma ; not consume quickly enough to tolavert tcavert lavert considerable waste wasteAny wasteAny Any food waste at this hme tim timwould < \ would \ ould be a public publtc scandal and andthe ancthe the grapefruit growers have havethrown havethrown thrown their problem upon the thepubl1c thpublic ( publ1c to make of it what it will willThese willThese These growers whose grove groves grovesm ; in m the Arizona Anzona and Cah Calilornudesert orma ormadesert desert have matured the frUit frUitearher fruiearlier earher than usual this year arel arcnotifying nobfymg arelnobfymg consumers in m the west westthat wes'that westhat ' that there are three mllhon mllhonboxes milliorboxes boxes of desert grapefruit avaIl avaIlable available able for consumphon-but consumphon but consumption - but it itmust imust must be eaten immediately immediatelyMarketing ImmediatelyMarketmg throughou'the throughouthe throughoutthe Marketing Marketmg agencies throughout ' supperto supportto the west have pledged support to the growers appeal to have havean havean an all western farmer consumer consume"ales consumeales ] " ales campaign May 1 to 11 and ancfoof andfoof foof and non food retail stores storesare store ; mak1l1 making a special effort to tocooperate cooperate deparlment00j The US deparlment 00j agriculture have put all of oftheir their \ western \ estern facilities faclhtles at the thegrowers growers disposal dlsposal and are aclvely ac promoting promotmg the campaign to ; ell more grapefruit _ |
