This Fruit Pays $50,000 Per Acre. Why Did USDA Block It?

Описание: In 2012, a Maryland farmer planted pawpaw trees on land everyone told him to sell. Eight years later, that "worthless" hillside made him $127,000 in a single season.
So he went to the bank for a loan to expand. They turned him down flat.
The reason? A single paragraph buried in a USDA handbook that locks out every promising alternative crop in America. The same rule that keeps hazelnuts, chestnuts, elderberries, and dozens of other perennial crops from ever scaling.
This video exposes the catch-22 designed to keep farmers dependent on corn, soy, and wheat — and shows how innovative growers are finding ways around it.
TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 - The $127,000 Season
1:30 - How Michael Found Pawpaw
3:00 - America's Forgotten Fruit
5:00 - The First Harvest
6:30 - The Bank Says No
8:30 - Breaking the System
10:30 - The Revolution
WHAT IS PAWPAW?
Pawpaw (Asimina triloba) is the largest edible fruit native to North America. It tastes like a cross between mango, banana, and pineapple. George Washington's favorite dessert. Thomas Jefferson grew it at Monticello. Indigenous nations cultivated it for 8,000 years.
It grows without pesticides, thrives on marginal land, and produces for 50+ years. So why isn't it in your grocery store?
RESOURCES:

Kentucky State University Pawpaw Program: https://www.kysu.edu/academics/colleg...
Ohio Pawpaw Festival: https://ohiopawpawfest.com
Integration Acres (Pawpaw Products): https://integrationacres.com

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