Wikimedia CommonsWhat if the federal government had a stranglehold
on the supply of tart cherries in America? Would you be confused?
Outraged?

Baylen Linnekin cannot tell a lie. Such a stranglehold
exists.

Tart cherries are (you guessed it) tart, rather than sweet.
They’re not the fresh ones you buy at the grocery or farmers
market. In fact, tart cherries are rarely canned or sold fresh.
Nearly all (99%) tart cherries are sold frozen
or used to make cherry wine (uh-huh) and other
products.

While pretty much anyone can grow tart cherries, no one markets
a tart cherry in this country without Cherry Industry
Administrative Board permission, writes Linnekin.

But a lawsuit could liberate cherry producers from CIAB control,
according to Linnekin.

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