"The farmers' commission has resolved to call on all growers in the country to resume protest measures, " said the Argentine Rural Confederation.
Like all the Gilan growers, the family eats rice at least twice a day.
Lugging bags and crates of freshly picked grapes, growers from all corners of the city convened in the parking lot of a local park on Saturday to drop off their crop.
If growers have to pay for all that, labor economists say, it might well kill the incentive for them to participate.
Its pitch to the thousands of small growers is simple: don't sell all your grapes to the big champagne houses, give them to us and share in the profits and glory of your own brand.
Tobacco growers say that reaping, curing and packaging have all been delayed by the violence.
Burgundy's growers have relegated Pinot Gris to the fringes-all but run it out of town, really-in favor of its oak-loving cousin, Chardonnay (a cross of Pinot Noir and something called Gouais Blanc).
This is not all that much different from farming practice in developed countries, where growers have long been used to buying new hybrid seed every year.
Burgundy's growers have relegated Pinot Gris to the fringes--all but run it out of town, really--in favor of its oak-loving cousin, Chardonnay (a cross of Pinot Noir and something called Gouais Blanc).
All signs seem to point to more oversupply, and more pain for growers.
City winemakers pride themselves on their relationships with expert growers, from the Napa and Russian River Valley, to the Mendocino Coast, all the way down to the wine growing regions around the towns of Paso Robles and Santa Barbara.
In California and elsewhere, growers who can satisfy consumers' appetite for rare varieties and for organically grown cloves have all the business they can handle, with orders coming in by phone and via the Internet.
Latin American growers of the premium beans still bear the scars of 2001, when arabica prices hit an all-time low of 41.5 cents a pound, one-eighth the price only four years earlier.
"I'd love to say that this is a partisan issue and that if this administration changes, it's going to be all sweetness and light, " said Caren Cowan, a Tombstone native who now heads the New Mexico Cattle Growers Association.
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Growers and distributors have invested in "ripe rooms, " where temperature, humidity and air flow are all regulated.
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