alt Hacker Newsregardless of how the contract is structured, no contract should allow or force a producer to throw products away. this is similar to a law in the EU that forbids producers or distributors of clothing to destroy products they don't want to sell.
once you plant a tree to grow fruit you should be allowed to keep harvesting that tree until its natural end. if there is an exclusive contract then the contract must not be allowed to be terminated before that end unless the grower is free to sell on the open market after termination.
anything else would allow patent owners to hold growers hostage ̶l̶i̶k̶e̶ ̶i̶n̶ ̶t̶h̶i̶s̶ ̶s̶t̶o̶r̶y̶ ̶h̶e̶r̶e̶.̶
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The optimal quantity of discarded food is not zero.
Would you bar a contract for the productivity of a tree for a given period of time, with a clause dictating how excess produce is to be disposed of?
> no contract should allow or force a producer to throw products away
It doesn't, to my knowledge. It requires they not sell them.
>Mora later sought to terminate his relationship with Giumarra, and he sold his nectarines to another fruit packer in 2023
The farmer sought termination and violated the contract.