After a hard freeze and an unseasonably warm winter, farmers in the state of Georgia lost 90% of their peach crop. The shortage is impacting vendors like Tomato Lady Produce, run by Aguita Guerrero.
There is a current shortage of peaches in Georgia. This was caused by a cold snap of weather in spring. Peaches are now having to be imported from California.
people are doing to prevent this. one thing was the canned peach shortage in china which even the government stepped in to say, please. this is not a cure. we saw the empty shelves. what more can you tell us? reporter: so canned peaches are this childhood snack in parts of country but really bizarre and fascinating is people are rushing to buy it because they think either the nutrition can help with immunity or because they are going after the rumors that circulated that canned peaches can treat covid. there are all these videos circulating on social media with canned peach factories talking about working overtime to meet demand. one factory said orders jumped by tenfold. canned peach searches surging dramatically. health experts tell me part of the surge shows how little trust there is and little information from health authorities that they re willing to rely on canned peaches as a home remedy. wow. incredible. sounds of course crazy. so does drinking bleach to cure covid.