Where to go apple picking with grandparents next weekend?

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Anonymous wrote:Oh for the love of God with the apple picking. "Hey kids, let's go pay to do the work of underpaid migrant workers. It'll be fun!" I will never understand this.

Oh for the love of God. Another nasty person trolling the forum looking to hate something. The headline asked a question. Why did you even open the post? Especially when you even admit you don't understand. No one asked your opinion.

Resident DCUM farmer here. The poster is not wrong. That said, I am happy for any farm that manages to monetize what it has to offer and happy for children get to be outside enjoying late summer.

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Anonymous wrote:Oh for the love of God with the apple picking. "Hey kids, let's go pay to do the work of underpaid migrant workers. It'll be fun!" I will never understand this.

Maybe your children would learn to value hard work.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Oh for the love of God with the apple picking. "Hey kids, let's go pay to do the work of underpaid migrant workers. It'll be fun!" I will never understand this.

Maybe your children would learn to value hard work.

Oh FOR THE LOVE. Could you have a more privileged response? Taking your kids apple picking DOES NOT teach them to value hard work. And it is so completely insulting that this is what you think. There are people who do this kind of back breaking work all day every day for a pittance. That is hard work. Driving your privileged butt to an orchard for one day is not even remotely the same thing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Oh for the love of God with the apple picking. "Hey kids, let's go pay to do the work of underpaid migrant workers. It'll be fun!" I will never understand this.

Maybe your children would learn to value hard work.

Oh FOR THE LOVE. Could you have a more privileged response? Taking your kids apple picking DOES NOT teach them to value hard work. And it is so completely insulting that this is what you think. There are people who do this kind of back breaking work all day every day for a pittance. That is hard work. Driving your privileged butt to an orchard for one day is not even remotely the same thing.

Calm down, you seem irrational af.

Which is it? Are the children/parents doing the "work of underpaid migrant workers" or not? Of course they're not working for the hours and low pay of the actual workers, but if they're doing it for the hour or so and they think that it's hard to do then it becomes a teachable moment about how some people do this all day long and at a much faster pace just so that they can feed their families so maybe think about that before you eat half an apple and toss the rest etc.

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Rock Hill Orchard.

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Anonymous wrote:Stribling orchard. It carried many varieties and it's admission free. They also have a stick for you to pick the apples.

This is where we usually go. My kids like the variety and the bakery.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Oh for the love of God with the apple picking. "Hey kids, let's go pay to do the work of underpaid migrant workers. It'll be fun!" I will never understand this.

Maybe your children would learn to value hard work.

Oh FOR THE LOVE. Could you have a more privileged response? Taking your kids apple picking DOES NOT teach them to value hard work. And it is so completely insulting that this is what you think. There are people who do this kind of back breaking work all day every day for a pittance. That is hard work. Driving your privileged butt to an orchard for one day is not even remotely the same thing.

Calm down, you seem irrational af.

Which is it? Are the children/parents doing the "work of underpaid migrant workers" or not? Of course they're not working for the hours and low pay of the actual workers, but if they're doing it for the hour or so and they think that it's hard to do then it becomes a teachable moment about how some people do this all day long and at a much faster pace just so that they can feed their families so maybe think about that before you eat half an apple and toss the rest etc.

I am sure you are going to go apple picking and then have a deep conversation with little Johnny about migration and the wage gap.

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Mackintosh fruit farm in Berryville VA, especially if you prefer something off of 7 vs. 66... great for kids, really nice pavillion and playground area, never too crowded, reasonably priced

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Oh for the love of God with the apple picking. "Hey kids, let's go pay to do the work of underpaid migrant workers. It'll be fun!" I will never understand this.

Maybe your children would learn to value hard work.

Oh FOR THE LOVE. Could you have a more privileged response? Taking your kids apple picking DOES NOT teach them to value hard work. And it is so completely insulting that this is what you think. There are people who do this kind of back breaking work all day every day for a pittance. That is hard work. Driving your privileged butt to an orchard for one day is not even remotely the same thing.

Calm down, you seem irrational af.

Which is it? Are the children/parents doing the "work of underpaid migrant workers" or not? Of course they're not working for the hours and low pay of the actual workers, but if they're doing it for the hour or so and they think that it's hard to do then it becomes a teachable moment about how some people do this all day long and at a much faster pace just so that they can feed their families so maybe think about that before you eat half an apple and toss the rest etc.

I am sure you are going to go apple picking and then have a deep conversation with little Johnny about migration and the wage gap.

I'd do anything to get that kid to stop wasting food.

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Great Country Farms is very nice. You pay an admittance fee, but you could spend the whole day there. Lots of places to play and run, and also picnic areas and a restaurant.

And as to the other debate - I'm team "Pro Picking Apples" all the way! It's a fun way to spend time outside, and to appreciate the cycle of where food comes from. For sure it's not "hard work", I don't think anyone spends more than like 30 minutes grabbing an apple from a tree, but that's not the point! It's more in vein of pumpkin picking, horse back riding, hay rides, petting zoo, etc., just a fun way to spend a day in nature!

[Anonymous]

I 100+ the Homestead Farms idea -- whenever I go there, I wonder why I didn't go earlier in the year or several times.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Great Country Farms is very nice. You pay an admittance fee, but you could spend the whole day there. Lots of places to play and run, and also picnic areas and a restaurant.

And as to the other debate - I'm team "Pro Picking Apples" all the way! It's a fun way to spend time outside, and to appreciate the cycle of where food comes from. For sure it's not "hard work", I don't think anyone spends more than like 30 minutes grabbing an apple from a tree, but that's not the point! It's more in vein of pumpkin picking, horse back riding, hay rides, petting zoo, etc., just a fun way to spend a day in nature!

+1000

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Oh for the love of God with the apple picking. "Hey kids, let's go pay to do the work of underpaid migrant workers. It'll be fun!" I will never understand this.

Maybe your children would learn to value hard work.

Oh FOR THE LOVE. Could you have a more privileged response? Taking your kids apple picking DOES NOT teach them to value hard work. And it is so completely insulting that this is what you think. There are people who do this kind of back breaking work all day every day for a pittance. That is hard work. Driving your privileged butt to an orchard for one day is not even remotely the same thing.

Calm down, you seem irrational af.

Which is it? Are the children/parents doing the "work of underpaid migrant workers" or not? Of course they're not working for the hours and low pay of the actual workers, but if they're doing it for the hour or so and they think that it's hard to do then it becomes a teachable moment about how some people do this all day long and at a much faster pace just so that they can feed their families so maybe think about that before you eat half an apple and toss the rest etc.

Except that you literally take all the low hanging fruit and leave the hard stuff for the workers - lol! These are the same people who send their kids on "service" trips to help little brown children for a week and of course, to work on their Spanish and their college essay.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Oh for the love of God with the apple picking. "Hey kids, let's go pay to do the work of underpaid migrant workers. It'll be fun!" I will never understand this.

Maybe your children would learn to value hard work.

Oh FOR THE LOVE. Could you have a more privileged response? Taking your kids apple picking DOES NOT teach them to value hard work. And it is so completely insulting that this is what you think. There are people who do this kind of back breaking work all day every day for a pittance. That is hard work. Driving your privileged butt to an orchard for one day is not even remotely the same thing.

Calm down, you seem irrational af.

Which is it? Are the children/parents doing the "work of underpaid migrant workers" or not? Of course they're not working for the hours and low pay of the actual workers, but if they're doing it for the hour or so and they think that it's hard to do then it becomes a teachable moment about how some people do this all day long and at a much faster pace just so that they can feed their families so maybe think about that before you eat half an apple and toss the rest etc.

Except that you literally take all the low hanging fruit and leave the hard stuff for the workers - lol! These are the same people who send their kids on "service" trips to help little brown children for a week and of course, to work on their Spanish and their college essay.

Op here. My parents used to take me and my brother when we were children. We didn’t have much money and it was one of my favorite childhood memories. My father probably won’t live long so I’m going for my dad. He grew up in a farm in another country.

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Butlers orchard. Though +3 Homestead is my fave.

Walters Orchard (near Butler) is a quieter experience but has bees. Lots of bees.