A farmer based in Reedley, California has been handing out free nectarines this week as he finds himself at the center of a legal battle with a food market and distributing company.
The company involved in the dispute is claiming it holds exclusive rights to the specific variety of white nectarine that the farmer has been growing on his land.
The situation has drawn attention, with Associated Press photo editors curating a gallery of images documenting the farmer’s unusual act of giving away his fruit amid the ongoing legal controversy.
