“I have never met or heard of someone coming to our Eastern Washington apple-growing region to pick apples for leisure. It must be an East Coast or urban thing.” Pheasant Orchards found the idea of picking for fun “hilarious and sad,” a reflection of just how estranged from nature modern Americans must feel. “We don’t try to build our own furniture, or cars. We don’t feel the need to go to the forest ourselves to cut a tree down when we need lumber. Our economy has raised people’s quality of life by becoming more efficient and productive. I don’t understand why we want to go backwards when it comes to agriculture.”