[ars]

> I am ok with random people picking random wallnuts

Is that typical for farmers? Like if I'm walking past a field of corn (or whatever) and I take some for myself (not to sell) - they are OK with it and don't consider it stealing?

(I've never done it, but been tempted - not because I can't afford it, but because it looks really fresh and tasty :)

[KGIII]

I have a commercial blueberry operation. So long as you're hand-picking, and not doing it for commerce, help yourself. The amount you take will be trivial when compared with the amount taken by animals.

Besides, I can't begrudge anyone who loves blueberries.

[sethrin]

Is there much overlap between blueberry farming and traffic modeling?

[Fiahil]

No one cares (as long as it's within "reasonable" proportions). Any animal would happily eat 10 times the amount of corn you took.

And, man, we're loosing so much fruits, because of global warming and cold snaps nowadays... If you find a few appealing apples on the way, please, enjoy and don't waste them.

[Mathnerd314]

Although if there's a cash register or mailbox nearby, the farmers would of course prefer to get paid.

Typical prices in grocery stores for apples seem to be around a dollar a pound, but apparently farmers get roughly a third of that: http://www.agmrc.org/commodities-products/fruits/apples/comm... I'm sure they wouldn't mind you cutting out the middleman if it meant a little extra for them. But so far all the apple picking operations I've found are tourist attractions, and charge even higher prices than a grocery store.

[Fiahil]

Unless you're leaving the field with 5kg of apples, I doubt they'll care. But, this is coming from someone who plant fruits to eat them. We're not selling anything to grocery stores.