This year's strange weather means that, among other things, it's going to be harder to make yourself a fruit salad this year.

Just try finding a juicy peach -- one grown in the United States -- after the frost that blanketed Georgia earlier this week. And you've probably already noticed that oranges and lemons are a lot more expensive than normal.

This week, farmers in Georgia, South Carolina, and other Southern States saw their crops destroyed by an unexpected frost and freezing temperatures. Experts have compared the damage to that of a hurricane. As it turns out, the frigid temperatures -- which have forced many of us to dig out the winter coats we'd packed away -- are wreaking havoc with crops from West Virginia to Florida. To make matters worse, another cold spell is forecast for next week.

According to an NPR report, the majority of South Carolina's peach crop was destroyed by freezing temperatures last weekend. Same goes for peaches and apples, pecans, blueberries, strawberries, apples, and grapes.

I have no idea if the weird weather is a fluke, or if it's just another consequence of global warming. But these crop losses thoughout the country echo the sustained cold spell that hit California's crops got earlier this year. A mid-January freeze destroyed oranges, lemons, and avocadoes worth a billion dollars, making it the worst freeze in two decades.

While shopping for groceries last week, I noticed a sign above the navel oranges citing the California freeze as the reason for their high price.

Ultimately, the crop damage means that grocers will import produce from other countries, which makes it harder to eat local. It also means that the carbon footprint of, say, your average avocado just got a lot bigger now that it has to travel from Mexico or South America before it can become guacamole.

It seems especially unfair that we'll have a harder time eating healthfully. Too bad that bad weather has no impact on cheese doodles.