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>> sean: welcome back to this special edition of "hannity." we continue with our studio audience of grade business leaders. david and lisa. david thank you for being here. and lisa you make the best brownies. and you were so gracious, you gave all of us. you are the founder of brownie points. small business entrepreneur and how well have you done? >> well, fortunately, i have done very well. but it is absolutely true there is so many obstacles now and i feel like i am a job creator and i love to be hiring more people right now but it is difficult. first of all, the gas prices have impacted us ...

We use a lot of fuel. >> reporter: weather also determines the peach supply, which can drive the demand and prices up. there are more than 6,000 acres of farmland here at lane southern orchard and the growing season is just beginning. just one deep freeze could destroy the entire crop. >> some crops, you get a frost, and there is a temporary spike in prices when the supply goes down. another portion of the country comes in and fills that void and then the prices will level off. >> reporter: sanchez says produce is a labor intensify product that is often hand-pruned and hand-picked and every st...

>> some crops, you get a frost, and there's a temporary spike in prices when the supply goes down. another portion of the country comes in and fills that void and then the prices will level off. >> reporter: sanchez says produce is a labor-intensive product that is often hand-pruned and hand-picked, and every step between the farm and the storm impacts the price. >> there's packaging costs, fright costs, merchandising costs, and retailers have to recover for spoilage and there's a lot of things that go into pricing of peaches or pricing of any produce product. it doesn't all come back to the f...