American tomato farmers say business is booming after Trump's tariffs on Mexican produce 💪

Not The Bee ^ | July 21, 2025 | Harris Rigby

[Sequoyah101]

Whatever you want to believe go right ahead.

[AppyPappy]

We asked for a flat of tomatoes for a ministry event and they sent us a pickup truck load for free.

[Retrofitted]

Because you were subjected to this?

https://reason.com/2025/05/12/trumps-tariffs-and-immigration-policies-destroy-thousands-of-acres-of-tomato-crops-in-florida/

I got that in my newsfeed yesterday.

[Sacajaweau]

I made a mistake....18 plants was waaaaaay to many for a household of one.

[Socon-Econ]

A transfer of wealth from consumers of tomatoes to producers of tomatoes. The producers love it.

[Socon-Econ]

food that is grown in foreign countries is a security threat.
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What hypocrisy. MAGA mercantilists expect even friendly foreign countries to import our farm goods without complaint.

[Tell It Right]

But our Anglo ancestors were growing them in Europe before coming here.

[Wallace T.]

We can thank the Spanish conquistadores for bringing potatoes, tomatoes, and tobacco to Europe in the 16th Century.

[Sirius Lee]

We can thank the Spanish conquistadores for bringing potatoes, tomatoes, and tobacco to Europe in the 16th Century.

And sad looking facial hair to Filipinos.

[Tell It Right]

All true. But look at the back and forth of the conversation. I was replying to why some foods that end in “o” have the plural form with a “e” like “potatoes” while others don’t have an “e” like avocados. The answer is not based on where the food originated (ie Spain learned about potatoes from the Peruvians and introduced them to the rest of Europe). The answer is which of those foods were eventually grown in England back when the English language was more prone to using -oes . Potatoes and tomatoes were, especially given potatoes’ importance in Europe’s survival of the Little Ice Age.

[Wallace T.]

And sad looking facial hair to Filipinos.

Single young men in the military, whether Spanish or otherwise, will date the local ladies. That has been the case for ages.

[metmom]

More winning.

[metmom]

Mine are doing well, too.

They are Heinz variety sauce (plum) tomatoes. I use them for canning for sauce and stewed tomatoes.

FAR, FAR cheaper than buying a bushel of plum tomatoes.

[metmom]

That makes NO sense at all.

[BFW]

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[metmom]

Last I heard, a meat packing plant was raided by ICE and everyone was freaking out over how our meat was going to be processed.

Turns out the next day, the waiting room was filled with job applicants.

[GaltAdonis]

That’s why you also plant plum tomatoes, so that you are sure to have
more tomatoes than you want or need. Plums are not the best for slicing,
but hey - they produce!

[rellic]

When you can find some sort of logic to how the American “english” works, publish it. You will become quite famous!

[Farmerbob]

I agree with you. The article mentioned workers leaving (illegals?) and Mexico dumping before tarrifs start.

[whitney69]

“...the waiting room was filled with job applicants.”

They used to call this cause/effect better known as Murphy. But then again, liberals do not understand Murphy.

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