Gilroy Garlic Festival Says Farewell to its Large Event

KSBW ^ | Apr 21, 2022 | Felix Cortez

[Reeses]

I guess no more garlic ice cream.

80% of garlic actually comes from China these days, so Brandon can set you up for a 10% cut. Gilroy developed a persistent garlic disease soil problem, so their garlic growing glory days are over.

[dragnet2]

Organizers said a deadly shooting at the festival in 2019 that left three dead and injured 17, played little in their decision to cancel the festival.

Uh huh....How many lawsuits are pending over those shootings?

[Vendome]

Yep

Only 4 acres of Gilroy Garlic are left.

The plant in town processes garlic from China

[Kevmo]

Complete stupidity, choosing to drop this thing due to one incident -- it never occurs to them to let the cops policing the event carry some mean lookin' guns. Like setting up gun free zones in schools.

[alexander_busek]

Re: “Clearly it was over the 10 years of just losing money was the main culprit and the main cause of what was going on with the festival and being able to be sustainable and that was the real cause that was the root cause of it,”

It seems as though even Americans with English as their first language are rapidly losing the skill to communicate their thoughts succinctly and smoothly in English.

I'm going to give him the benefit of the doubt and simply assume that he was "thumbing" this on his phone in his pants pocket while having a root canal performed on himself.

Regards,

[TBP]

We should ban them. Destroy China.

But we won’t; they OWN our so-called “president.”

[FarCenter]

It closed due to Covid?

You’d think that social distancing would be a given at a garlic festival.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

But the great food, right?

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Darn...it was on my bucket list since 1973, but I never made it.

[Flying Circus]

Yes! Good times.

[skeeter]

Yes it was some tasty stuff.

Real tough on the social life though.

[Robert A Cook PE]

Thank you.

[nicollo]

Ain’t looking good.

What ain't looking good on that link is property prices. Wow. Those 2bdr/bath for $800K+ ain't going to survive inflation-era interest rates. Anyone who owes more than they own, especially on an ARM, better get used to the words, "under water."

[MercyFlush]

I have no sympathy for the fools who took out adjustable rate mortgages in the lowest interest rate market of my lifetime.

[nicollo]

Lenders/ brokers sucker people into these all the time. Even if it’s about 5% of original loans, it has a significant impact on overall price.

As with autos, real estate agents and loan brokers push people into more expensive/ risky loan instruments in order to maximize the sale price — even it its’ well beyond purchaser ability to pay.

Puff went the magic dragon...

[Vendome]

I love eating at the Giant Artichoke in Castroville.

Been going since I was a kid and know the owner, her husband and children.

Fried Artichoke Hearts are so Darn Good!!!

I’ll be there tomorrow, on my to Carmel...

[nickcarraway]

Artichoke Festival in Castroville, North of Monterey.

[posterchild]

IIRC most of that is ‘peeled’ or processed garlic. I’ve grown my own for the past 10 years so haven’t paid close attention. It is easy to grow even in bad soil.

[Robert A Cook PE]

Thank you forthe correction. Artichoke: Old Indian word for “food you can starve to death while eating”