Posted on 09/04/2023 6:28:36 AM PDT by MtnClimber
Crushing federal and state regulations are forcing California's farmers to move operations to Mexico. What could go wrong?
Anybody notice who might be getting their hands on the U.S. food supply?
I found it buried in an Epoch Times story about Congress's upcoming Farm Bill spendathon, set to go to a vote in December. It's supposedly aid to U.S. farmers, including California's, the U.S.'s top agricultural state, which produces much of the U.S. food supply.
But it's hardly a solution.
Turns out the regulatory burden is so nasty out there it's driving farmers in California to move operations to Mexico where the already cash-fattened cartels control the farms, too.
According to the Epoch Times:
The Manasseros said many Southern California farmers will instead relocate to Mexico to be competitive.
However, they say such economic pressures on U.S. producers may have deadly consequences by placing countries like Mexico as the top food producer for the United States.
According to Mr. Manassero, as American farmers continue to be out-competed and Mexico dominates the food market, food insecurity may become a bigger concern due to corruption interwoven with farming across the border.
“The [drug] cartels run everything down there [including] the farmers. They’re very big into the farming industry for money laundering … they would just jack up the prices [of food] to whatever they want once [American] farmers are out of business,” he said.
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
I’ll add one more thing:
FReepers! Look to your OWN STATE and see what foodstuffs it produces.
Buy as LOCALLY as you can - hit the Farmer’s Markets! Join a Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) program/farm and buy from someone that is growing food for you LOCALLY.
Yeah, yeah - this sounds all hippy-dippy, but it’s just practical advice. There are people out there that would LOVE to sell you cheese, tomatoes, green beans, peppers, home-raised meat, eggs, milk, butter, etc.
Do a search under ‘CSA Farms in (your State).’ You’ll be glad you did. :)
They are driven by their lust for power, and lack of morals and sense of duty which opens them to be compromised by the narcostate next door and the commiestate across the ocean.
Enough high-level powerful people in our government have been compromised by China and the cartels.
Which is why this admin is hell bent on keeping our border open to invaders and carriers of deadly drugs and diseases.
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