Posted on 03/03/2025 11:13:39 AM PST by Miami Rebel
Don’t forget Crown Royal
We are going into spring and summer. Tomatoes from the south are incredibly tasty, avocados from California are delicious, I’m sure we can get lots of beef from Texas, seafood from Alaska, lobster from Maine, nuts from almost every state,
Buy a couple of tomato plants and find out what they taste like right off the vine. Go back to eating fruits and veggies when in season, it gives you something to look forward to.
Start drinking Again?
If you say so.
I’ve been thinking about telling my boss, Vandelay Industries, to consider cutting back on the importing and just focus on the exporting.
Better stock up on Canadian horse meat.
Most often served in burgers in Canada.
Mexico has long been a major supplier of fruit imported to the U.S.
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Well now I am confused.
I thought that US fruit depended on those Mexicans coming to the US to pick it. And we needed a lot of them for a whole bunch of US fruit.
Do they need to go back to help that major supplier? or?
Sorry - that is completely ridiculous.
Most Americans will search for, and switch to, less expensive substitutes.
Within a few months, exporters with tariffs will be compelled to reduce prices, because USA shoppers will no longer purchase their products.
This isn’t true, is it?
“More than half of the fresh red meat imported to the U.S. comes from Canada, according to the Department of Agriculture. Canada is also a significant supplier of poultry and prepared meats, which includes processed meats like smoked sausage and cured ham. Plus, Canada is the largest exporter of seafood to the U.S., particularly when it comes to shellfish.”
Canada provides most of the fresh red meat Americans eat? That doesn’t sound right.
I prefer a peach, or grapes or berries...and all those wonderful tastes.
I live in Texas. We get our beef local, straight from the rancher.
We get a lot of our veggies local as well. Heck I’ve got a bunch of tomatoes seedlings planted. Texas grows a lot of things so. Don’t know how prices will be changing.
My question is the feed for the cattle up on Canada, where do they get it? Here we use a lot of coastal hay. So I’m curious.
You don’t look at the labels in your grocery store? A ton of vegetables come from Mexico.
(I grow a lot form my tower gardens, but I doubt that that’s a practical solution for 95% of American consumers.)
The US produces about 11 million metric tons of tomatoes. We import just under 2 million from Mexico.
What will you substitute for tomatoes?
Glad my neighbor has a hot house in his back yard vegetables year around and cheap too.
I heard USAID is giving billions to the Human Fund.
You can have my ration. I'll be sweating my Modelo.
"imported to the U.S." are the key words. Most fresh meat is home-gown.
26% of the lean ground meats are imported. I don’t know the overall number but it seems about 25% total is imported. I live in PA and most beef is from central and eastern PA. I only see imported beef when it’s expensive lean cuts like filet.
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