[NormsRevenge]

Oh I bet they'll be all over this like steak sauce over at Commerce.

[nikos1121]

Yeah... let the US consumer pay double...

Reagan opened up markets... I go down to the grocery store and I have choices beyond my wildest imagination.... Sorry, but the American unions don’t like that...

And they inturn pay for our great meat...

I hate the greed in this country...Open up markets... compete fairly...and everyone benifits..

[JRandomFreeper]

Two words.

Explosive diarrhea.

It happens in fields with immigrant workers that don't have medical care. Or access to sanitation facilities. 'splashing fecal material' is NOT something I want in the field where my raw food is being grown.

It can kill those with compromised immune systems.

When I was cooking in restaurants, all of the raw field veg went into a weak bleach solution for a bit.

/johnny

[cripplecreek]

When my Chinese made garden sprinkler broke after a whopping 3 hours of use the other day I began pondering the possibility of opening a museum imported crap. It didn't take long for me to figure out that I'd need to rent a 100,000 square foot warehouse just to get started.

[freekitty]

Kind of like the fake bio fuel deal Mexico did a few years ago.

[hoosiermama]

THere was a thread a while back regarding produce being used in laundering drug money.....No cash sent south, just food that could be sold.

Anybody happen to keep that one? This may be related.

[Viking2002]

Meh. I've got two dozen cherry, San Marzano, Mr. Stripey, Mountain Pride, and Better Boy plants going in my garden. It's only June and my wife is canning already. I'll take them over any irradiated, green-picked, gas-ripened-in-transit grit balls any day, and I don't care which side of the border they're from.

"As democracy is perfected, the office represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. We move toward a lofty ideal. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their hearts desire at last, and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron."

--H.L. Mencken, The Baltimore Evening Sun, July 26, 1920

[headsonpikes]

“Brown said the Commerce Department found that Mexican producers were dumping their tomatoes in the United States at nearly 188.5 percent below fair market value.”

Well, no wonder they’re grabbing market share - I’d like some of that action. 188.5% below a fair price is gonna net me, after I dump the tomatos in the ditch, 88.5 centavos on the dollar in my pocket - net, net, NET!

Or, this idiot reporter is as innumerate as a pumpkin.

[Rebelbase]

Ironic in that a group of legal Mexicans bought a couple of hundred acres of prime farmland and grow a few million tomato plants every year close to my parent’s place.

[TLI]

At the local g-store I will check the TINY labels for “mexico” on the vegetables I am getting. If I see it is, I state out loud “mexico? . . . NO WAY!”

I get some hard looks from the staff and some folks put their little plastic bags of whatever right back on the pile.

Then I go to the canned goods isles and laugh...

.

[Still Thinking]

Brown said the Commerce Department found that Mexican producers were dumping their tomatoes in the United States at nearly 188.5 percent below fair market value.

[math facepalm]

[EricT.]

Last month, tomato farmers here in FL had a bumper crop of tomatoes. Because the price was so low, they could not afford to even harvest them and make a profit. They let people pay a dollar to come on the farm and pick a 5-gallon bucket full of tomatoes in order to cut their losses.

We got 58 excellent quality tomatoes for a buck. And a “free” kitten for my daughter.

[Eagles6]

Three words: Chi Chi’s restaurant.
And yes, heirloom seeds. Got Rutgers, Brandywines, Ace 55s, Romas and some volunteers from last year.