Posted on 04/01/2019 4:45:31 PM PDT by SJackson
If President Trump follows through with his threat to close the Southern Border with Mexico this week, say goodbye to your avocado toast.
A top distributor and grower of avocados has warned that the U.S. would run out of the fruit in three weeks if imports from Mexico are halted amid any possible border shutdown.
“You couldn’t pick a worse time of year because Mexico supplies virtually 100 percent of the avocados in the U.S. right now," Steve Barnard, president and chief executive of Mission Produce, told Reuters. "California is just starting and they have a very small crop, but they’re not relevant right now and won’t be for another month or so."
It wouldn't just be the ripe fruit affected by any potential disruption in trade. Nearly half of all imported U.S. vegetables and 40 percent of imported fruit are grown in Mexico, according to data from the United States Department of Agriculture reviewed by Reuters.
But the growth and popularity of avocados as a healthy dietary choice may catch the attention of Americans if there's any large-scale disruption.
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The problem will be a 100 tons of rotting avocados sitting on the docks of mehico. Hey, you can feed them to the caravaners
If this means Jeb Bush is permanently stuck with 75,000 guac bowls I’m all in.
Nixon and Reagan both shut the border over drug-related issues and Lyndon Johnson closed it in 1963 after the Kennedy assassination....and then Bush in 9/11.
Has to be done again and let this stand off happen. mexico isn’t the only country seeking trade with the US.....nor the only port entrance.
I hate guacamole.
And, running out of avocados is a bad thing, how?
Let me see...cartel murders, human trafficking, heroin, surge in long conquered diseases, over burdening infrastructure, higher taxes to pay for illegal incarcerations/medical care/education/government assistance from food stamps to housing, higher auto/homeowners insurance rates, all manner of petty crimes... Naw...gimmie my guac man...gimmie my guac.
I’ve made it very well without avocados before and can easily do so again.
What I can’t live with is a bunch of ignorant, disease ridden, freeloading invaders.
Yet another sign of the End Times.
Which means that the Mexican restaurants would be hurt... Ok then.
I think I can live without guacamole for a while if it means border security.
Me too. Uh, doesn’t Kalifornia grow avocado’s?......doesn’t Florida?......the reason I ask is although I really don’t give a rat’s azz some people seem to have a wad in their drawers and are forecasting the end of the world if we don’t get our Mexican avocados....go figger
Tom Selleck has an avocado ranch!
An avocado shortage!? By God, then we must let millions of third world foreigners swamp our borders!
The horror
The Mexican avocado crop would rot without buyers.
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It would probably be processed into guac and stored... should be enough of a surplus in the supply chain to push prices lower... right now a single (small) avocado is $1 retail... I should have gone into farming...
Hawaiian avocados ore way better!
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Wouldn’t doubt it at all ..
Mexico? Desert sand
Florida? Beach sand
California? Desert Sand
Hawaii? Volcanic soil...
They ripen later. Some people want their avocados now. It is a problem with our entitled society.
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