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 couldnt 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 theyre not relevant right now and wont 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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Mexico will feel it first. Just close the border to everything except commerce. No visitors, no illegals. Close all border entries in California. Nogales, Arizona handles most of the freight and produce.
Gun-grabbing babykillers desperately want illegal alien invaders coming into America so they can turn our nation into a 3rd World $hithole.
We lived without them before. We can do it again. Those Georgia peaches outclass them.
Closing the Border I doubt means trains don’t come through and cars don’t come through it means people don’t come through. I am sick and tired of this lie.
OMG
The cartels have got into the avocado business, well not really but they do charge avocado farmers a per pound protection fee, don’t pay them you die, so buying avocados from mexico supports the drug cartels
We always have the Strategic Avocado Reserve to fall back on.
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Hmmm....less avocados or less school crowding, traffic, crime, etc. etc.?
Auto/truck lead acid batteries too...EastPenn probably can’t come close to replacing the Johnson Controls/Interstate Mexico output.
I’m on my second Rottweiler and avocados have been both of their favorite treats. I guess Mongo will just have to forage for illegal aliens.
Let sour cream get really moldy, mix it up. add a little sugar and behold...Guacamole
Don’t Jelly Belly make Avocado-flavored jellybeans? I’d say its a win-win for Americans.
No avocados, Oh the Hugh-manity!!!!
We have the technology and infrastructure to grow imported fruits and vegetables indoors, hydroponically.
Which I am certain is just one of the pressures on Mexico to do something that PDJT has in mind.
We can do just fine without avocados. BUILD THE WALL!
Try avacados from Colombia and Peru....muy bueno.
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