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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Exactly...
I'd rather pay more for Americans to pick our crops than the outrageous cost of paying for law enforcement, imprisonment, education, and medical costs for ILLEGALS!!!
Come through the front door or stay home!
[ America would run out of avocados in weeks if Trump shuts border with Mexico, grower warns ]
That would be a disaster like Global Warming!!
Funny, a couple of WM store near me are selling them for 39 cents. I’ve purchased 6 the last few days.
Still, how will we survive without avocados?
Let in several million illegals - or like, no avocados dude.
horrors!
This whining and sniveling is going to be with us so we might as well adjust. We can lose our country or have Mexican avocados.
Let’s see....Hmmmmmm?
I ate my last avocado in..............NEVER...
The Meskins can have the cultural appropriation of American made tacos for all I care.
SHUT DOWN THE BORDER!!
BUILD THE WALL !!!
+1.
And this is a problem because?...
i would sacrifice avocados for a year if it helps Trump...
Won't affect me much. Meat's back on the table boys!
What a hardship!!!!
How will we ever manage.
It reminds me of a FReeper whose nutritionist or doctor told him he could eat all the avocados he wanted and he said he already has.
I'm in that boat, too.
Sucks to be stupid, right California?
“Avocados are people too.” TM
Expect a ton of these types of articles. All the stuff that’s gonna cause the sky to fall when President Trump closes our southern border. Sacrifices must be made and I
I’ll be at the head of the line.
DO IT NOW, PRESIDENT TRUMP!
A shortage of guac, we’re all going to die.
Nice knowin’ you.
5.56mm
I didn’t know what an avocado was until I moved to AZ when I was 18. Survived just fine without them.
Besides, there is a lot of open land in the US perfect for growing avocados so no big.
-PJ
How long until we run out of carfentanil?
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