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America would run out of avocados in weeks if Trump shuts border with Mexico, grower warns
Fox News ^ | 4*1*19 | Travis Fedschun

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.

(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Mexico; News/Current Events; US: Arizona; US: California; US: Florida; US: New Mexico; US: New York; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: arizona; avocados; california; dnctalkingpoint; dnctalkingpoints; florida; guacamole; jeb; mediawingofthednc; mexico; missionproduce; newmexico; newyork; partisanmediashills; presstitutes; smearmachine; stevebarnard; texas
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To: johniegrad

Exactly...


41 posted on 04/01/2019 4:54:41 PM PDT by DoughtyOne
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To: SJackson
Let the Dems run on "protecting Avocados" rather than Americans!

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!

42 posted on 04/01/2019 4:54:50 PM PDT by G Larry (There is no great virtue in bargaining with the Devil)
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To: SJackson

[ 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.


43 posted on 04/01/2019 4:55:34 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: SJackson

horrors!


44 posted on 04/01/2019 4:55:39 PM PDT by avital2
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To: kaehurowing

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.


45 posted on 04/01/2019 4:55:57 PM PDT by bytesmith
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To: SJackson

Let’s see....Hmmmmmm?

I ate my last avocado in..............NEVER...


46 posted on 04/01/2019 4:56:29 PM PDT by JBW1949 (I'm really PC....PATRIOTICALLY CORRECT!!!!)
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To: SJackson

The Meskins can have the cultural appropriation of American made tacos for all I care.

SHUT DOWN THE BORDER!!

BUILD THE WALL !!!


47 posted on 04/01/2019 4:56:32 PM PDT by Delta 21 (Be strong & prosper, be weak & die! Stay true.... ~~ Donald J. Trump)
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To: Billthedrill

+1.


48 posted on 04/01/2019 4:56:32 PM PDT by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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To: SJackson

And this is a problem because?...


49 posted on 04/01/2019 4:56:37 PM PDT by HangnJudge
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To: blitz88

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQfxAUcFUxc


50 posted on 04/01/2019 4:56:59 PM PDT by MIchaelTArchangel
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To: SJackson

i would sacrifice avocados for a year if it helps Trump...


51 posted on 04/01/2019 4:57:07 PM PDT by DouglasKC
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To: SJackson
Nearly half of all imported U.S. vegetables and 40 percent of imported fruit are grown in Mexico

Won't affect me much. Meat's back on the table boys!

52 posted on 04/01/2019 4:57:16 PM PDT by McGruff
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To: SJackson
If President Trump follows through with his threat to close the Southern Border with Mexico this week, say goodbye to your avocado toast.

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.

53 posted on 04/01/2019 4:57:18 PM PDT by metmom ( ...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith...)
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To: SJackson
California political geniuses voted to dry up the Central Valley which used to feed fruits and veg to the entire world. Now California imports oranges from Mexico?

Sucks to be stupid, right California?

54 posted on 04/01/2019 4:57:20 PM PDT by atc23
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To: G Larry

“Avocados are people too.” TM


55 posted on 04/01/2019 4:57:21 PM PDT by SpaceBar
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To: SJackson

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!


56 posted on 04/01/2019 4:58:33 PM PDT by upchuck (Home schooled kids are educated, not indoctrinated.)
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To: SJackson

A shortage of guac, we’re all going to die.

Nice knowin’ you.

5.56mm


57 posted on 04/01/2019 4:59:13 PM PDT by M Kehoe (DRAIN THE SWAMP! BUILD THE WALL!)
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To: SJackson

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.


58 posted on 04/01/2019 4:59:23 PM PDT by wildcard_redneck
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To: SJackson
What would Mexico run out of?

-PJ

59 posted on 04/01/2019 5:00:55 PM PDT by Political Junkie Too (The 1st Amendment gives the People the right to a free press, not CNN the right to the 1st question.)
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To: SJackson

How long until we run out of carfentanil?


60 posted on 04/01/2019 5:01:00 PM PDT by SpaceBar
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