Actually, many of our fruits and veggies ARE coming from Mexico these days due to water problems in CA.
Good point. This produce passes through multiple hands before it arrives on supermarket shelves. Try convincing busy consumers on limited budgets to read the labels on each item before making their selections. It's a noble cause that will be ignored by most Americans.
Why do you think that so many of us screamed when we knew nothing at all good would be coming from South of the Border, when we were told that Mexican drivers and trucks wouldn't be a problem, right, wrong - thanks George W., we got them anyway didn't we?
Yes we did and while we're at it, we also got to send our fruits & veggies South at the same time.
Most of what you see at the grocery stores comes from some other place and that is a fact that has nothing to do with water shortage.
Stopping by Gilroy, CA every year for 20+ years, I still see plenty of produce and when asking where much of their produce would be ending up, was told it was going "off shore" as much was too expensive for Mexico!
So, as you can suspect by now, most of what we gain from our land is never consumed here, it's consumed elsewhere, so if you are looking to get some safe green onions to use in your salad from your local grocery store, you're out of luck, "water issues "or no, it's because the only "fresh" green onions in your neck of the woods would be coming from Mexico (I did get that clarified, peaches from Chile, green onions from Mexico! Not a one to be had from the U.S.
Ecoli be dammed!