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re: How much of the US food supply is dependent upon overseas shipping?
Posted on 1/24/22 at 9:50 am to auggie
Posted on 1/24/22 at 9:50 am to auggie
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That is a small amount, and mostly specialty items.
No isn’t a small amount. It’s seasonally driven though. If you’re eating grapes or stone fruit right now you can thank South America. Asparagus is big down there as are mangoes. During summertime if you’re eating navels you can look to Australia for another example.
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Posted on 1/24/22 at 9:51 am to TDsngumbo
Not that much.
But keep in mind that when your coworkers in the authoritarian states (Michigan, Illinois, etc) are out because they have to watch their kids for 14 days after an exposure at school….that the employers in the processing facilities are also experiencing the same problem.
The last 6 weeks have been brutal with so many people either out because of an exposure or because they have to take care of kids who are out of school because they got exposed.
But keep in mind that when your coworkers in the authoritarian states (Michigan, Illinois, etc) are out because they have to watch their kids for 14 days after an exposure at school….that the employers in the processing facilities are also experiencing the same problem.
The last 6 weeks have been brutal with so many people either out because of an exposure or because they have to take care of kids who are out of school because they got exposed.
Posted on 1/24/22 at 9:51 am to ShortyRob
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Dear lord yes cause holy shite, dry beans and rice made only in water..............ugh.
a little squirrel meat in them beans can make a big difference.
Posted on 1/24/22 at 9:54 am to Figgy
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No isn’t a small amount. It’s seasonally driven though. If you’re eating grapes or stone fruit right now you can thank South America. Asparagus is big down there as are mangoes. During summertime if you’re eating navels you can look to Australia for another example.
Yeah, we rarely buy any of those things.
Posted on 1/24/22 at 9:58 am to TDsngumbo
We can thank the Native Americans for our food abundance. They were too stupid to invent plowing so we have a huge amount of fertile soil compared to Europe and Asia who plowed their soil for 1,000 years.
Posted on 1/24/22 at 10:02 am to Zach
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We can thank the Native Americans for our food abundance. They were too stupid to invent plowing so we have a huge amount of fertile soil compared to Europe and Asia who plowed their soil for 1,000 years.
We can also thank them for developing many of the foods that keep the world alive. Potatoes are a good example, but most people think those came from Ireland.
Posted on 1/24/22 at 10:04 am to auggie
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We can also thank them for developing many of the foods that keep the world alive. Potatoes are a good example, but most people think those came from Ireland.
We can also thank them for an early form of population control....tobacco.
Posted on 1/24/22 at 10:10 am to Zach
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We can also thank them for an early form of population control....tobacco.
weeding out the dummies
Posted on 1/24/22 at 10:20 am to Zach
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We can thank the Native Americans for our food abundance. They were too stupid to invent plowing so we have a huge amount of fertile soil compared to Europe and Asia who plowed their soil for 1,000 years.
Glaciers also scraped a lot top soil from Canada into the US . We got the Great Lakes and that great midwest soil from glaciers.
Posted on 1/24/22 at 10:48 am to TDsngumbo
We produce the hell out of food. So much so we have to give subsidies for farmers to not over produce and bottom out the price. One of the few things I agree with in the farm bill. We could do a lot better job opening up markets for that food to be sold imo
Posted on 1/24/22 at 10:56 am to jmarto1
Our soil productivity is one reason so many German prisoners immigrated back here after WWII. They were farmers in Germany and saw how much better the soil was here.
Posted on 1/25/22 at 7:53 am to auggie
Oh I agree we should buy and grow here but like all things they go to cheaper supply
Posted on 1/25/22 at 8:48 am to TDsngumbo
I’m more concerned about our society collapsing than war. I’ve been stocking up… Picked up some yeast just in case!
When the criminals (and there are millions) have nothing left to steal in the store, they will be coming to your house looking for some goods..
When the criminals (and there are millions) have nothing left to steal in the store, they will be coming to your house looking for some goods..
Posted on 1/25/22 at 8:50 am to TDsngumbo
HEB here in Texas profited from the pandemic in the $millions$ but they are out of HEB brand products ??
Supposedly “made in Texas” and now they are hiking prices!
We go to Aldi now, that place has it all for a quarter of the price at HEB..
Supposedly “made in Texas” and now they are hiking prices!
We go to Aldi now, that place has it all for a quarter of the price at HEB..
Posted on 1/25/22 at 9:26 am to LB84
Mexico provides the majority of America's produce. Hence The Wall is not only discriminatory and poor diplomacy, it also blocks the transport of fresh produce that the majority of Americans regard as essential. This is particularly a factor in winter.
Posted on 1/25/22 at 9:34 am to Nosevens
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A good bit of produce comes from S American countries as well as meat . Australia & N Zealand supply meat as
It seems link we have struck a good trading balance between the Sothern hemisphere countries and the US when it comes to fruit. We have seasonal fruit almost year round now. When I was a kid grapes were a late summer fall thing (like most fruits). And Mexico produces the best blueberries, blackberries and avocadoes. They were never that good when I was a kid. The only time we got blackberries was when we picked them wild during the summer. We still have to wait until the fall for Louisiana satsumas and California pomegranates.
Posted on 1/25/22 at 9:35 am to auggie
Our President thanks them too
Without potatoes he wouldn’t be here
Without potatoes he wouldn’t be here
Posted on 1/25/22 at 9:36 am to tarzana
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Hence The Wall is not only discriminatory and poor diplomacy, it also blocks the transport of fresh produce that the majority of Americans regard as essential. This is particularly a factor in winter.
Yeah, because they are smuggling lettuce across the Rio Grande.
What the hell man?
Posted on 1/25/22 at 9:37 am to tarzana
quote:What?
Hence The Wall is not only discriminatory and poor diplomacy, it also blocks the transport of fresh produce that the majority of Americans regard as essential.
Do you think produce is carried across the border on the backs of illegal immigrants, or something?
Posted on 1/25/22 at 9:38 am to TDsngumbo
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would it be a good idea to start stocking up on food
Really?
You're just now thinking it's a good time?
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