OT: I found this interesting regarding our food imports

thatsbaseball

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Heard about this this morning. I'm told numerous Mexican entrepreneurs are making this type investment. May even be some produce growers participating. I had never heard of it before.
 

horshack.sixpack

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Heard about this this morning. I'm told numerous Mexican entrepreneurs are making this type investment. May even be some produce growers participating. I had never heard of it before.
Interesting. There is certainly nothing more American than pay to play.
 

horshack.sixpack

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What would you have failed? The fact that so much produce comes from Mexico?
Just general ignorance. Mexico stood out (for some reason the lettuce related crops were unexpected). Coffee (the Switzerland and Germany part), I would not have gotten. Ireland (butter). New Zealand (milk). Cocoa Beans (I didn't know there was a Cote D'ivoire). I plead general ignorance.
 

She Mate Me

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Just general ignorance. Mexico stood out (for some reason the lettuce related crops were unexpected). Coffee (the Switzerland and Germany part), I would not have gotten. Ireland (butter). New Zealand (milk). Cocoa Beans (I didn't know there was a Cote D'ivoire). I plead general ignorance.

This is just top import nations right? I assume that we produce a great deal of our own food. Certainly corn, eggs and many dairy products like milk and butter.
 

horshack.sixpack

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This is just top import nations right? I assume that we produce a great deal of our own food. Certainly corn, eggs and many dairy products like milk and butter.
Correct. Of the things we import, these are the top. I imagine we produce most of a few of those things.
 
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WilCoDawg

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Just general ignorance. Mexico stood out (for some reason the lettuce related crops were unexpected). Coffee (the Switzerland and Germany part), I would not have gotten. Ireland (butter). New Zealand (milk). Cocoa Beans (I didn't know there was a Cote D'ivoire). I plead general ignorance.
You’ve seriously never heard of the Ivory Coast?
 

DAWGSANDSAINTS

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I don’t mind buying Mexican fruits and vegetables- not sure where my avacados
come from?
but fish and other seafood - it better damn well say product of USA or I ain’t buying it.
And typically I buy local gulf fish/oysters/shrimp and the Pacific NW for salmon.
 

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Well, when you say it like that…
You weren't alone on that one. Reminds me of planning our daughter's wedding and while going over the menu we hit Crudite. I asked what's that? and got you know, raw vegetables. Well, when you say it like that ....
 

horshack.sixpack

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You weren't alone on that one. Reminds me of planning our daughter's wedding and while going over the menu we hit Crudite. I asked what's that? and got you know, raw vegetables. Well, when you say it like that ....
I fear I may be a luddite...
 
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