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Bernardo de La Paz

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42. Yeah. Before they finish, many Canadians like me have already been boycotting US food, goods, and services
Mon Sep 22, 2025, 02:12 PM
Sep 22

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That's what I always say when people start ranting about trade, don't they like strawberries in January? Walleye Sep 22 #1
California harvests strawberries in January and February. quaint Sep 22 #3
Surprised he hasn't put a tariff on California Walleye Sep 22 #6
He has done everything else. quaint Sep 22 #10
The vast majority of Cali farmers are RW looney tunes wolfie001 Sep 22 #12
I don't like poorly-regulated Chinese food. Won't buy it. . . . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Sep 22 #28
Oh, don't worry they're working on Bettie Sep 22 #41
Yeah. Before they finish, many Canadians like me have already been boycotting US food, goods, and services Bernardo de La Paz Sep 22 #42
Remember, tRUMP has essentially eliminated the EPA wolfie001 Sep 22 #46
And citrus is a winter crop in Florida. iemanja Sep 22 #53
MAGA is bringing down inflation in an upwards direction IronLionZion Sep 22 #2
I have grown potted oranges (mostly mandarins) and yes based on when they bloom and ripen BumRushDaShow Sep 22 #5
Google gave me this for California orange season IronLionZion Sep 22 #8
And both FL & CA are above the equator BumRushDaShow Sep 22 #11
Russia: potatoes and rutabagas (turnips). Cabbage too wolfie001 Sep 22 #15
They'll have to compete with those "Maine-uh" potatoes! BumRushDaShow Sep 22 #18
I love me some potatoes! wolfie001 Sep 22 #19
... BumRushDaShow Sep 22 #21
OMG, I'm old enough that I can remember sticking those pieces into actual potatoes, just like in that commercial! ShazzieB Sep 22 #32
Me too BumRushDaShow Sep 22 #36
I had one as a kid wolfie001 Sep 22 #45
And one of these - BumRushDaShow Sep 22 #58
Gumbo way before Eddie Murphy! wolfie001 Sep 22 #61
Eddie Murphy did do a good Gumby! BumRushDaShow Sep 22 #65
He saved SNL after all the heavyweights left wolfie001 Sep 22 #67
My wife bought grapefruit at Shoprite yesterday. We looked at the bag, and they're product of South Africa. patphil Sep 22 #22
Who knew Alaska was a major orange growing region! Bernardo de La Paz Sep 22 #29
They should have included Hawai'i on that map BumRushDaShow Sep 22 #33
K&R BlueWavePsych Sep 22 #4
Excellent graphic! Marthe48 Sep 22 #14
Yep - paid $2.29/lb for broccoli yesterday... MANative Sep 22 #7
LOL, that's dirt cheap. maxsolomon Sep 22 #54
Wow - that's insane! MANative Sep 22 #57
Thanks. It's not just food. Gas is $4.89 for regular in the city. maxsolomon Sep 22 #60
Gas isn't too crazy here because... MANative Sep 22 #63
Add it on to the utterly ridiculous meat-flation of summer, I guess Prairie Gates Sep 22 #9
Either skipping meals, or eating lots of beans and rice! ShazzieB Sep 22 #34
Meat-flation has forced me to go with more friuts and vegetables. Dr. T Sep 22 #35
That's a healthy way to go. Gimpyknee Sep 22 #56
I have assembled homegirl Sep 22 #13
I grow sprouts Marthe48 Sep 22 #16
The lettuce should be easy BumRushDaShow Sep 22 #20
unless you have serious frost where you are, variety Sierra has done well for me in all seasons. Slow to bolt, wiggs Sep 22 #26
Won't be long before the "Opposite People" will start crawling out of the woodwork. chouchou Sep 22 #17
"We have always been at war with Veggieflation." Qutzupalotl Sep 22 #23
Republicans advise stocking up on bananas. twodogsbarking Sep 22 #24
One of the most annoying things about American English SidneyR Sep 22 #25
Just like "-gate" BumRushDaShow Sep 22 #39
Something we can hang around the Republican Party's collective neck, and we're talking about "language abuse" instead? ck4829 Sep 22 #51
Paid $11 for a small jar of avocado mayo yesterday at Sprouts. Some things seem quite high. nt wiggs Sep 22 #27
I bought a bag of mandarins Captain Zero Sep 22 #30
I remember waxed cardboard cartons with grapefruit and oranges on dry ice. Harker Sep 22 #31
"fruit and veggie flation" JoseBalow Sep 22 #37
Where and when I grew up people canned fruits. The cellar would be full by late fall. You didn't have the chance twodogsbarking Sep 22 #38
Wholesale fresh and dry vegetables up 17.9% from June to August, per Producer Price Index progree Sep 22 #40
Broccoli up 50% from last week bucolic_frolic Sep 22 #43
I've been buying frozen broccoli florets BumRushDaShow Sep 22 #44
Have to wonder if they're worth years of refrigeration. bucolic_frolic Sep 22 #47
I have a deep freezer that I can put stuff like that in BumRushDaShow Sep 22 #49
I get it, that's a good idea. bucolic_frolic Sep 22 #50
For veggies BumRushDaShow Sep 22 #52
Literally wondering whether we need to start a Trump Garden JCMach1 Sep 22 #48
Son & daughter grew tomatoes this year for the first time; bountiful crop. No Vested Interest Sep 22 #55
Haven't Noticed It Here Yet, But... ProfessorGAC Sep 22 #59
fucking repuke voters Skittles Sep 22 #62
K&R ck4829 Sep 22 #64
its the trump economy samsingh Sep 22 #66
You think vegies are expensive now? Aussie105 Sep 22 #68
Produce here in NM is getting tougher to find reliably Warpy Sep 22 #69
Remember the huge uptick in froduce prices a few years ago? BobTheSubgenius Tuesday #70
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