Who cares where the food comes from? It’s a drop in quality control thanks to these businesses feeling emboldened by Trump’s gutting of regulatory agencies that’s the problem.
It matters for the same reason knowing who sold it matters. If the farm in Mexico supplied multiple sources, then you can avoid it if you’re aware. The degradation in quality and regulation is all the fault of the US government, and that is in turn the fault of Taylor for not holding their farms to higher standards…
That being said, Farmer (possibly third-party, likely exclusively contracted to meet Taylor standards)->Processed by Taylor facility in Mexico->Taylor Fresh Foods->Taylor Farms->Grocery store.
The entire supply chain was Taylor the whole way regardless of what country and their “safety” checks failed.
I don’t plow, till or weed much. No tiller. Just hand tools - round point shovel, hoe and five tine fork. Clay soil. Brought sand in and use old hay bales for mulch. Soil is fantastic. Very little cost. Very little work. Huge harvest. No harmful pesticides.
Those who want to garden should read Ruth Stout and Masanobu Fukuoka
I have cedars that aggressively invade any gardening attempt that isn’t hard-sealed. I have some native berry plants doing alright, they’ve evolved to handle it, but actual food crops are a huge waste of time.
Ok, sorry, to be more precise: Approximately 60% of its fresh fruit, and 38% of its fresh vegetables are imported. Averaged out, that’s 49% of total consumed fresh produce being imported for a population of 342 million people. So yes, it is ‘a lot.’ Google is free btw
Have Americans considered importing food so they don’t have to risk eating American food?
Do you even understand what you’re asking? The lettuce was IMPORTED from Mexico via Taylor Farms. These berries may have as well.
The distributors hide their supply chain and claim it to be “industry secrets” to keep us from knowing where we get our food.
This shit is insane.
Who cares where the food comes from? It’s a drop in quality control thanks to these businesses feeling emboldened by Trump’s gutting of regulatory agencies that’s the problem.
It matters for the same reason knowing who sold it matters. If the farm in Mexico supplied multiple sources, then you can avoid it if you’re aware. The degradation in quality and regulation is all the fault of the US government, and that is in turn the fault of Taylor for not holding their farms to higher standards…
That’s most of the problem, the diarrhea lettuce was coming from Mexico.
That being said, Farmer (possibly third-party, likely exclusively contracted to meet Taylor standards)->Processed by Taylor facility in Mexico->Taylor Fresh Foods->Taylor Farms->Grocery store.
The entire supply chain was Taylor the whole way regardless of what country and their “safety” checks failed.
But several stages had US safety inspections in the past.
Taylor produces millions of pounds of food every season. Impossible to avoid contamination.
100% it will happen. You know the process is broken, however, when Taco Bell is now the beacon of food safety.
Montezuma’s revenge!
Monsanto’s Revenge
Hahahahaha! Nailed it
Most of the people I know are expanding their gardens
Not necessarily cheap work, if you don’t already have good soil and such. It’s also more time intensive than people realize.
Recommend strawberries in the ground, tomatoes, snap peas, and zucchini for the easy stuff. To learn.
Anyone looking to build their soil should look up Korean Natural Farming. Cultivate and feed your local microbes and they’ll feed you. And it’s cheap.
I don’t plow, till or weed much. No tiller. Just hand tools - round point shovel, hoe and five tine fork. Clay soil. Brought sand in and use old hay bales for mulch. Soil is fantastic. Very little cost. Very little work. Huge harvest. No harmful pesticides. Those who want to garden should read Ruth Stout and Masanobu Fukuoka
I have cedars that aggressively invade any gardening attempt that isn’t hard-sealed. I have some native berry plants doing alright, they’ve evolved to handle it, but actual food crops are a huge waste of time.
They’re from Chile…
More than 1/3 of America’s produce is imported.
That was probably meant to sound like a lot.
Ok, sorry, to be more precise: Approximately 60% of its fresh fruit, and 38% of its fresh vegetables are imported. Averaged out, that’s 49% of total consumed fresh produce being imported for a population of 342 million people. So yes, it is ‘a lot.’ Google is free btw
Somehow your more than a third turned into nearly half. It’s good that you took the time to verify your work!
Wee Americans should stop exporting these water-intensive crops such as pistachios
Wee Americans are tiny Americans, why are they growing pistachios?
I can’t wait for the Pistachio Lobby and Data Center Lobby to have a range war over water rights. We can wager on it on Kalshi.
It’s the 21st century!
That’s how I am so flummoxed by their water demands! I am just a tiny pistachio
Food of this sort is mostly imported.