Jean B. wrote:
> Dave Smith wrote:
>> AFAIK, all processed and canned foods here indicate the country of
>> origin. However, raw seafood does not. I am going to be looking a lot
>> more carefully at food origins. There have been too many problems
>> lately with Chinese food products. The latest to be recalled is yogurt
>> for crying out loud. Don't we have enough cows and dairies here that
>> we don't have to import dairy products from China?
>
> And suddenly I have notice a lot of our fruit products are coming from
> China. What happened to OUR orchards? Are we just going to put our
> farmers out of business and get out food from elsewhere? That sounds
> extremely unwise to me, for more than one reason.
>

I live in the middle of a very productive fruit belt but farmers are
having a hard time because the last cannery closed its doors last year.
It's great for those of us who enjoy fresh fruits and vegetables, but
the farmers used to sell most of their produce to the canneries. I
always tried to get the locally canned stuff, but most of it is from
Asia or South Africa now.