Dave Smith wrote:
> 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.
>
Last night, I made a point of getting some canned pears that were
from the US. They were very hard to find. We'd better start
supporting our farmers--first local, then at least in this
country, or we are going to be in big trouble.

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Jean B.