Silicon Valley Tom
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They tell us that California grows 50% of the Nations Produce. What I have observed here in the San Francisco Bay Area, is that about 95% of the produce sold at our markets is from Mexico. It was not that way a few years ago. How about other areas of the United States? I would appreciate a response from others who live in other states.
I have not been out of California since 1994, so I cannot comment on what is going on in other states. Do you see produce from California, or Mexico, and what is the percentage? I remember when I was in the Air Force, and lived in Florida, Texas, Mississippi, Oregon, and Missouri. Produce and wine from California were twice as expensive in other states, as they were in California. You never saw anything from Mexico.
Times change and all that.
My thoughts are that the California based produce sellers sell to other states at a premium, and import produce from Mexico, sell in in California, for a fraction of what it is worth. This is done to increase their profit margin, and sell our produce to other states for as much as they can.
Tom
I have not been out of California since 1994, so I cannot comment on what is going on in other states. Do you see produce from California, or Mexico, and what is the percentage? I remember when I was in the Air Force, and lived in Florida, Texas, Mississippi, Oregon, and Missouri. Produce and wine from California were twice as expensive in other states, as they were in California. You never saw anything from Mexico.
Times change and all that.
My thoughts are that the California based produce sellers sell to other states at a premium, and import produce from Mexico, sell in in California, for a fraction of what it is worth. This is done to increase their profit margin, and sell our produce to other states for as much as they can.
Tom