Anonymous
04/07/2025 11:36
Subject: Foods that will go up in price thanks to Trump's tariffs
We're going to need the cabbage lady a lot. That's all we'll be able to afford to eat soon.
Anonymous
04/07/2025 11:35
Subject: Foods that will go up in price thanks to Trump's tariffs
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Growing our own food is not cost-saving for most of us.
I have a nice-sized backyard in Maryland. There are rocks underneath, so it is not suitable for potatoes and carrots. You need good soil to be put, you need fertilizer, you need spray and fencing to protect it from the deer and the rabbits and vermin.
That is who ate my strawberries last summer to the root!
No way you can grow enough potatoes for a family of four, let alone tomatoes or fruit. Any idea how long it takes for a cherry, apple, or apricot tree to be of bearing fruit age?
Someone is speaking here about it who is not making sense and clearly has no idea what it takes to run even a small vegetable patch.
The cost of supplies needed to grow your own fruits and vegetables will be more than the cost of produce in the store. We do not live on an already-established farm in Pennsylvania. if you do, great. The supplies you need to grow your produce will still go up in cost.
We didn't grow strawberries. They aren't worth the effort.
In my current NoVA backyard, I have four blueberry bushes. They do provide more than we need. So, some berry bushes can be worth the effort. You do need to keep the birds out.
So, blueberries? And what else will you eat? And how long did it take for these bushes to produce berries? If I was to plant today, I am guessing three years at least?
Anonymous
04/07/2025 10:04
Subject: Foods that will go up in price thanks to Trump's tariffs
Anonymous wrote:Growing our own food is not cost-saving for most of us.
I have a nice-sized backyard in Maryland. There are rocks underneath, so it is not suitable for potatoes and carrots. You need good soil to be put, you need fertilizer, you need spray and fencing to protect it from the deer and the rabbits and vermin.
That is who ate my strawberries last summer to the root!
No way you can grow enough potatoes for a family of four, let alone tomatoes or fruit. Any idea how long it takes for a cherry, apple, or apricot tree to be of bearing fruit age?
Someone is speaking here about it who is not making sense and clearly has no idea what it takes to run even a small vegetable patch.
The cost of supplies needed to grow your own fruits and vegetables will be more than the cost of produce in the store. We do not live on an already-established farm in Pennsylvania. if you do, great. The supplies you need to grow your produce will still go up in cost.
We didn't grow strawberries. They aren't worth the effort.
In my current NoVA backyard, I have four blueberry bushes. They do provide more than we need. So, some berry bushes can be worth the effort. You do need to keep the birds out.
Anonymous
04/07/2025 09:33
Subject: Foods that will go up in price thanks to Trump's tariffs
Growing our own food is not cost-saving for most of us.
I have a nice-sized backyard in Maryland. There are rocks underneath, so it is not suitable for potatoes and carrots. You need good soil to be put, you need fertilizer, you need spray and fencing to protect it from the deer and the rabbits and vermin.
That is who ate my strawberries last summer to the root!
No way you can grow enough potatoes for a family of four, let alone tomatoes or fruit. Any idea how long it takes for a cherry, apple, or apricot tree to be of bearing fruit age?
Someone is speaking here about it who is not making sense and clearly has no idea what it takes to run even a small vegetable patch.
The cost of supplies needed to grow your own fruits and vegetables will be more than the cost of produce in the store. We do not live on an already-established farm in Pennsylvania. if you do, great. The supplies you need to grow your produce will still go up in cost.
I have a nice-sized backyard in Maryland. There are rocks underneath, so it is not suitable for potatoes and carrots. You need good soil to be put, you need fertilizer, you need spray and fencing to protect it from the deer and the rabbits and vermin.
That is who ate my strawberries last summer to the root!
No way you can grow enough potatoes for a family of four, let alone tomatoes or fruit. Any idea how long it takes for a cherry, apple, or apricot tree to be of bearing fruit age?
Someone is speaking here about it who is not making sense and clearly has no idea what it takes to run even a small vegetable patch.
The cost of supplies needed to grow your own fruits and vegetables will be more than the cost of produce in the store. We do not live on an already-established farm in Pennsylvania. if you do, great. The supplies you need to grow your produce will still go up in cost.
Anonymous
04/07/2025 08:36
Subject: Foods that will go up in price thanks to Trump's tariffs
Anonymous wrote:Food increased 25.8% over last year years. Sorry, no cute emoji.
25% is the low end since 2021. I spend about 50% more for a cart.
Half our produce comes from California too.
Anonymous
04/07/2025 08:35
Subject: Foods that will go up in price thanks to Trump's tariffs
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:You shouldn’t need to buy the majority of these items from another country. Many of these grow locally and most grow somewhere in the US. I can live without mangoes and tequila.
Economics 101. The price of equivalent items produced/grown in the U.S will increase to just below the new import price.
Yup. And everything will increase even local because car parts and truck parts are now more expensive. We shop most items by truck in the US.
Anonymous
04/07/2025 08:27
Subject: Foods that will go up in price thanks to Trump's tariffs
Imagine if the government stopped giving roughly $ 3 billion per day to corporations! What savings that would be! Our debt would be gone in weeks or less!
And after that, the government could subsidize everything for us, the poor citizens, or at least provide subsidies.
Oh, wait, I don't live in Norway!!!
And after that, the government could subsidize everything for us, the poor citizens, or at least provide subsidies.
Oh, wait, I don't live in Norway!!!
Anonymous
04/06/2025 21:09
Subject: Foods that will go up in price thanks to Trump's tariffs
Anonymous wrote:You shouldn’t need to buy the majority of these items from another country. Many of these grow locally and most grow somewhere in the US. I can live without mangoes and tequila.
You are not bright are you.
Florida oranges for example have a supply chain and items used to harvest them and grow them. OPPS during the harvest and growing well gee items come from other countries with tarrifs.
Locally means shit. Grown in America means shit.
Anonymous
04/06/2025 21:07
Subject: Foods that will go up in price thanks to Trump's tariffs
Well if Twitter says!
Anonymous
04/06/2025 20:12
Subject: Foods that will go up in price thanks to Trump's tariffs
Anonymous wrote:I grew up somewhere that tried to be autarchic and only imported bare minimum of food they could get away with (yes, former USSR.) People tried to grow their own vegetables and fruit.
Can you live that way? Sure, nobody in my family starved to death and there was a lot of pickling and canning of fruit and veggies to have something for the winter. But the question is WHY? Why on earth would you choose to live this way if you don’t have to. The tariffs aren’t because we are about to go to war with the whole world and so can’t rely on anyone and they are certainly not coupled with any thought out plan to bring industry and farming back.
It’s not that you can’t live like a medieval peasant or a Soviet citizen but why? Why would anyone volunteer for that extremely unfun way of life?
I grew up on a subsistence farm in rural PA. We had about an acre of garden, an old apple orchard, and some chickens to support four people. We still supplemented with store bought food because it's not easy.
Anonymous
04/06/2025 20:06
Subject: Foods that will go up in price thanks to Trump's tariffs
Anonymous wrote:I grew up somewhere that tried to be autarchic and only imported bare minimum of food they could get away with (yes, former USSR.) People tried to grow their own vegetables and fruit.
Can you live that way? Sure, nobody in my family starved to death and there was a lot of pickling and canning of fruit and veggies to have something for the winter. But the question is WHY? Why on earth would you choose to live this way if you don’t have to. The tariffs aren’t because we are about to go to war with the whole world and so can’t rely on anyone and they are certainly not coupled with any thought out plan to bring industry and farming back.
It’s not that you can’t live like a medieval peasant or a Soviet citizen but why? Why would anyone volunteer for that extremely unfun way of life?
The irony of this post...........
Anonymous
04/06/2025 19:00
Subject: Foods that will go up in price thanks to Trump's tariffs
Anonymous wrote:I grew up somewhere that tried to be autarchic and only imported bare minimum of food they could get away with (yes, former USSR.) People tried to grow their own vegetables and fruit.
Can you live that way? Sure, nobody in my family starved to death and there was a lot of pickling and canning of fruit and veggies to have something for the winter. But the question is WHY? Why on earth would you choose to live this way if you don’t have to. The tariffs aren’t because we are about to go to war with the whole world and so can’t rely on anyone and they are certainly not coupled with any thought out plan to bring industry and farming back.
It’s not that you can’t live like a medieval peasant or a Soviet citizen but why? Why would anyone volunteer for that extremely unfun way of life?
Exactly! The idiots saying they’ll just grown their own food… 🤦🏼♀️
Anonymous
04/06/2025 18:57
Subject: Foods that will go up in price thanks to Trump's tariffs
I grew up somewhere that tried to be autarchic and only imported bare minimum of food they could get away with (yes, former USSR.) People tried to grow their own vegetables and fruit.
Can you live that way? Sure, nobody in my family starved to death and there was a lot of pickling and canning of fruit and veggies to have something for the winter. But the question is WHY? Why on earth would you choose to live this way if you don’t have to. The tariffs aren’t because we are about to go to war with the whole world and so can’t rely on anyone and they are certainly not coupled with any thought out plan to bring industry and farming back.
It’s not that you can’t live like a medieval peasant or a Soviet citizen but why? Why would anyone volunteer for that extremely unfun way of life?
Can you live that way? Sure, nobody in my family starved to death and there was a lot of pickling and canning of fruit and veggies to have something for the winter. But the question is WHY? Why on earth would you choose to live this way if you don’t have to. The tariffs aren’t because we are about to go to war with the whole world and so can’t rely on anyone and they are certainly not coupled with any thought out plan to bring industry and farming back.
It’s not that you can’t live like a medieval peasant or a Soviet citizen but why? Why would anyone volunteer for that extremely unfun way of life?
Anonymous
04/06/2025 18:41
Subject: Re:Foods that will go up in price thanks to Trump's tariffs
I’m good with this if it keeps fentanyl from our country.
Right now, a minimal amount of fentanyl comes into the US from Canada. Less than one percent of fentanyl confiscated by border guards has been seized at the Canadian border.
Second, fentanyl is synthetic; it's not like heroin which is derived from poppies that have to be grown. In the unlikely event that imports can be stopped, it will be manufactured here in the US. Indeed, it already is as it is a controlled substance which is prescribed by physicians for acute pain.
The ingredients used to make the drug are coming from China and India, not Mexico or Canada. It is being manufactured in Mexico, but manufacturing facilities can easily be moved to other countries, including the US.
Meth labs popped up all over the US. Fentanyl labs will too.
Anonymous
04/06/2025 18:13
Subject: Foods that will go up in price thanks to Trump's tariffs
Anonymous wrote:Don’t care. I can grow most of these things in my backyard.
Idiotic. I assume you’ll also grow cotton and then manufacture it into fabric and make your own clothes, and you’ll wash it all by hand once your washing machine breaks and becomes expensive to repair, and of course you’ll do all of this while you do your actual job? And we’ll all do that and each person will become subsistence farmers because that’s the ultimate goal?
Where have people’s brains gone?