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stillcool

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Mon Mar-24-08 08:18 PM
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9. At a price he can survive..

I've read about many farmers being priced out of their livelihood. I can't believe how much of the produce at the Grocery store is imported. Eventually we may all have to move to Mexico, India, and China in order to work.

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-Bye bye tomatoes	lonestarnot	Mar-24-08 08:09 PM	#0
- He can't find enough workers at his price, more accurately	DS1	Mar-24-08 08:11 PM	#1
- At a price he can survive..	stillcool47	Mar-24-08 08:18 PM	#9
- Hey, I've got an idea!	Lasher	Mar-24-08 08:58 PM	#18
- The problem is selling food as a commodity	sybylla	Mar-25-08 08:41 AM	#34
- How much does it pay? I'll do it. n/t	Mojambo	Mar-24-08 08:11 PM	#2
- the name is right there..	stillcool47	Mar-24-08 08:14 PM	#6
- But . . . but . . . I thought without immigrants,Americans would harvest them at $17 an hour, health	RGBolen	Mar-24-08 08:12 PM	#3
- Yes, isn't that why we're building the TexMex wall???	Idealist Hippie	Mar-24-08 09:52 PM	#22
- How much is he paying? Where do they stay?	WHEN CRABS ROAR	Mar-24-08 08:12 PM	#4
- I know this doesn't address your post, but in the mean time just grow your own.	tridim	Mar-24-08 08:13 PM	#5
- AZ heat and bugs don't favor them. I tried last year.	lonestarnot	Mar-24-08 08:19 PM	#10
- I'd probably have a greenhouse if I were in AZ.	tridim	Mar-24-08 08:40 PM	#15
- Exactly! nt	wildbilln864	Mar-24-08 08:30 PM	#14
- I grow lots of tomatoes and put them up in mason jars.	Lasher	Mar-24-08 08:46 PM	#16
- Hubby and I loved putting up tomatoes last year.	knitter4democracy	Mar-24-08 09:55 PM	#24
- That's OK, they'll keep at least 2 years.	Lasher	Mar-24-08 10:41 PM	#28
- Mmmm. Sweet pickles. drool	knitter4democracy	Mar-24-08 10:45 PM	#29
- Lots of work.	Lasher	Mar-24-08 11:44 PM	#32
- I just bought a pound	hifalutin	Mar-24-08 08:46 PM	#17
- we are still using frozen puree from last year's crop and new ones are blossoming now nt	msongs	Mar-24-08 08:16 PM	#7
- I wonder why he's really stopping it.	Gormy Cuss	Mar-24-08 08:16 PM	#8
- I am sure some cotton growers went out of business when slavery ended.	MiltonF	Mar-24-08 08:20 PM	#11
- "Though Eckel's tomato pickers made an average of $16.59 per hour last year,	varelse	Mar-24-08 08:24 PM	#12
- $16.59 is not a lot for a seasonal job with no benefits.	MiltonF	Mar-24-08 08:28 PM	#13
- i would think that there are plenty of people with NO job who would jump at it.	QuestionAll	Mar-24-08 10:07 PM	#26
- when I was younger	varelse	Mar-25-08 07:55 AM	#33
- 90-degree weather in NORTHEASTERN PA?? How the hell often does that happen??	kath	Mar-24-08 10:59 PM	#30
- Grow your own ...	avenger64	Mar-24-08 08:59 PM	#19
- Here's the REAL reason	Ikonoklast	Mar-24-08 09:01 PM	#20
- this is nothing new	madrchsod	Mar-24-08 09:12 PM	#21
- That's okay, I'm growing my own this year.	knitter4democracy	Mar-24-08 09:54 PM	#23
- So...we can send the conservatives over there to work	kevinbgoode	Mar-24-08 10:03 PM	#25
- I haven't eaten store bought tomatoes in about 10 years-when they came out w/GMO-flavor-savor	fed-up	Mar-24-08 10:40 PM	#27
- I've been growing my own tomatoes for years. Buh Bye! N/T	cherokeeprogressive	Mar-24-08 11:01 PM	#31

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