Agriculture

[drknstrmyknight]

I love peppers. I buy a lot of peppers. TOday a buy some bell peppers and when I get home I notice the green peppers are from Florida. The yellow peppers are from Cananda. The red peppers are from friggin' Holland! We can't grow food here any more? Holland and Canada are not tropical paradises, why can't we grow our own food in Michigan? How can it be economical to send sweet peppers from Holland?

 

[Cadillac Kid]

A couple years ago we were in Food Town, a supermarket in Kauai Hawaii , and noticed the Pinaeapples were imported from South America. We ended up going to a local farmers market and finding the best pineapple I have ever tasted.

Now that summer is almost here, it is easy to find a huge selection of local grown fruits and veggies. I like the idea of local produce -- it is fresher and tastes much better.

 

[toxcrusadr]

Peppers take months to grow, we dont' see local ones around here till June or July, and Michigan is even farther north. I know what you mean though, I've started watching those labels like a hawk. Fortunately most of the stores list the country of origin on the produce signs, if not you can find it on the stickers.

 

[Redikilowatt]

. . . .
Now that summer is almost here, it is easy to find a huge selection of local grown fruits and veggies. I like the idea of local produce -- it is fresher and tastes much better.

+1 :thmbsp:
Buy local when possible. It's good for farmers and you.
However, it does limit your choices to seasonal products.
Now it a great time for fresh strawberries . . . but, we will have to wait awhile for corn and 'maters :yes:

And support organizations like RAFI-USA.
OK, my wife is executive director

Roger

 

[hayseed]

Peppers probably could be grown commercially in greenhouses year round in Michigan, but the cost of heating a greenhouse and supplemental lighting through the winter would make them the most expensive peppers you have ever seen.

 

[GlobalWarming]

Holland produces A LOT of tomatoes and peppers for that matter; their tomatoes and peppers are found everywhere in Europe.

I guess they can produce them cheaper........

 

[drknstrmyknight]

Peppers probably could be grown commercially in greenhouses year round in Michigan, but the cost of heating a greenhouse and supplemental lighting through the winter would make them the most expensive peppers you have ever seen.

The frickin' things are $5 a lb in the winter when I can buy a whole strip of Choice beef for $2.99.

 

[hayseed]

You aint a kidin' they aint much cheaper in the summer. I grow as many as I can in the summer, I took a run at growing some through the winter...epic fail.