AI6YR BenJul 14

This headline is ridiculous. The US is currently cracking down on the people who harvest US tomatoes and sending them to a swamp concentration camp with no representation and due process, and publicly hoping people get eaten by alligators.

#politics

Show threadJohn Timaeus

@ai6yr

And the reason we buy fresh tomatoes from elsewhere is because of seasons. I can make fresh Arkansas tomatoes about 120 days a year.
But you aren't getting a fresh tomato in February from anywhere in Conus that isn't an enclosed building with added heat and/or light.

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Show threadAI6YR BenJul 15
@johntimaeus Yep... global market, rotating supply depending on year. But these folks don't understand (or care).
Show threadRoger MooreJul 15
@johntimaeus @ai6yr
There are a few places in the far south of CONUS where you can grow tomatoes outdoors in the winter. My local farmers market has them from the Coachella valley in Southern California. It's not even close to enough to feed the whole country's demand, though.