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[Moonchilde]

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@Cakers3 wrote:

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@Moonchilde wrote:

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@chrystaltree wrote:

The alternative is not eating celery.  If you can afford it, go for it.  I read that the prices for all our CA grown produce are going to shoot through the roof, prices will be riculously high because the farmers don't have the Mexican labor that they depend on, much of their crops will rot on th vines this year because there's no one to pick it.  $3 for celery might just be a dream price in few months.

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I drove past multiple fields yesterday being picked. I don't know where the "farmers don't have the (Mexican) labor" comes from, but it isn't true. If anything raises the price of Western produce this year it will be the February floods and storms. I live virtually in the middle of "America's Salad Bowl/The Salad Bowl of the World" and there ain't no pickin' problems that I've seen - or heard in any local media. There is definitely NO food "rotting in the fields because there's no one to pick it." Completely false. I live smack dab in the middle of it. There is no issue.

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@Moonchilde  CNN reported that there is "food rotting in the fields".    The LA TImes has also commented on the shortage of labor being reported by farmers in CA.

You could not possibly have seen every farm field in the state.

Unless the media is not telling the truth your post is only valid in terms of the floods and storms.   And drought.

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LOL. I live in the largest produce area in the nation. Could there be a field rotting in a part of the state? Sure. Is it significant? I highly doubt it. Do you live in CA? Have you seen/heard it on your local media?

I suspect the stories are politically motivated. There hasn't been large amounts of labor direct from Mexico for years. It's illegal, in case no one's noticed. Whether a field worker is "legal" or not, they live here.

Political scare tactics. What "might" happen IF ....

So - go ahead and have my post removed for being "political" and "controversial" and it will look like I don't know what I'm talking about :-)

I have ZERO agenda in this thread. None whatsoever, except the actual truth. But clearly, some do.

[CelticCrafter]

@Cakers3 & @catwhisperer  I wish they did it here, the whole bunch is too much and most of it gets thrown away because it's turned to slime.

I only use it in tuna, chicken and potato salads.

[magicmoodz]

I charge all my groceries and just paid my bill today.   Recognizing we are a family of two, I am appalled.  The problem is for the most part we eat healthy.  I don't even like fruit, but my husband must.eat.much.fruit.everyday.

Last fall avocados were pushing $2.00/ea.  Then the price dropped drastically--$1.00/ea.  Now all of a sudden they are $2.99/ea.  I used to pay $3-4.00 a bag for naval oranges.  Now that same bag costs $8.99.   

Perhaps we should tie the in-our-face, never-ending debate on healthcare with how the masses can afford healthy groceries instead of white bread, mac and cheese and Doritos.  

[Cakers3]

@Moonchilde  Holy cow calm down already.  Nobody is looking to remove your post.

I'm not saying you don't know what you are talking about; I'm only posting what FARMERS are saying.

Yikes.  A person also doesn't have to live in CA to read about farming conditions in that state.  I'm not locked into only what goes on in mine.  

[Cakers3]

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@CelticCrafter wrote:

@Cakers3 & @catwhisperer  I wish they did it here, the whole bunch is too much and most of it gets thrown away because it's turned to slime.

I only use it in tuna, chicken and potato salads.

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@CelticCrafter  And sometimes the inner stalks are too yellow and bitter to eat.  Ok for soups and such but some of those small inner stalks are just not good for anything except for the leaves.

[SusieQ_2]

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@Julie928 wrote:

@Marp ~ Food is so expensive.  I've often wondered how families with a couple (or more) kids do it.  I see what we pay for groceries and it's just my husband and I.  I don't know if you have one near you, but I really like shopping at Aldi.  My mom and I just shopped there this morning ~ I got lots of good things, fresh fruit, etc for about $30.00.  It might be worth a visit. 

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Absolutely true @Julie928. I was a totally anti-Aldi until I saw a thread here a few months back praising it for its good prices and decided to take a look. I'm so glad I did.

Celery is never more than 98 cents. I got 16 ounces of nice big blueberries for $1.29 and beautiful strawberries for 89 cents! 

It's not the place I'd shop for everything, but since it's a 5 minute drive from Trader Joe's as well as my main grocery store it's definitely worth making an extra stop. 

Sometimes they have stuff the other stores don't have too. At Easter they had the cutest paper towels with spring flowers on them for 1 dollar a roll. I bought 12 so they'd last all summer. Yes, having cute paper towels is a must! 

If you have an Aldi near you it's definitely worth taking a look. 

[QueenDanceALot]

How did KFC get into a thread about celery?

[Cakers3]

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@magicmoodz wrote:

I charge all my groceries and just paid my bill today.   Recognizing we are a family of two, I am appalled.  The problem is for the most part we eat healthy.  I don't even like fruit, but my husband must.eat.much.fruit.everyday.

Last fall avocados were pushing $2.00/ea.  Then the price dropped drastically--$1.00/ea.  Now all of a sudden they are $2.99/ea.  I used to pay $3-4.00 a bag for naval oranges.  Now that same bag costs $8.99.   

Perhaps we should tie the in-our-face, never-ending debate on healthcare with how the masses can afford healthy groceries instead of white bread, mac and cheese and Doritos.  

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@magicmoodz  I'm not sure if your last paragraph is serious or not.  DH and I eat healthy but we certainly are not rich.

I will say that the useless carbs in mac and cheese, white bread, etc. are cheaper and that is why those are part of the health issues poorer people face.

But not everyone who is endowed with a lot of $$ eat healthy, too.  That is a myth.

And not everyone who is not so endowed with a lot of $$ do eat healthier than some of their counterparts.

[Cakers3]

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@QueenDanceALot wrote:

How did KFC get into a thread about celery?

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@QueenDanceALot  Because @sidsmom misinterpreted my post.  LOL

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@Marp wrote:

I can't decide which is worse, the fact that my grocery store is charging $2.98 for a bunch of regular (non-organic) celery or the fact that I paid that much for it.

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I just bought a bunch of organic celery this morning for $3.29 and didn't bat an eye. If I like it and am going to use it then its worth whatever I pay.