Support US Vendors and Farmers

txskies · ‎02-13-2012

I belive in purchasing items from the U.S.

Recently, one of the vendors from the U.K. was on the U.S. QVC with David Venable,

selling pies from the U.K., with fruits grown in U.K. orchards.

Don't we have enough vendors who make wonderful bakery items, with fruits grown in the US?

proudlyfromNJ · ‎05-01-2010

@txskies wrote:
I belive in purchasing items from the U.S.
Recently, one of the vendors from the U.K. was on the U.S. QVC with David Venable,
selling pies from the U.K., with fruits grown in U.K. orchards.
Don't we have enough vendors who make wonderful bakery items, with fruits grown in the US?

@txskies. You should probably speak to your local grocery stores about this. Everytime I check the fruits and veggies, they come from somewhere else. Are your stores the same?

makena · ‎10-29-2016

We probably do. We have lots and lots of fresh fruit orchards that also sell home-made baked goods and jelly and what not. I think it's a lot of hard work and one would have to jump through many hoops to start a business. So many regulations. One would need time and money.

software · ‎06-08-2016

@txskies wrote:
I belive in purchasing items from the U.S.
Recently, one of the vendors from the U.K. was on the U.S. QVC with David Venable,
selling pies from the U.K., with fruits grown in U.K. orchards.
Don't we have enough vendors who make wonderful bakery items, with fruits grown in the US?

Good luck finding it.

Unless you have a local source, it's almost impossible to find grown in USA products at grocery stores.

The Germack TSV from yesterday uses fruits & nuts from all over the world.

Because they only source the best - so they say.

suzyQ3 · ‎03-09-2010

Depending upon the season, I see U.S produce all the time where I shop. When something is out of season, it's often from another country. That's okay with me. The issue of just buying US ignores the complicated issue of import/export and trade.

Some of the best produce we have comes from Mexico, which btw, has very stringent regulations.

I would not want to see a lessening of regulations when it comes to food or anything else that affects our health and safety.

~Who in the world am I? Ah, that's the great puzzle~ Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland

millieshops · ‎03-09-2010

And should residents of those countries also stop buying our products?

That's pretty much what's going to happen if we put up barriers. Just think - if she didn't also sell in Europe, Susan could be on our QVC much more often.

Trade is just that - trade - it can't be a one-way street. I don't worry nearly as much about buying everything I buy being made here - just that some of what I buy is.

I can no longer cite the source, but an economist I read a few years back said that if each of us made one (that's right, just one) conscious choice to buy made in the USA, that would go a huge way toward balancing our import/export figures. I do that, and then I buy products I want without any guilt.

millieshops · ‎03-09-2010

I just supported my local farm stand, but if I were feeding a bunch of big eaters, I'd be shopping elsewhere: one ear of corn and a good-sized serving of green beans = $1.49.

I'm feeding just me and the other day I was in the supermarket intending to stop at the stand on my way home for just one ear of corn. They do sell great veggies! But I got lazy and "saved" a quarter and a bit of time. Served me right - I now know for sure that the stand outranks the supermarket when it comes to corn - big time.

txskies · ‎02-13-2012

I am afraid that some missed my point on this post. A host from QVC in the U.K. was selling pies on our QVC in the US. QVC has many vendors who offer delicious pastries, etc. I personally want to buy from those vendors within our own state.

Moonchilde · ‎05-23-2010

@txskies wrote:

I am afraid that some missed my point on this post. A host from QVC in the U.K. was selling pies on our QVC in the US. QVC has many vendors who offer delicious pastries, etc. I personally want to buy from those vendors within our own state.

I don't think anyone missed the point. The point others are making is that they personally don't always choose to "buy American" just because it's there, or do without when it isn't. They feel free to do as they choose, including not buying American for every item.

What about the French croissants QVC sells? There are a bazillion places one can buy croissants in the US, frozen or fresh. Should QVC not sell the croissants from France either?

Many people want to try a product specifically because it's made in another country. And this particular product is QVC UK's #1 best-selling food, or close to it. I like the idea that QVC will send our vendors there and bring their vendors here - it's variety - something sorely lacking in QVC programming. People want different - and that includes mdse from outside the US.

If QVc tried to go all US-made it would be out of business in six months.

Life without Mexican food is no life at all

Sunshine Kate · ‎03-10-2010

I buy anything and everything I can that has been made in the U. S. The problem is there are more foreign goods, namely made in China, than anyplace else. It's hard to find made in the U. S.

I buy produce only from local farms. I will buy from another country only if it's a last resort.