- Donald Trump has imposed a 17 per cent tariff on tomatoes imported from Mexico, raising concerns about increased prices for consumers and businesses.
- The tariffs took effect after the US withdrew from the nearly three-decade-old Tomato Suspension Agreement, with the Secretary of Commerce stating American farmers had been ‘crushed by unfair trade practices’. The Commerce Department calculated the 17 per cent import tax to measure the percentage by which Mexican tomatoes were allegedly sold at unfair prices in the US.
- The measure is expected to result in higher costs at supermarkets and restaurants, with one Californian restaurant owner predicting bankruptcy within three months.
- Mexico, which supplies about 70 per cent of US tomatoes, has refuted claims of dumping, insisting the popularity of their produce is due to its quality, and stated that substitution would be impossible.
I’m so glad I accidentally over planted tomato seeds now. I’ll have to give some extras to our neighbors, we really only have a little patio to put stuff on or the apartment flips out.
My neighbors have some really good-looking Roma tomatoes out front. They’ve had a good crop this summer. I’ll bet they taste a lot better than the ones from the grocery store, too.
You can have hydroponic cherry tomatoes indoors in 90 days.
The initial setup needs lights and aquarium air pump some rock wool tomato seeds and a couple of 5 gallon buckets and a little hydroponic fertilizer.
Look out for each other.
Society is no longer.
But we are strong together.
What an odd statement. What is society, if not a group of people looking out for each other?