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2. MAGA is bringing down inflation in an upwards direction

Mon Sep 22, 2025, 09:07 AM

Sep 2025

by making it great again. Tariffs and mass deportations are great for inflation in fruits and vegetables.

For the orange at Christmas treat, winter is orange season. Florida has other perennial problems like blight killing their orchards. But generally winter is the time to get in season oranges in the US from other states like California.

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Shoppers now facing 'fruit and veggie flation' this fall [View all] BumRushDaShow Sep 2025 OP

That's what I always say when people start ranting about trade, don't they like strawberries in January? Walleye Sep 2025 #1

California harvests strawberries in January and February. quaint Sep 2025 #3

Surprised he hasn't put a tariff on California Walleye Sep 2025 #6

He has done everything else. quaint Sep 2025 #10

The vast majority of Cali farmers are RW looney tunes wolfie001 Sep 2025 #12

I don't like poorly-regulated Chinese food. Won't buy it. . . . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Sep 2025 #28

Oh, don't worry they're working on Bettie Sep 2025 #41

Yeah. Before they finish, many Canadians like me have already been boycotting US food, goods, and services Bernardo de La Paz Sep 2025 #42

Remember, tRUMP has essentially eliminated the EPA wolfie001 Sep 2025 #46

And citrus is a winter crop in Florida. iemanja Sep 2025 #53

MAGA is bringing down inflation in an upwards direction IronLionZion Sep 2025 #2

I have grown potted oranges (mostly mandarins) and yes based on when they bloom and ripen BumRushDaShow Sep 2025 #5

Google gave me this for California orange season IronLionZion Sep 2025 #8

And both FL & CA are above the equator BumRushDaShow Sep 2025 #11

Russia: potatoes and rutabagas (turnips). Cabbage too wolfie001 Sep 2025 #15

They'll have to compete with those "Maine-uh" potatoes! BumRushDaShow Sep 2025 #18

I love me some potatoes! wolfie001 Sep 2025 #19

... BumRushDaShow Sep 2025 #21

OMG, I'm old enough that I can remember sticking those pieces into actual potatoes, just like in that commercial! ShazzieB Sep 2025 #32

Me too BumRushDaShow Sep 2025 #36

I had one as a kid wolfie001 Sep 2025 #45

And one of these - BumRushDaShow Sep 2025 #58

Gumbo way before Eddie Murphy! wolfie001 Sep 2025 #61

Eddie Murphy did do a good Gumby! BumRushDaShow Sep 2025 #65

He saved SNL after all the heavyweights left wolfie001 Sep 2025 #67

My wife bought grapefruit at Shoprite yesterday. We looked at the bag, and they're product of South Africa. patphil Sep 2025 #22

Who knew Alaska was a major orange growing region! Bernardo de La Paz Sep 2025 #29

They should have included Hawai'i on that map BumRushDaShow Sep 2025 #33

K&R BlueWavePsych Sep 2025 #4

Excellent graphic! Marthe48 Sep 2025 #14

Yep - paid $2.29/lb for broccoli yesterday... MANative Sep 2025 #7

LOL, that's dirt cheap. maxsolomon Sep 2025 #54

Wow - that's insane! MANative Sep 2025 #57

Thanks. It's not just food. Gas is $4.89 for regular in the city. maxsolomon Sep 2025 #60

Gas isn't too crazy here because... MANative Sep 2025 #63

Add it on to the utterly ridiculous meat-flation of summer, I guess Prairie Gates Sep 2025 #9

Either skipping meals, or eating lots of beans and rice! ShazzieB Sep 2025 #34

Meat-flation has forced me to go with more friuts and vegetables. Dr. T Sep 2025 #35

That's a healthy way to go. Gimpyknee Sep 2025 #56

I have assembled homegirl Sep 2025 #13

I grow sprouts Marthe48 Sep 2025 #16

The lettuce should be easy BumRushDaShow Sep 2025 #20

unless you have serious frost where you are, variety Sierra has done well for me in all seasons. Slow to bolt, wiggs Sep 2025 #26

Won't be long before the "Opposite People" will start crawling out of the woodwork. chouchou Sep 2025 #17

"We have always been at war with Veggieflation." Qutzupalotl Sep 2025 #23

Republicans advise stocking up on bananas. twodogsbarking Sep 2025 #24

One of the most annoying things about American English SidneyR Sep 2025 #25

Just like "-gate" BumRushDaShow Sep 2025 #39

Something we can hang around the Republican Party's collective neck, and we're talking about "language abuse" instead? ck4829 Sep 2025 #51

Paid $11 for a small jar of avocado mayo yesterday at Sprouts. Some things seem quite high. nt wiggs Sep 2025 #27

I bought a bag of mandarins Captain Zero Sep 2025 #30

I remember waxed cardboard cartons with grapefruit and oranges on dry ice. Harker Sep 2025 #31

"fruit and veggie flation" JoseBalow Sep 2025 #37

Where and when I grew up people canned fruits. The cellar would be full by late fall. You didn't have the chance twodogsbarking Sep 2025 #38

Wholesale fresh and dry vegetables up 17.9% from June to August, per Producer Price Index progree Sep 2025 #40

Broccoli up 50% from last week bucolic_frolic Sep 2025 #43

I've been buying frozen broccoli florets BumRushDaShow Sep 2025 #44

Have to wonder if they're worth years of refrigeration. bucolic_frolic Sep 2025 #47

I have a deep freezer that I can put stuff like that in BumRushDaShow Sep 2025 #49

I get it, that's a good idea. bucolic_frolic Sep 2025 #50

For veggies BumRushDaShow Sep 2025 #52

Literally wondering whether we need to start a Trump Garden JCMach1 Sep 2025 #48

Son & daughter grew tomatoes this year for the first time; bountiful crop. No Vested Interest Sep 2025 #55

Haven't Noticed It Here Yet, But... ProfessorGAC Sep 2025 #59

fucking repuke voters Skittles Sep 2025 #62

K&R ck4829 Sep 2025 #64

its the trump economy samsingh Sep 2025 #66

You think vegies are expensive now? Aussie105 Sep 2025 #68

Produce here in NM is getting tougher to find reliably Warpy Sep 2025 #69

Remember the huge uptick in froduce prices a few years ago? BobTheSubgenius Sep 2025 #70