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Interesting. I live in California and buy produce from growers at the farmer's market. Neither the supply nor the price of lettuce (or avocados) has changed. A head of lettuce is $1, a nice big avocado is also $1. Today strawberries were down to $5 for three pints. I guess we have plenty for ourselves but not enough to shipping out of the area.
I wish. Where I am in the Midwest, places put out SALE!!!! placards, and have not-very-large avocados touted as, "2/$4!!!!" Like it is some kind of steal.
I've been buying packages of 3 romaine hearts for $3 or less, & this week & last it was $5, so no salad now. It's happened before, the price will readjust.
I wish. Where I am in the Midwest, places put out SALE!!!! placards, and have not-very-large avocados touted as, "2/$4!!!!" Like it is some kind of steal.
Avacados are usually on sale for $1 here, and $2 when there isn't a sale.
Of course things like avocados will be generally less here, as the cost of shipping is less. But the fact is, most supermarket avocados come from Mexico these days. A lot of California growers took out their trees during the drought and planted table grapes, which use less water and sell for a higher price. I heard this "straight from the horse's mouth," a longtime farmer's market vendor who still grows citrus and avocados in Riverside.
But man, his avocados are just the best. Never stringy, never brown inside, and when the Hass go out of season he has varieties we never see in the supermarkets (Fuerte, Reed).
We usually get avocados for 49 cents here, or sometimes 3/$1.00. You can pay more for bigger avocados, and those are usually $1.50, but the bigger avocados just have bigger seeds, so it's not really a better deal.
Of course things like avocados will be generally less here, as the cost of shipping is less. But the fact is, most supermarket avocados come from Mexico these days. A lot of California growers took out their trees during the drought and planted table grapes, which use less water and sell for a higher price. I heard this "straight from the horse's mouth," a longtime farmer's market vendor who still grows citrus and avocados in Riverside.
But man, his avocados are just the best. Never stringy, never brown inside, and when the Hass go out of season he has varieties we never see in the supermarkets (Fuerte, Reed).
This started happening more than 20 years ago. I lived near Fallbrook, CA, the former "Avocado Capital of the World"...and it really was...groves on every hillside. The growers replaced them with macadamia nut trees...less water, more profit. Even if you lived in SoCal, avocados got really expensive, & all the good ones were shipped elsewhere.
We ended up planting our own trees, & the only thing I really miss about SoCal is our homegrown avos, blood oranges, tangerines, Meyer lemons & Mexican limes...kills me to buy that stuff, & when I do, it sucks in quality.
Yep, none of the restaurants around here can find decent romaine lettuce.
California drought.
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