Made in the USA

[CivicFan]

It looks like the only food that you can reliably say is Made in the USA are the hippie style foods. Right now I am snacking on GoRaw "Pizza Flax Snax" made in a solar powered facility so no foreign oil is used either.

All those worried about the disappearing American males, switch to raw organic foods.

 

[123Saab]

Made in the USA.

http://www.hereford.org/

 

[leeharvey418]

Beef: It's what's for dinner.

 

[The motor guy]

You mean even our food is made in china? And to think people are wondering why they can't find a job. There aren't any. I'm sure the beef and fish and that kind of stuff is made in USA.

 

[Spazdog]

When it's labled "100% American Beef" what exactly does that mean.

Beef from Argentina would technically be "American". Granted it's South American.

I can taste the difference between shrimp wild caught in the Gulf of Mexico and those caught somewhere between People's and Taiwan Republic of China. In spite of BP's efforts, Gulf coastal shrimp are still the best. (followed closely by SE USA Atlantic shrimp)

 

[CivicFan]

Originally Posted By: motor_oil_madman
You mean even our food is made in china? And to think people are wondering why they can't find a job. There aren't any. I'm sure the beef and fish and that kind of stuff is made in USA.


A lot of the shrimp sold is from Chinese farms. They use antibiotics liberally because they can: we do not have regulations controlling their use in food. Same goes for farmed catfish from China or Vietnam.

Beef can be from Argentina or Brazil and you don't know what they use for the cattle: they could be as bad as the beef grown in the US or even worse.

 

[Bluestream]

Originally Posted By: CivicFan
made in a solar powered facility so no foreign oil is used either.


Hummm, makes one wonder if the Sun is "foreign" or American...

 

[Pop_Rivit]

Originally Posted By: CivicFan
It looks like the only food that you can reliably say is Made in the USA are the hippie style foods.


I would disagree.

We buy beef a couple times a year in bulk. It comes from a local locker which only deals with local farmers who generally run smaller herds. Same with pork, chicken and turkey. We purchase our eggs from a local farmer, and much of our produce is either grown by us or purchased at a local farmers market. Most of the in season produce at our grocery store is local (sweet corn, watermelons, cantalope, etc). We make much of our own food such as breads and pasta, and most of our fish comes from a local restaurant that also sells fresh fish flown in that morning (my wife picks it up a couple times a week).

I can reliably say that the majority of my food is produced in the USA. There are a few things that are not, such as out of season fruits and vegetables and olive oil, but I'd venture to guess that more than 75% of our food is local.

And I wouldn't call it "hippie food", whatever that means.

 

[HTSS_TR]

Originally Posted By: Spazdog
When it's labled "100% American Beef" what exactly does that mean.

Beef from Argentina would technically be "American". Granted it's South American.

I can taste the difference between shrimp wild caught in the Gulf of Mexico and those caught somewhere between People's and Taiwan Republic of China. In spite of BP's efforts, Gulf coastal shrimp are still the best. (followed closely by SE USA Atlantic shrimp)

I agree. When I was in Minnesota we had some Gulf shrimp and the price was very reasonable. I didn't see any Gulf shrimp in any groceries store here in So Cal.

 

[123Saab]

Originally Posted By: Pop_Rivit
Originally Posted By: CivicFan
It looks like the only food that you can reliably say is Made in the USA are the hippie style foods.


I would disagree.

We buy beef a couple times a year in bulk. It comes from a local locker which only deals with local farmers who generally run smaller herds. Same with pork, chicken and turkey. We purchase our eggs from a local farmer, and much of our produce is either grown by us or purchased at a local farmers market. Most of the in season produce at our grocery store is local (sweet corn, watermelons, cantalope, etc). We make much of our own food such as breads and pasta, and most of our fish comes from a local restaurant that also sells fresh fish flown in that morning (my wife picks it up a couple times a week).

I can reliably say that the majority of my food is produced in the USA. There are a few things that are not, such as out of season fruits and vegetables and olive oil, but I'd venture to guess that more than 75% of our food is local.

And I wouldn't call it "hippie food", whatever that means.


Amen to that.

I get 99% of what We eat from local farmers.

 

[JHZR2]

+1, there is a reason why NJ is the Garden State...

Of course we also have a little hint called winter...

That said, the average bozo shopping at the wal-mart supermarket could care less where their stuff came from or what garbage was used to grow it, so long as it is cheap.

 

[greenaccord02]

If you can get good, fresh gulf shrimp they can't be beat. Oysters, too, specifically from Alabama. Best in the world, IMO.

 

[Spazdog]

Originally Posted By: JHZR2


That said, the average bozo shopping at the wal-mart supermarket could care less where their stuff came from or what garbage was used to grow it, so long as it is cheap.


WalMart has actually gotten quite good at sourcing local produce in conjunction with the TX Dept of Agriculture's GO TEXAN initiative.

Local being relative of course. El Paso is closer to California than it is to Dallas. It's possible that my Ruby Red Grapefruit traveled further from the Valley to get here than one from another state might have. It's still closer than Chilean grapes or Chinese apples.

 

[greenaccord02]

Originally Posted By: Spazdog
Originally Posted By: JHZR2


That said, the average bozo shopping at the wal-mart supermarket could care less where their stuff came from or what garbage was used to grow it, so long as it is cheap.


WalMart has actually gotten quite good at sourcing local produce in conjunction with the TX Dept of Agriculture's GO TEXAN initiative.

Local being relative of course. El Paso is closer to California than it is to Dallas. It's possible that my Ruby Red Grapefruit traveled further from the Valley to get here than one from another state might have. It's still closer than Chilean grapes or Chinese apples.


I've noticed this, too. There is actually more locally grown produce at Wal-Mart (at least, that I am able to verify through the Go Texan program) than any of the local grocery stores. Maybe I'm an average bozo, but I'm going to support my state.

 

[HTSS_TR]

My weekly grocery ad from local grocery stores show which produces are locally grown. Most are grown locally or in CA in summer months, but mostly imported during winter.

 

[Spazdog]

Originally Posted By: greenaccord02

I've noticed this, too. There is actually more locally grown produce at Wal-Mart (at least, that I am able to verify through the Go Texan program) than any of the local grocery stores. Maybe I'm an average bozo, but I'm going to support my state.


There maybe a little more in-state grown stuff at Whole Foods, Central Market, or Sprouts, but you are going to pay more for it and I doubt those 3 "boutique" grocers paid the farmer much more than WalMart did.

I just like seeing that whole row of produce of all sorts with the GO TEXAN sign above it. They could of course be lying about it and it could all be Mexican produce but hopefully someone in the Dept of Agriculture is checking up on them.

I still don't buy meat at WalMart. Not unless they have a really good deal and I want to experiment with something new on my smoker. That way if my woodchip mix makes it terrible, I haven't ruined an expensive cut.

 

[greenaccord02]

Nah, I don't buy my meat there, either.

 

[Drew99GT]

Originally Posted By: HTSS_TR
My weekly grocery ad from local grocery stores show which produces are locally grown. Most are grown locally or in CA in summer months, but mostly imported during winter.


Most of our produce is local at the big supermarkets.