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Prepper Ping – California food and produce at risk due to increased State regulations ?
Mexico, the land of the drug Cartels, is increasingly becoming the major food producer for the US as food production relies more on imports.

”Crushing federal and state regulations are forcing California's farmers to move operations to Mexico. What could go wrong?
Anybody notice who might be getting their hands on the U.S. food supply?”

”I found it buried in an Epoch Times story about Congress's upcoming Farm Bill spendathon, set to go to a vote in December.
It's supposedly aid to U.S. farmers, including California's, the U.S.'s top agricultural state,
which produces much of the U.S. food supply. “

”But it's hardly a solution.
Turns out the regulatory burden is so nasty out there it's driving farmers in California to move operations to Mexico
where the already cash-fattened cartels control the farms, too. “

According to the Epoch Times:
“The Manasseros said many Southern California farmers will instead relocate to Mexico to be competitive.
However, they say such economic pressures on U.S. producers may have deadly consequences by placing countries like Mexico as the top food producer for the United States. “
According to Mr. Manassero, as American farmers continue to be out-competed and Mexico dominates the food market, food insecurity may become a bigger concern
due to corruption interwoven with farming across the border. “

“ The [drug] cartels run everything down there [including] the farmers.
They’re very big into the farming industry for money laundering
… they would just jack up the prices [of food] to whatever they want once [American] farmers are out of business,” he said. “(Emphasis Theirs)

(My Opinion): Have we forgotten the reliance on foreign sources for fuel brought about the "gas lines" of the 60's and 70's.
Mexico's dependence of "remittances" from Mexican labor in the US has provided the country with it's second largest source of income (not including the drug cartel income).
The avocado trade is a recent example of drug cartels controlling and raising the price of food commodities;
do we want to increase our reliance on foreign sources considering the supply chain issues we experienced on the west coast last year?

DH read about avocados recently. The cartels totally control the avocado farmers, so when we buy Mexican avos we help the cartels. Any farmers not giving the cartels their cut get murdered.

Of course CA used to produce many, in fact I worked in a small office located in a “former” avocado orchard years ago. When they ripened, people around would come and collect in buckets. I have no clue why they were not marketed.

Regarding this “Farm Bill”, why the (deleted bad word) does this R controlled Congress do any good? there are about 15 rinos on it, but McCarthy is a weak sister who should be removed and replaced by the Fredom Caucus!