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taking an example from the article, the USA currently produces 0.2% of coffee it consumes domestically (Hawaii and Puerto Rico). Could coffee be grown in reaso
by willvarfar 11mo ago
taking an example from the article, the USA currently produces 0.2% of coffee it consumes domestically (Hawaii and Puerto Rico).
Could coffee be grown in reasonable quantities inside the USA? I find some mention of very expensive high-end 'boutique' coffee grown in California but it is not generally a crop that grows well in the continental USA.
(until global warming reduces the chances of frost in Florida perhaps?)
Another example from the article was a tea grower. Again, niche growing is limited to just some regions of the USA, with less than 0.1% of consumption domestically produced.
And of course with these products they have distinctive tastes that reflect where they were grown, so tea from California is distinctive tasting and not a direct substitute for tea from Japan from the article.
The growers in the article had been heavily disrupted by tariffs.
- trollbridge 11mo agoYes, but American labour laws / minimum wages would result in it costing more.
- kasey_junk 11mo agoWhere are you growing coffee in the us, purely from a climate and land perspective?
- theultdev 11mo agoThat's a strawman. Obviously if there's no American competition then I see no problem with lower tariffs for those products. I don't mind at all reducing tariffs for things we dont manufacture or can't for various reasons. I believe the administration is lowering tariffs for things like that. Beef on the other hand should be temporarily lowered since our cattle herd is half of what it should be. (It plummeted under Biden takes awhile to return as the herd matures) Soooo import from Argentina until it's back up.