Citrus harvest 'virtually halted' as workers fearing Trump order skip work: report
Source: Raw Story
January 23, 2025 10:30AM ET
President Donald Trump made major promises during the 2024 campaign to lower the cost of groceries.
However, it appears that the president's executive orders on immigration could be throwing a wrench into any progress being made to lower the cost of food.
NBC Bay Area reports that the citrus harvest in California's Central Valley has been "virtually halted" because migrant farmworkers have skipped work en masse in the wake of Trump's sweeping executive orders cracking down on undocumented immigrants.
The report notes that the timing of Trump's actions has been particularly troublesome for Central Valley farms because it's currently "the peak of citrus harvest season," which means that grocery stores could soon be hit with shortages of fruits such as oranges.
Read more: https://www.rawstory.com/trump-deportations-2670981096/
(this is usually when the peak ripening happens with many citrus - I have a couple potted lime trees overwintering in my basement under lights)
Deminpenn
(16,435 posts)nt
Think. Again.
(20,752 posts)BoRaGard
(3,715 posts)chowder66
(10,046 posts)Historic NY
(38,306 posts)chowder66
(10,046 posts)moniss
(6,389 posts)a balm for for my sore joints.
chowder66
(10,046 posts)And if it doesn't have much salt I don't want it.
moniss
(6,389 posts)unfortunately the "low/no" salt recipes for making kraut pretty much end up giving you tangy "coleslaw". In fact in Wisconsin we used to say "creamed coleslaw" or "vinegar slaw". Obviously the creamed slaw is sans vinegar at least in my house. I sometimes might use a dab of juice from a jar of sweet pickles. The last time I went to the deli and asked for "vinegar slaw" the young lady had to go ask her manager what that is.
chowder66
(10,046 posts)I hate the other stuff even though I like all the ingredients, just not in that form.
moniss
(6,389 posts)creamy coleslaw. Too many people bury the slaw in the cream. I know some people that barely put in any seasoning or carrots. You end up with cabbage and mayo basically. Some have it so thin it runs like water off of the slaw. I prefer vinegar slaw also. Vinegar slaw, rye bread and fried fish is the standard Friday night deal.
chowder66
(10,046 posts)There is something about the combination that puts me off. I've tried several times, several recipes. Even the ones that will make me a convert! Nope. Never again. It's just one of those things I can't do. Nothing fixes it for me.
I'm the same with hush puppies, falafel and hummus (though I can eat hummus but I rarely do). I love the ingredients and texture isn't an issue but it's just something about the combinations that don't work for me. Lasagna is also very close to the edge for me but I have had lasagna I like; I just don't particularly lean towards it. Mushroom lasagna is very good and I have no problem with the combination. I also have no problem with the combination of the ingredients in traditional lasagna as long as they are not in lasagna form.
It's kooky.
moniss
(6,389 posts)and hummus. I have tried all of them so many times and just can't deal with it and it's strange that I can't deal with hummus because I love good refried beans as long as they're stiff and not runny. I was raised on ham and navy bean soup that was so thick you could stand a fork in it and those beans were no problem. Kidney beans and hummus people can keep for themselves. I don't like kidney beans in my chili either. It may be heresy to some chili lovers but I'm fine with substituting macaroni noodles for kidney beans.
chowder66
(10,046 posts)I can go either way with Chili. I was surprised to find out I liked Cincinnati chili. The thought of it was grotesque to me until I tried it.
Evolve Dammit
(19,606 posts)Historic NY
(38,306 posts)Ocelot II
(122,384 posts)NickB79
(19,721 posts)My German grandparents made both by hand from their farm.
So good.
Callie1979
(487 posts)With a couple saltine crackers.
lapfog_1
(30,409 posts)prices going up next week.
Farm to table is not a long process. If no one shows up to pick oranges and grapefruit today... as soon as a week from now there will be shortages and, therefore, price increases.
Basso8vb
(611 posts)Dave Bowman
(4,320 posts)intrepidity
(8,011 posts)That's what they voted for.
3Hotdogs
(13,766 posts)but ya spelled maggots wrong.
TomSlick
(12,073 posts)FSogol
(47,069 posts)ananda
(31,136 posts)what his policies would do no matter what he might have
said otherwise.
Magats, being equally idiotic, obviously have complete
truth aversion when it comes to truth.
A BIG factor for them in this election was choosing what
to believe and not believe based on bias confirmation.
Having their hate validated and put into action was more
important than anything else, even in the face of the
complete insanity of the policies they voted for.
erronis
(17,520 posts)They are hoping to make a good return on their ownership of most of the housing and other resources in the US as the population slowly disappears (emigration, disease, attrition, death.)
mpcamb
(2,999 posts)that he's getting off his obese flabby chest and promises he made to doners and crackpots.
Time for somebody to reel him back in.
If his handlers can 't do it, I hope you're not expecting congress to grow the where-with-all to do it.
He's an irrational 4 year old who needs to be told "NO", cry it out, blame everyone in sight, and be told
"NO! NO GADDAM WAY IS THAT GOING TO HAPPEN!" and pop his fragile little balloon that tells him he's always right.
Evolve Dammit
(19,606 posts)sinkingfeeling
(53,640 posts)BumRushDaShow
(146,207 posts)Most of the juice comes from FL oranges and the "out-of-hand" oranges are grown in CA.
Mrsfiddlegirl
(29 posts)A quarter pounder doesn't have any fruit, so he doesn't care if we kill off healthy foods. Wait until the tariffs hit the fruits and veggies from Mexico. Avocados and citrus fruits will be a distant memory we tell our grandkids about from "the good old days".
sakabatou
(43,671 posts)erronis
(17,520 posts)How the f would he even know what the price is/was/will be?
I remember GHW Bush not knowing the price of a gallon of milk.
In 2007, Republican presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani told a reporter in Alabama that the cost of a gallon of milk was $1.50 less than half its actual cost at the time.
https://www.fitsnews.com/2014/08/02/milk-prices-and-politics/
moniss
(6,389 posts)muriel_volestrangler
(102,865 posts)To him, the Duke brothers in Trading Places were the tragic heroes brought low by a class traitor and a probable illegal immigrant.
4catsmom
(411 posts)$45 orange juice
wiggs
(8,046 posts)a price bump for their citrus while California citrus rot, prices go up for everyone, democrats get the blame...and no problem is solved except his enemies are punished and his supporters are rewarded.
Now I wonder if the red state citrus growers provided 'extra' support because the only thing missing in this scenario is how he could make money off this.
Ocelot II
(122,384 posts)elleng
(137,640 posts)Glad I received HoneyBells a few days ago.
May not see any Cara Cara.
paleotn
(19,816 posts)Mega farms owned by Trump donors of course. Awww... that's gonna hit the bottom line. My heart does not bleed.
LiberalArkie
(16,999 posts)paleotn
(19,816 posts)Product rotting on the trees is not a business expense. But potentially coverable by insurance. Hope they're insured.....Not.
LiberalArkie
(16,999 posts)paleotn
(19,816 posts)harmsc12
(2 posts)by a company that declines their claim, United-style. Sorry, we don't cover self-inflicted losses.
Mz Pip
(27,980 posts)With our tax dollars of course. I dont expect the MAGA farmers to lose much in all of this.
kimbutgar
(23,917 posts)Governor Newsom for water shortages.
They cant blame President Biden for the increase in oranges. Its all on the 🍑💩🤡 s fault.
LizBeth
(10,975 posts)that affects even red states, so they are being stupid if they are celebrating.
The Unmitigated Gall
(4,703 posts)The fields await
louis-t
(23,901 posts)I know most OJ comes from FL.I've cut way back on it and I don't buy eggs when the price is this high.
Norrrm
(114 posts)Grocery prices are coming down very soon.
Trump gave his word.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/12/economy/grocery-prices-inflation-trump-interview/index.html
New YorkCNN
President-elect Donald Trump says Americans not being able to afford groceries will be a relic of the past. Theyre going to be affording their groceries very soon, he said
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When I win, I will immediately bring prices down, starting on day one, Trump continued. We will drill, baby, drill, he said, referring to increasing domestic oil production. Thats going to bring down prices of everything.
Baron2024
(675 posts)If you think that eggs are expensive, wait until you try to buy an orange. Also, where are all the Americans who the immigrants are taking jobs from? Are they not snapping up those lucrative, high paying crop picking jobs? Trump is an idiot and so are all of his MAGA followers.
catchnrelease
(2,030 posts)Day before yesterday I 'splurged' and bought 4 Cara Cara oranges. At $1.99/lb it cost me a little over $4 for them. They do run a little more than the regular navels, but those will probably be the last Cara Caras I buy for the foreseeable future! I'm guessing that all oranges will be more than these specialty ones before too long.
(I'm in SoCal)
VanceFan
(27 posts)Bengus81
(7,714 posts)They don't give a shit if it actually amounts to a price increase to them or not. Hell....never let a good crisis go to waste.
bucolic_frolic
(48,219 posts)Productivity will be falling. Prices will rise. Can't wait to see the price of oranges.
RockRaven
(16,721 posts)I will commiserate with them...
To all the rest: Fuck you, this is what you voted for.
Clouds Passing
(3,418 posts)Hotler
(12,567 posts)Botany
(72,922 posts)A dozen for $25.00.
seta1950
(946 posts)Tell people to come and pick, what they need and pay as much as they can, that would prevent the waste of so much food, and turn it into a positive,win win.
cstanleytech
(27,292 posts)When the prices go up and they sale they're going to make a huge profit.
KY_EnviroGuy
(14,633 posts)blue-voting cities in red states.
Damn shame political vindictiveness is not a crime.......
perdita9
(1,201 posts)4catsmom
(411 posts)they might be looking for employment now that they are sprung