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sneakpeak on October 22, 2005 - 8:57pm

I think you've got it right in considering world-wide produce suppliers. I opened a juice box for my little cousin today. . . " contains concentrates from China, Poland, and Italy" mmmmm good old applejuice. meanwhile, my neighbor is trying desperately to keep his 72 yearold family apple orchard profitable.

I seem to recall that the US gives the lowest level of subsidies for agriculture compared to most other major agrricultural producers( Chile, European Union, etc. . .)

My only suggestion is to lobby your gov't reps. election years make for stronger voter leverage :)

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BalticMan on October 23, 2005 - 3:48pm

In support of sneakpeak's comment: "I think you've got it right in considering world-wide produce suppliers. I opened a juice box for my little cousin today. . . " contains concentrates from China, Poland, and Italy" mmmmm good old applejuice. meanwhile, my neighbor is trying desperately to keep his 72 yearold family apple orchard profitable. "

Here in Lithuania, we finished the apple harvest a week ago. If I recall correctly, the going wage rate in the countryside was 14 Lithuanian cents (5 American cents) per kilogram of apples. How many Americans would even get out of bed for that wage?

And no subsidies are involved -- this is a branch of agriculture that hasn't (yet) been sucked into the EU bureaucracy's vortex.