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Business, Economics, and Taxes 2: That's Why We Fight to Take the Means Back

aparch said:
Random question and business/economy adjacent: has anyone else noticed the quality of produce has dropped significantly this winter?

I know there usually is a lull this time of year anyway in quantity, but it feels like produce isn't of the same quality this year either. Twice in the last two weeks I've bought bell peppers, a jalapeño, and a sweet onion a couple days in advance of making chili only to find them turning soft and rotten. Less than three days each time!

Gave up buying the occasional carton of berries as well this winter as most were heavily condensated from freeze/thaw or left out somewhere (no sprayer near them in store) and bottom of the container forming mold.

I don't remember having this problem in years past.
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I have found that onions from multiple stores (in Wisconsin) have been quite bad for the last 2 or so years. I grow and can a significant amount of bell and hot peppers so we rarely buy these from the store.

We use a crop share/farm share that allows us to select what we would like, for a bit higher price, instead of just getting what is produced. It is generally more than store bought, but the flavor and durability/reduced food waste makes up for the extra cost.
 
I recently started cooking with a lot of leafy vegetables, and they always look amazing. I do not know whether they keep better or are ubiquitous and so have less distance to travel, but they are nigh on indestructible and that shocks me.
 
IMHO, quite a lot of the produce issue is directly because of the orange menace. There are tons of produce growers to the east of us in Ontario, and with all of the BS the moron has started- I'm sure we are not getting their best anymore. Or even close to it.
 
WisconsinWildcard said:
I have found that onions from multiple stores (in Wisconsin) have been quite bad for the last 2 or so years. I grow and can a significant amount of bell and hot peppers so we rarely buy these from the store.
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Yeah it does feel in the last year or two that onions are going bad quicker. Maybe I'm using them less quickly so they sit longer, maybe I'm just more aware of it, but I've definitely noticed it recently and wondered if it was just me.

Also, heads of iceberg lettuces seem a little lower quality in the past few months.

Again, these could both be anecdotal but I have noticed it.
 
I believe fresh produce is worse because instead of getting it from South America it is most likely coming from the US and either has been in storage longer, or is greenhouse grown.
 
aparch said:
Wife didn't have much and I had a tiny amount in a rollover that was sitting from a previous job (who did a shit job of even telling us we had a 401k until they closed their broker and rolled us all over, it was a small, small company). So we just paid the early withdrawal penalties.

It worked out for us, and we're both sitting much better financially for our 401ks now after talking with a fiduciary.
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it worked for me too, but I also paid it back within a few months
 
aparch said:
Random question and business/economy adjacent: has anyone else noticed the quality of produce has dropped significantly this winter?

I know there usually is a lull this time of year anyway in quantity, but it feels like produce isn't of the same quality this year either. Twice in the last two weeks I've bought bell peppers, a jalapeño, and a sweet onion a couple days in advance of making chili only to find them turning soft and rotten. Less than three days each time!

Gave up buying the occasional carton of berries as well this winter as most were heavily condensated from freeze/thaw or left out somewhere (no sprayer near them in store) and bottom of the container forming mold.

I don't remember having this problem in years past.
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guessing it's not getting picked when it should lol

the vegetables were so much better in europe, im ready to weep being home
 
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Grocery store produce is often mediocre because it is picked too soon and artificially ripened after a long trip here.

Of course, the bioengineering of everything didn't help either. That's how we got seedless watermelons and gigantic strawberries, neither of which have any flavor.
 
Who could have known when Those Meddling Immigrants were deported they would carry away all the sweet jobs with their watermelon thighs?!
 
aparch said:
Random question and business/economy adjacent: has anyone else noticed the quality of produce has dropped significantly this winter?

I know there usually is a lull this time of year anyway in quantity, but it feels like produce isn't of the same quality this year either. Twice in the last two weeks I've bought bell peppers, a jalapeño, and a sweet onion a couple days in advance of making chili only to find them turning soft and rotten. Less than three days each time!

Gave up buying the occasional carton of berries as well this winter as most were heavily condensated from freeze/thaw or left out somewhere (no sprayer near them in store) and bottom of the container forming mold.

I don't remember having this problem in years past.
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Can’t say I have. Most of ours has been great. But we also have Cub Foods so they tend to have great produce.
 
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