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Re:Port of Los Angeles says shipping volume will plummet 35%... by FollowingTheDao on Wednesday April 30, 2025 @11:03AM (#43846298)
If people can’t buy Chinese tomatoes, what kind of tomatoes do you think they’re going to buy m? the same ones that you do!

That means the prices of your tomatoes are going to go up!

No one is going to be immune from these pricing increases from the tariffs.

Re:Port of Los Angeles says shipping volume will plummet 35%... by jghn on Wednesday April 30, 2025 @11:19AM (#43846499)
You're largely making the point I was raising.

For your specific example though, I'm not so sure. As a counterexample, I buy my eggs direct from a local farm, not in a store. Neither the ease of availability nor the price of the eggs I buy have changed one iota over the last several months. And yet I see local friends posting pictures of empty egg shelves here and there on Facebook. My takeaway has been that the average person has no idea they can buy goods outside of a grocery store.

So back to your point, I buy most of my tomatoes direct from local farmers. Unless people start buying from *them* it is fine.

HOWEVER, if those local farmers can't get parts for their farm equipment or something like that, I'm just as screwed.

Re:Port of Los Angeles says shipping volume will plummet 35%... by TheOtherHobbes on Wednesday April 30, 2025 @11:32AM (#43846666)
Most people don't buy from small local farmers.

When it comes to eggs and vegetables there are opportunities for city farms. So there might be some of that.

But meat animals are much harder to "grow".

Re:Port of Los Angeles says shipping volume will plummet 35%... by andsoitis on Wednesday April 30, 2025 @11:31AM (#43846653)
> My takeaway has been that the average person has no idea they can buy goods outside of a grocery store.

I’m sorry, but most people live in cities or towns with their only reasonable access to food being via stores. It is one of the wonderful things that civilization has produced and I’m here for it.

Re:Port of Los Angeles says shipping volume will plummet 35%... by jghn on Wednesday April 30, 2025 @11:39AM (#43846750)
I live in a city. Yet what I said is true.
Re:Port of Los Angeles says shipping volume will plummet 35%... by parineum on Wednesday April 30, 2025 @11:17AM (#43846473)
Where do I buy Chinese tomatoes?
Re:Port of Los Angeles says shipping volume will plummet 35%... by nartho on Wednesday April 30, 2025 @01:21PM (#43848250)
My best guess would be China
Re:Port of Los Angeles says shipping volume will plummet 35%... by tomcar288 on Wednesday April 30, 2025 @01:27PM (#43848318)
i grow a couple hundred pounds of tomatoes in my backyard every year. I'd happily sell some to my neighbors.