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Yeah, I bet we're the exception on this front. We have a lot of local Amish who have a greenhouse and grow all sorts of produce year-round. Some of what they grow almost certainly ends up at the local Mennonite market during the winter and spring months.JazzNU wrote: ↑Wed Nov 10, 2021 10:35 pmI think they might be rising most places. We aren't a good barometer for certain produce, milk and a few other things. So much that is produced nearby by some family farm, the Amish, or the Mennonite, that supply chain issues that seem to be occurring elsewhere aren't as big of an issue here on certain items.
But yeah, costs for many things are rising and you definitely notice it when you're shopping and paying at the register. And while I used to get gas occasionally at Costco, I'm getting it there religiously right now, about 20 cents cheaper than everywhere else.
But of course the Amish don't grow many of the things I'm looking for (e.g., fresh jalapenos, fresh poblanos, etc.), so that's when I'm reduced to finding those items (probably shipped in from California or the South) at the Food Lion in Mercersburg, if I'm lucky. For example, today at the Food Lion, there were no jalapenos to be found at all, and the poblanos they had were already well past their prime.
Fortunately, I still have some frozen jalapenos I grew last year and the last poblano I grew this year. Because I'm making a fresh batch of roasted salsa at the moment.
In urban centers like Philly and New York, I suspect the prices for fresh produce are through the roof--especially if you attach words like "organic" to it. I can't even imagine what meat is going for these days in places like that.
