In article >,
Mark Thorson > wrote:

> Prices of garlic in China are skyrocketing.
>
> http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/worl.../02/2003479382
>
> I remember when Chinese garlic first hit the market here.
> For $0.99 you could buy something like a stock with
> several perfect heads of garlic in it. I imagine that
> must have been devastating to U.S. producers. Now,
> we may face a situation like the Mexican corn farmers.
> NAFTA made it possible for cheap U.S. corn to put the
> Mexican corn farmers out of business, then ethanol sent
> corn prices through the roof.

Chinese garlic is cheap here but I never buy it. Looks great but
doesn't taste like anything. NZ garlic will rip your tongue off and
then slap you round the head with it. Now we're talking.

Miche

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