On Fri, 17 Jun 2005 09:51:11 -0500, the opaque Rex B
spake:

No. The trend in high end food is toward domestically-produced foods - artisan cheeses, wine, beer and even tropical or semi-tropical fruits. Spelt and other out-of-the-mainstream grains are no longer imported from Germany and France, and the vast majority of Parmesan consumed in the US is produced here - including the cheese-maker just a few miles from where I live, who make world-class Parmesan, Asiago and Romano.
We cook French with ingredients grown or produced in Wisconsin.

I suspect we have become a net importer of food due to increased
import of produce from Mexico. Since Vincente Fox sees Mexico and the US
as a single entity, that's not really importing, now is it

Given the stats on population growth in the USA, Fox's idea may become
a reality in the very near future.


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