Last trip to the grocery store I couldn’t find any non-US salad kits, and Silk NextMilk is made down there now, because I guess our plants were the listeria ones. Chip dip was surprisingly hard to find too, although I did it.

I’m very pleased with how many vegetables actually come from Mexico (definitely via the US though), and there’s even a few things you can get from greenhouses, so that situation is less dire than I’d expected.

  • reddig33@lemmy.world
    251·
    4 days ago

    Considering how much stuff isn’t made in the US anymore, this should be easy. For a real challenge, try avoiding items made in China.

    • CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.orgOP
      1·
      3 days ago

      Hmm, I’m actually curious. SE Asia and Bangladesh probably are a viable alternative for a lot of things. Obviously, if you have an unlimited budget you can find some bespoke artisanal item made nearer by as well.

    • ikt@aussie.zoneEnglish
      41·
      4 days ago

      sorry to butt in but that’s a hobby of mine 😀

      for example going full renewables: solar panels made in south korea (qcells), battery german (sonnen), ev south korea (hyundai ioniq), heat pump australia/japan (reclaim energy)

      I’m now looking at computer parts made exclusively in taiwan (looks like gigabyte mainly) because europe appears to have 0 competitive chip makers

      it seems you can still buy bigger items that are local or non-china made but you will be punished for it, prices are anywhere from 10% to 100% higher

      • reddig33@lemmy.world
        2·
        4 days ago

        I went to buy a pair of scissors this week. I could not find a pair that wasn’t made in China.

        I went to buy a greeting card, 75% of them were made in China. It makes absolutely no sense. It’s a freaking happy birthday card. There is no way it’s cheaper to cut down the tree, mill the paper, send it to China on a boat, have it printed, then have it sent back to North America on another boat. WTF?

        • BCsven@lemmy.ca
          3·
          4 days ago

          Staples has online card building, you can customize all of it if you want, and it was about $2.50. Just have to plan ahead because they often print it at another facility and use the interstore shipping to get it to your pickup store.

      • slax@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        1·
        4 days ago

        I’ve never heard of Reclaim… How is that heat pump treating you? We got a Bryant (I believe it’s a Midea rebadged) and our solar is a Sol-Ark inverter (I still need to figure out how to get it off WiFi and just local using CANbus…) and LONGi panels.