Public Service Post...Fresh Produce Vendors

The Hot Pepper said:
Thanks for admitting this was not a PSA for members, and you were "calling out" your competitors. Honesty is key.
No...NOW im calling them out...after i post this and THEY attack ME....not Originally....dang man.....is it really this hard to get?
 
See where people SUCK me in and take things OUT OF CONTEXT and FORCE me to post again???? This is UNREAL!!
 
Bakers OUT!!
 
BakersPeppers said:
No...NOW im calling them out...after i post this and THEY attack ME....not Originally....dang man.....is it really this hard to get?
 
See where people SUCK me in and take things OUT OF CONTEXT and FORCE me to post again???? This is UNREAL!!
 
Bakers OUT!!
Sorry Dale, I quoted your whole post so I don't see how that's out of context. Maybe I misunderstood. You called vendors out and said this was never about peppers, it's about vendors.

Alright then, I'll bow out of this.

Ain't got nothin' against ya. Just trying to point out why some people got upset.
 
BakersPeppers said:
I challenge someone to show me where I make negative reference to PepperLover publicly like she CONSTANTLY does to me... (That is not a blatant lie ive corrected of hers). Winner gets a FREE box of Peppers on ME!
This is a very strange contest, but you forgot to mention what size box the winner gets. I'm guessing it runs til the end of the month?
 
Dale, you have a bunch of members here that are very happy with your pods and service. Just get back to doing business on the forum and stay away from the politics of vendors, and these PSAs. Especially when you are not 100% versed in the legalities of every vendor in every state. In your own words to someone in your own state regarding the inspections/stamps "double check if this also applies to you, as it may not." Exactly! This pretty much negates your whole post. Doesn't matter who is wrong or right, the point is, you are not sure. A buyers guide should be more of a wiki, or information gathering, than one vendor posting a PSA. That is too close for comfort. You're a vendor!

Some lessons have been learned here. Let's move on, and happy growing and buying to all!

: this is me moving on :

:)
 
Damn !! I read ALL 5 pages ...... I need 3 hot peppers and a bottle of NyQuil now. Peppers are supposed be for fun. To enjoy. 
 
Buy peppers from who you want .... where you want . To much laba laba here for this Dread ... 
 
Hey.
In a country where you can be arrested and all your assets seized for selling fresh milk, you ought to be aware of your states (and interstate) laws regarding selling anything "fresh".
 
For instance, just washing off your produce is considered "processing" and requires a licence and inspections in some states.
 
I wonder what the penalty is for shipping a sfrb of fresh produce to Cali-foo-foo without going through one of their renowned "agricultural inspection stations" Hmmm?
 
Lets face it there's so many laws now days that we all brake at lest one every day LOL, opps you went one mile over the posted seed limit you broke a law, it's all BS we should be the Land of the Free but were really were Free to do what the Gov. tells us we can do or pay and go to jail. The Gov. would like to make it illegal for us to grow peppers or anything with out paying them to do so or to only have Big Farms grow all are food for us. If some one doesn't have a Cert. doesn't mean there veggies aren't any good means they haven't payed the Gov. to sale them and they should know there taking a risk if they get arrested for it, but as I seen so much here in Cali, they really wont do a thing but turn real criminals out to lock up someone that didn't have the money for a lawyer for something that should have never been arrested for.
 
IBTL.
 
The battle still seems to continue. Hope no one got turned away from anything on the thread. They both gotta do what they gotta do.
 
It is business after all.
 
I like your contests and your new lower prices but you claim judy jabs at you. No you and her both jab. Your fresh from florida seal as stated above is all fine and dandy. Still allows chemicals. The seal itself is a jab and we all see it. No hate my friend I like what you do I think that other vendors in comparison do it for the real love. The love for peppers and pepper people. I know your running a buisiness but still.
 
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After having read about Florida tomato growing in a book named "Tomatoland" which has to do with slavery of illegal workers, all the pesticides used because of Florida's climate, the cheap chemical fertilization of "soil" that is really just sand and the associated cancers and other maladies of the workers I avoid the "Florida Fresh" or whatever its called seal. All it really means is that Florida got to tax you more for the salaries of the inspectors and the rest of the employees of that system and then they get to collect any associated "fees".
 
People who run businesses usually seem to get Stockholm Syndrome once they get their "rubber stamped" seal of approval. Ask the Jews who got their government stamps if they run around bragging about it.
 
A government stamp usually means someone had to compromise morals and ethics. Including the peoples who issue them.
 
 
http://www.amazon.com/Tomatoland-Industrial-Agriculture-Destroyed-Alluring/dp/1449423450
 
"In this eye-opening exposé, Vermont journalist Estabrook traces the sad, tasteless life of the mass-produced tomato, from its chemical-saturated beginnings in south Florida to far-flung supermarkets. Expanding on his 2010 James Beard Award-winning article in Gourmet magazine, Estabrook first looks at the tomato's ancestors in Peru, grown naturally in coastal deserts and Andean foothills, with fruit the size of large peas. Crossbreeding produced bigger, juicier varieties, and by the late 19th century, Florida had muscled in on the U.S. market, later benefiting from the embargo on Cuban tomatoes; the Sunshine State now produces one-third of the fresh tomatoes in this country. To combat sandy soil devoid of nutrients, and weather that breeds at least 27 insect species and 29 diseases that prey on the plants, Florida growers bombard tomato plants with a dizzying cocktail of herbicides and pesticides, then gas the "mature greens" (fruit plucked so early from the vines that they bounce without a scratch) with ethylene. Behind the scenes, moreover, there exists a horrendous culture of exploitation of Hispanic laborers in places like Immokalee, where pesticide exposure has led to birth defects and long-term medical ailments. Estabrook concludes this thought-provoking book with some ideas from innovators trying to build a better tomato." --Publisher's Weekly
 
Florida fresh...lulz
 
Yes...I KNOW it's an old thread. BUT...NO ONE had to STAMP MY REPLY FIRST!!!!!....!!!!!!...!!!
 
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