{"id":98620,"date":"2025-10-07T00:01:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-07T04:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/therobinreport.com\/?p=98620"},"modified":"2025-10-06T12:22:46","modified_gmt":"2025-10-06T16:22:46","slug":"blueberry-surprise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/therobinreport.com\/blueberry-surprise\/","title":{"rendered":"Blueberry Surprise"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"98620\" class=\"elementor elementor-98620\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e5c428c e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"e5c428c\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-969de36 elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"969de36\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;youtube_url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/youtube.com\\\/shorts\\\/95gxrG4dDNA?feature=share&quot;,&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;youtube&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-video\"><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f1ad819 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"f1ad819\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-422684a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"422684a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Are you enjoying your blueberries? I have a husband who doesn\u2019t eat a lot of fruit. Honestly, he prefers fruit loops, but around 18 months ago, I spotted amazing looking blueberries in lots of grocery stores, and he was suddenly a fruit guy. The blueberries were large and crisp. They almost popped in your mouth and tasted like a tart little miracle. They were all imported from either Chile, Columbia, or Peru. I\u2019ve learned that the blueberries, asparagus, and other produce imported from South America was part of a long-term effort by USAID to fight the war on drugs, setting up incentives to turn coca fields into produce for export to the U.S. It was a huge success as importers here ramped up sales of this beautiful fruit on a wide-scale basis over the past two years.\u00a0<\/p><p>Then came the tariffs, and the miracle blueberries disappeared from the shelves. At least that\u2019s what I\u2019ve noticed. I recently bought the blueberries I could find on the shelves, but they are a soggy, sorry version of what I\u2019ve become used to. Those South American berries have been replaced by locally grown, tariff-free inferiors. \u00a0And my husband is back to fruit loops.<\/p><p>The intended consequences of the war on drugs initiative were a big success for blueberry fans. Let\u2019s hope that the unintended consequences of the tariffs do not force farmers to turn back to their previous crops.\u00a0<\/p><p>I miss the miracle blueberries!\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Are you enjoying your blueberries? I have a husband who doesn\u2019t eat a lot of fruit. 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