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Groundbreaking_Dare4 OP t1_j1y6ief wrote

Reply to comment by Rd28T in This is $9.99 of groceries I bought today by Groundbreaking_Dare4

I live in Vientiane, Laos.

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Rd28T t1_j1y6p91 wrote

I was on the money! Glad to see you are enjoying the Aussie produce. I know I sound like the agricultural marketing board, but it’s some of the highest quality, cleanest produce in the world 😊

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Groundbreaking_Dare4 OP t1_j1y86rl wrote

There are a lot of very well paid Aussie expats over here, working mostly in mining. A mate of mine ships containers full of great Aussie produce over here regularly to keep them happy.

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DeepEndOfAsia t1_j1yrt4a wrote

Guessing most of the fruit and vegetables in the pic are from Laos, Thailand, or China. "There is a big problem" in northern Thailand now with China dumping vegetables and etc in SE Asia. Thai cabbage farmers can't sell their cabbage for more than it costs to grow it and transport it at present, so are either giving it away or letting it rot in the fields. The Chinese did the same thing with garlic in the US, and I imagine other crops as well. It's what the Chinese do...

https://www.thaipbsworld.com/chiang-mais-cabbage-growers-appeal-for-government-assistance/

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Rd28T t1_j1ys5ar wrote

It’s easy to forget how fortunate we are here in Aus that we can grow practically every fruit and vegetable here and very, very little fresh produce is imported.

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D4nCh0 t1_j1z67ef wrote

Growing them is one thing. Protecting the domestic market enough to sustain production is another. Underpaid cherry pickers on tourist visas help lower costs too.

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Punawild t1_j22gwfx wrote

The dragon fruit alone would be $5-6 here in Hawaii.

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