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i cautiously put this thread here. today in the news: Z 101
a transport of garlic was caught and confiscated.

this theme is a recurring one in DR. i read about smuggling garlic all the time. can anyone explain to me what the hell is that about? why garlic and not other agricultural products? what's the meaning of this?
 
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Garlic's an aphrodisiac. The raid was probably part of the multi-pronged attack on the sex industry.
 
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the one time i hope for a thread not to go off topic... serves me right, ha ha ha.

XO, it's about how garlic became a contraband of choice in DR. why is that? is dominican garlic too expensive? why does it have to be smuggled? surely, there's more money in muling coke? is garlic a commodity now?
 
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dv8 said:
i cautiously put this thread here. today in the news: Z 101
a transport of garlic was caught and confiscated.

this theme is a recurring one in DR. i read about smuggling garlic all the time. can anyone explain to me what the hell is that about? why garlic and not other agricultural products? what's the meaning of this?
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Should have read the expert replies before posting :confused:
 
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Perhaps garlic is higher in price on a per kilo/ per pound basis, like cigarettes.
I have noticed that it used to be that all the garlic in my supermarket was from California. The town of Gilroy considered itself the "Garlic Capital of the World". Now nearly all the Garlic I see in the supermarket is labeled "product of China". Large, mutant garlic, called "elephant garlic" has vanished.

I did not notice that garlic was overly expensive in the DR. I admit that I am at a loss at explaining this phenomena.
 
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Elephant Garlic as it is called is actually a scallion. Garlic is the easiest thing in the world to grow yourself. Plant bulbs in September or early October cut the skates last week here in City Island. Dig up garlic from June to July.
The skates or the green part that comes out of the ground makes an awesome pesto.

DO NOT BUY CHINESE GARLIC or Honey.

This was not a hijack just a speedbump
 
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"BIG GARLIC" here in the DR, Has "Big Money", Soooooooooooooo they get their friends in government to prohibit cheap Haitian garlic from killing their HUGE profits.
And, YES"'garlic is VERY expensive here!
JUST LIKE "Onions"!!!!!
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The Constanza farmers have always said that the garlic that is coming in from Haiti is actually from China.. but it does seem that Haiti has increased production.Factfish Garlic, production quantity for Haiti

the press notes that much of the garlic seized has been through 4 or 5 checkpoints already. So there is a lot of bribe money.

Technically, I believe, all agricultural products from Haiti are banned. But i am not current on this. The only other big market is for the Miami Rice which is traded at the border. And there are fresh veggies at the market particularly in the South where that is really the only source of veggies.

Contrabando Hait? quiebra productores de ajo

I do not know where the information on the garlic being from China comes.
 
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Milorganite is fertilizer processed from the Milwaukee sewer plant. They sell it at Home Depot and Lowe's.

I do not believe that one can contract diseases from garlic that is properly peeled and washed.
 
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I trust Milwaukee to have the necessary checks and measures in place to ensure that the product is safe.

I do not trust China.

To keep this somewhat DR related, for all the comments about Dominicans taking short cuts, having no respect for the environment, other humans, animals, etc, etc, compared to the Chinese they are 100 times better.
 
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i see. so it is all about money. i've only been to constanza, the garlic land, once. the look at the fields, the irrigation system and the setup makes me think that agriculture is a business costly to run.

interestingly i tried to buy fresh garlic and it was not available. nothing better than fresh garlic just pulled out of the ground. to dominicans this is unimaginable. they do not harvest anything fresh. no baby carrots, fresh garlic or fresh spring onion with shallots.
 
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dv8 said:
i see. so it is all about money. i've only been to constanza, the garlic land, once. the look at the fields, the irrigation system and the setup makes me think that agriculture is a business costly to run.

interestingly i tried to buy fresh garlic and it was not available. nothing better than fresh garlic just pulled out of the ground. to dominicans this is unimaginable. they do not harvest anything fresh. no baby carrots, fresh garlic or fresh spring onion with shallots.
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actually, Dominicans harvest things that are too fresh. i bought a one pound bag of cherries yesterday, and 20% of them were bright green. there is no selective picking of fruit; they pick everything. you can buy an avocado today, and you have to set it down for a week for it to be edible. the other trick is to artificially ripen green fruits with some substance which is colloquially referred to in the caribbean as carbine. the fruits look gorgeous, but taste like straw.
 
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"XO" we are talking about buying garlic HERE in the DR, Not in "Overtown"!
Orrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr "Wisconsin "POOP"!
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The Hatian garlic as it is, one percent grown in Hait the rest grown in China. The Chinese agribusiness is so unhealthy that they have to pollinate crops by hand because bee colonies cannot thrive there. I would be very hesitant to buy any produce from china.

Of course garlic is expensive in the DR because everyone wants it.
 
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