I recently bought a three-pack of chain blades for one of my chainsaws. I found them on Amazon. There were less-expensive blades available but I wanted North American made parts, not Asian. I got the package about a month ago, but didn't open it until yesterday. I still had one new Oregon blade in it's original packaging: on the package it said "Made in USA". The new blades were also Oregon, but when I was opening the plastic bag it came in, I noticed the dreaded "Made in China" label. The whole reason that I bought Oregon blades was because I didn't want Asian blades. Oregon has lost me as a customer except when there is no alternative. Rats!
Everything for sale online like EBay, Amazon, all of them should be required to state where the product is made, not just where the company is based out of.
Good luck. They don't even do that with food half the time. "Distributed by..." is what you see. Who cares who distributes it? It's all a game. I think it might be because some companies source from many places. But even then, I've seen labels that say "...Spain, Chile, Italy." on the same label as possible sources. Even that is better than nothing. At least I can make a purchasing decision then.
“Globally sourced” is a popular description. Kinda like the saying “I’m just saying” People think they’ll get a pass
I love crawfish, especially hot and spicy crawfish! Louisiana has tons of crawfish produced in..., well Louisiana. When I go to the local supermarket I find crawfish produced in Spain. I bought a frozen bag of hot and spicy crawfish from a local grocery store. I steamed them up. Funny, they really didn't have much smell to them. They're hot and steamy and I take them off of the stove. The first one I ate had NO flavor, and it was soft and gushy. YUCK! I tried another one. They were all the same. I dug the bag out of the trash and saw they were produced in Spain. Really? We have tons of crawfish produced in our country and we have to import nasty ones from across the pond. NO THANK YOU!!! Never again!
We have tons of everything available in this country. From oil to steel to all sorts of natural resources and raw materials, fruits and vegetables etc. But instead, we import a large percentage of it all which weakens our economy. Your crawfish were mushy from being frozen probably.
I like pure raw, unpasteurized honey, especially honey produced by Manitoba bees on Manitoba farms. Costs around $20.00/kg, but it's far superior to the mass produced "globally sourced" uber processed crap on local grocery store shelves. We now return you to the regularly scheduled chain saw blade origin thread.
Pure Honey is one of the very few - and perhaps the only food that has an infinite shelf life. If kept in a sealed container that will not allow any water to enter the honey, it will keep literally forever.
I'm lucky have a honey farm just miles from the house, great place and local honey. huntershoneyfarm.com . We try to buy local when we can.
That's about $14.00 Cdn, which is a good price. Honey I buy is produced in much lower quantities and there's usually several 1 kg jars in my pantry. It's also available in larger sizes direct from the farm. I love this stuff!!
I may have mentioned this before, but when I was in junior high school (that's what they called middle school then) a friend and I raised a hive of Bees as a science fair project. At first we handled the Bees wearing the full Beekeeper outfit; as time went on we became more confident about what we were doing and what did and did not upset the bees. First the Bee sting proof pants went away, then the jacket, and finally the gloves . Most of the time we did use the hat and face netting. Neither of us were ever stung, but the school would not allow us to bring the hive into the gym where the fair was held. We were alone outside with the hive. I think we placed second in the fair.
Buying and using honey that is sourced in your local (as close as possible) area helps you prevent allergies. Eating the local pollens let's your body know not to start sneezing when you breath those same pollens.
I’ve heard honey bees are pretty cool with humans as long as you don’t get ‘em mad, or upset their hive. I gotta say tho, if they were on me, it would probably tickle me
We found that this is pretty much true. They are not really interested in us and gain nothing by stinging us. They do their thing and we do ours. My raising Bees story did not end as well as we had hoped. A couple of neighbor kids decided to throw rocks at the hive. This seriously pissed the Bees off and they quite reasonably went after the rock throwers. Both wound up visiting doctors to have multiple stings treated. One of their parents called the Police and we were told to get rid of the Bees because they were an "attractive nuisance". We were able to find a Beekeeper in a more rural setting who did take the Bees. I still wonder what the rock throwers thought would happen?
I never understood that asinine logic, if that’s how it was, then throw rocks at the kids and have the police order the parents to remove the kids ‘cause their an attractive nuisance
Wholeheartedly concur with this. I used to get a cold twice per year. Since I began eating more locally sourced honey, it's been 4 years since my last one. Cannot be sure there's any connection, although it's nice to not suffer through them.
I started using local honey to sweeten my coffee instead of sugar 20 years ago - tastes great and much fewer colds!
This time of year Collier County FL sprays frequently to kill the Mosquitoes that have on at least three occasions this year, driven me back into the house. They always spray after dark (9 PM or later). I called and asked them why at night? Their response was that by that time all of the Bees are back in their hives; they want to kill Mosquitoes, not Bees.
