> it's coming over on a boat.

Is a maritime shipping supposed to drive up prices or something? I thought it was the cheapest way to go, to the point of being cheaper than trucking.

The only exception I can see if for stuff that doesn’t store well, but controlled atmospheres have done a ton to make it possible to eat “local” apples in the middle of winter.

I’m in Canada and it seems to be a wash whether our citrus comes from Spain, North Africa or Florida.