Omaha Farmers, U -Bahn organizations share garden tips in the middle of tariffs

Omaha, along. (Wowt) – President Trump has now imposed tariffs on Canada, China and Mexico, and there are concerns about how prices are influenced in the grocery store.

Some organizations in Omaha have opportunities for how we can relieve the pain when it comes to sticker shock on vegetables.

“Obviously, many of our products that we receive in this country come from Mexico, and that's why I think that we only increase the costs of products in the grocery store.”

With 25% tariffs from Tuesday, it is a little early in the game to determine how you influence the prices in the shop.

“I dropped my children in the daycare center this morning, and another parent said that they would love some expertise or knowledge about how to grow a garden due to rising costs and today with the news about tariffs with Mexico and Canada,” said Aaron French.

French is with Omaha's City Sprouts program. It has been encouraging neighborhood gardens in Omaha for 20 years.

These gardens produce local vegetable options, much of what they grow in places on the 40th and Seward and 3rd and Fort to the food bench.

French said, however, that everyone can take part.

“The cultivation of a garden or participation in a community garden will never completely exclude your food bill, right? You still have to buy a few things, but here in Nebraska we see an empty field behind us in Nebraska. We cannot grow products now, but we here at City sprouts are really striving to help people learn how to build their own food, ”said French.

French said to First Alert 6 that tomatoes and other imported foods can be grown in their own garden.

However, what about City children who may not have the time, space and specialist knowledge to grow their own garden? There is another option: go directly to the source.

“At the moment we only let the plants start there so that we can get them out on the field when we start from the seed,” said someone.

Wenninghoff Farms has been making local products in the subway region since 1928. David Wenninghoff is a fourth generation farmer there.

He also sees how the tariffs affect vegetable prices.

“I would think it would rise a little just because the costs in the grocery stores and the prices normally remain the same,” said Wenninghoff. “Many people come in a purchase of things, only with the cost of food at the moment.”

Wenninghoff said that the family keep an eye on the world events that influence agriculture.

“We always look ahead, so maybe we will grow a little more hectares of sugar corn and the stuff, the prices will rise.”

For the Wenninghoffs:

“The prices remain the same.”

So whether you grow it yourself or go to a professional …

“You can't make it fresher that you are directly from the farm from the farm,” said Wenninghoff.

City Sprouts organizes workshops for growing its own food, the first to be March 12.

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