The price of cardboard was on everyone's mind in this conversation about tariffs. The Talley Farms Veg boxes were among those affected by the tariffs.
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Talley Farms sells most of its produce domestically, but spinach (like shown here), gets exported to Mexico and Canada, which have been affected by retaliatory tariffs.
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Not only have the tariffs lifted the price of the aluminum cans at Central Coast Brewing, they have significantly increased the prices of the different types of labels.
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These vanilla beans from Cooks Vanilla in Paso Robles are all imported, and are facing tariffs on a country that will not and cannot achieve a trade balance with the United States.
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All of Two Broads Ciderworks' apples come from California, but the bottles do not ... and they face hefty tariffs.
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To keep their local products priced the same, SLO Food Co-Op spreads the cost increases due to tariffs around the store to other products.
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The on-again-off-again tariffs of 2025 have already had a local impact. The food and drinks industries on the Central Coast feel the pain, not just in the pocketbook, but also in operations.
Fr. Ian Delinger hosts "Playing with Food," a monthly segment on "Issues and Ideas" that explores unique ways of looking at and preparing everyday foods on the California Central Coast.
Did you believe, like Fr. Ian did, that produce boxes are just fruits and vegetables just left over from mass-farming destined for the supermarket shelves? Well, the Playing With Food Team went directly to the farm and found out that this is not the model for your local produce box.
Beer has been around for a long time, about 13,000 years. It’s since been refined into stouts, pale ales, hefeweizens, lagers and other classic styles. But recently, the craft beer explosion has led to some pretty interesting flavors: Belgian fruited beers, milk stouts, orange wheat, habañero IPA, chocolate stouts and many more. Central Coast Brewing in San Luis Obispo has a very popular Peanut Butter Stout. Playing With Food met up with George and Matthew at CCB to find out how a Peanut Butter Stout is made…and why.
We use vanilla all the time in all sorts of cooking, especially baking and in ice cream. Vanilla comes from exotic places, but a major national brand is produced in Paso Robles. The Playing With Food team took a journey to explore just how exotic this ordinary, standard foodstuff is.
The craft cider movement on the Central Coast is producing cider where every barrel is unique in flavor and character. I just had to explore more, and I started in the orchard, and went all the way to bottle.
In this second exploration of Food Co-Ops, Fr Ian roams the aisles to find the most intriguing foods to cook with. He dives in to play with food in his…
The bins of bulk foods, foods no one has ever heard of, and the shelves of superfoods so characteristic of food Co-Ops have intrigued Fr Ian since he was…