What's wrong with the produce in Puerto Rico?

Question

Almost all of it is diseased and moldy as it sits on the shelf waiting to be sold.

Is the tropics not a good place to grow produce?

Why are they importing so much of it from California?

Is there a local produce farmer's market in Ponce?

Answer 1

It was fine in rincon on the west coast

Answer 2

I'm sure that it is due in part to the fact that fresh water is a precious commodity in the Caribbean.  A little bit  of quality is sacrificed to have it grown at all.  As far a salmon goes, it it a cold water fish.  I'm not going to go there for cold water.

Answer 3

even though a state territory big business still treats puerto rico as a third world country and continues to use pesticides that have been proven harmfull to the point of a genetic level of all living things and is not used in the US anymore. Just look for the cracked egg shells with ddt