We have paid the city of Mobile for city performed vegetation abatement as well as our own landscapers over three plus years. 

When I owned properties in Houston, Atlanta and other places, I was always replacing roofs, siding, aging plumbing, faulty electrical systems and dealing with vegetation and termites.

His comps consist of comparing a vegetable to a fruit.

If you remove these foods you will have a diet of mostly vegetables, fruit, and meat.   

I was a fruit and vegetable farmer for 20 years and decided to partner up with a friend of mine and start a construction company.

Look at all Cal-Fire yards & their a perfect picture of vegetation management, the rest of the forest not so much.

I know someone who thinks it's great the meat producers will stay open because he finds fruits and vegetables "gross".  

I see things all over the place that need doing - cleaning up parks, providing child care, sitting with the elderly, etc - and there is surely a value to society that every person can provide short of being in a vegetative state.

Regarding inflation... actually only vegetable and salad still has no inflation.while the Korean BBQ joint that I usually visited, raise the price from $22 to $39 just like that.

Also, Puget Sound weather means vegetation grows like crazy relative to dryer climates like SD, for example.