10-08-2013, 04:44 AM
If you want farming on the Big Island no one is stopping you from trying Obie.
This bill doesn't kill farming on the Big Island, I know plenty of farmers who could care less and will keep on farming.
I don't endorse Mr. Smith, and I agree with you that it is quite odd for the council to lend credit to his "ideas".
I'd rather not trust anyone with such bias and obvious financial interest in passing such legislation. It's hard to pick a scientist to trust these days there are studies which support both sides..."even the devil can quote scripture".
Personally I want farming to continue and thrive on the Big Island, but no one consults me...I think that we can farm and support our food supply without shipping food over on boats, I think the biggest issue with this is subsidies which reduce the cost of oil and therefore the price to grow the food (industrial mono-cultures think combines and row crops) and oil to transport it here on a boat. The real cost of this is not apparent and would not be able to compete with food grown locally.
This bill doesn't kill farming on the Big Island, I know plenty of farmers who could care less and will keep on farming.
I don't endorse Mr. Smith, and I agree with you that it is quite odd for the council to lend credit to his "ideas".
I'd rather not trust anyone with such bias and obvious financial interest in passing such legislation. It's hard to pick a scientist to trust these days there are studies which support both sides..."even the devil can quote scripture".
Personally I want farming to continue and thrive on the Big Island, but no one consults me...I think that we can farm and support our food supply without shipping food over on boats, I think the biggest issue with this is subsidies which reduce the cost of oil and therefore the price to grow the food (industrial mono-cultures think combines and row crops) and oil to transport it here on a boat. The real cost of this is not apparent and would not be able to compete with food grown locally.