PMAR

[shockwave rider]

There is a coffee farmer I know in Ka'u who had a coffee stand that supplemented his farm income, he sold smoothies, sandwiches and cookies, and fresh fruit, as well as mugs, T-shirts and cloth shopping bags with his farm logo on them. He did this for years, then some rich guy from the mainland bought the place next to him and complained to the county about this guy's little coffee stand. The county ruled that he could sell nothing that was not produced on his land: no more sandwiches unless he raised 100% of the ingredients, no more promotional items with his logo on them, no more smoothies if he got the bananas from a neighbor. He ended up becoming one of those farmers who has a day job and farms on the side at night and weekends until the bad neighbor sold out after about 5 years.