01-28-2008, 09:40 AM
Rob pointed to PCDP as a reference; and I reckon that's not a bad idea.
Menehune, have a look at the Agriculture Working Group report and other reports at http://www.hcrc.info/community-planning/...s/reports/
There are some useful ideas to read there. Your feedback would be very much welcome -- PCDP is (supposedly) in the final stretch.
'Buy local' is certainly necessary, but not sufficient.
Our family buys local by intent and with an effort; and we don't buy some items because they are not local. It is not always easy to find some 'local' items (e.g., tofu from Island-grown soybeans, sausage from island-grown pigs, fresh-squeezed island-grown orange or grapefruit juice at any local restaurrant).
'Produce local' and 'Market local' is also necessary.
Simple, right? No.
Doable? Yes.
Some, but not all, key ingredients:
Land and People suited to producing for local markets.
Economic/institutional/regulatory environment conducive to, and not biased against, local production, marketing, and purchase.
btw Rob: about those cows and chickens, not, right?
James Weatherford, Ph.D.
15-1888 Hialoa
Hawaiian Paradise Park