02-15-2008, 09:28 AM
"What happens when food produced on Hawaii becomes a scarce commodity because of their lower price versus imported food, and production can't keep pace with demand, will prices remain low in the aloha spirit or will it rise with the demand in the true spirit of capitalism?"
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Doesn't demand stimulate production? We've got thousands of acres of year round Ag land lying fallow here on Hawaii. I can see us becoming the food basket of the state.
I mentioned a tariff on imported goods we can produce here, not electronics or cars.
The benefits would not just be to the local growers; We all benefit by becoming less dependent on "food miles".
I would hope the prices of home grown produce would rise, the difference is the money would stay in the local economy.
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Doesn't demand stimulate production? We've got thousands of acres of year round Ag land lying fallow here on Hawaii. I can see us becoming the food basket of the state.
I mentioned a tariff on imported goods we can produce here, not electronics or cars.
The benefits would not just be to the local growers; We all benefit by becoming less dependent on "food miles".
I would hope the prices of home grown produce would rise, the difference is the money would stay in the local economy.