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[Devany]

Paul,

Living on an island, agriculture is our only key to sustainability and not being dependent on the ships coming in for food. It is also the best thing for our economy, keeping our dollars here. We will only be sustainable way when we learn to support the farmers without going through the middle men (huge corporate grocers & produce brokers.) It would not take subsidies or taxes to support agriculture, it takes PEOPLE. There is no way produce is cheaper at our grocery stores than it is in farmer's markets. And all of that is not even comparing the importance of eating locally raised food. It is fresher, better for you and supports the farms HERE, not big corporate farms in China or Mexico or even California. And the carbon footprint of say an orange from Belize or a pineapple from China is absurd for the global ecology when we can and should be growing those things right here. We all need food to eat, but almost everything we need can be grown here. We should be demanding local produce, dairy and meats from our grocers. Stores like Island Naturals are already focused on the local and organic how much harder would it be for a larger store chain? They could have fresh shipments daily instead of waiting on the ship to get here from the mainland.

I am totally flabbergasted when I see nothing but mainland eggs for instance at any of our local chain grocers. We have lots of people raising chickens for eggs on a small level, if there was a demand more people would do it. The Spam, tinned corn beef etc. I understand... but EGGS?

Aloha au i Hawai`i,
devany

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