Support Local 2.? Just do eat.

['elepaio]

I think i know who here already but anyone else here has a business for us to support and promote vs. amazon prime ? No need rest of you tell about awesome free shipping and how it " saves you " .. bla bla bla (please again,,, refrain from saying you can get this for this et all ..we already know this ) Just wanted to hear from locals and how we can support you ..An + suggestions welcome. Please post here who you like . Resto - Services .. let's boost local. Check out Filipino stores across from walmart for rare ( er ) veggies and fresh bread + some fun imports.

[HereOnThePrimalEdge]

Support the native endemic stone fruit orchard businesses on the upper slopes of Mauna Kea.

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[oink]

 + 5 or so.

[kalakoa]

I simply can't afford to support "local" merchants who charge 3x Amazon prices.

[Space Karen]

amazon prime ? No need rest of you tell about awesome free shipping 

Amazon's free shipping deal is with USPS.

USPS is being forced to raise rates, due to inflation and rising cost of oil.

Eventually, amazons free shipping deal with USPS could fall through if inflation and oil rise high enough.

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That said, I see a lot of local hawaii businesses selling their wares on amazon. Lychee fruit sells as high as $17 dollars a pound on amazon. Macadamia nut $12 a pound.

I would guess local business is doing very well judging by those prices.

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Support the native endemic stone fruit orchard businesses on the upper slopes of Mauna Kea.

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That's funny.

But for reals.

It makes 100% good sense to grow off zone produce up there, if its viable.

Trees and plants also absorb air pollution, which could make the air up there clearer and better for astronomy.

[oink]

Support the native endemic stone fruit orchard businesses on the upper slopes of Mauna Kea.

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That's funny.

But for reals.

It makes 100% good sense to grow off zone produce up there, if its viable.

Trees and plants also absorb air pollution, which could make the air up there clearer and better for astronomy.

Here ya go (from https://geo-mexico.com/?tag=climate):

['elepaio]

Apples too ? i know Tutu will like.

[terracore]

Apples too ? i know Tutu will like.

You can grow apples in the tropics.  Some varieties do better than others.  If they are stubborn and won't fruit you can trick them winter came and went by defoliating them by hand.

We bought a grafted tree in Ka'u.  Several varieties of apples on it.  Made apples after the first year.  They were delicious.

Unfortunately one to many goat accidents and the tiny tree didn't come back.

[kalianna]

No one's mentioned this, but isn't the lack of rain problematic? Aren't the upper reaches of the mauna very arid?

[terracore]

I simply can't afford to support "local" merchants who charge 3x Amazon prices.

That's the rub.  Having owned a retail store myself I remember seeing big box stores selling stuff at retail that was lower than what I paid for the same product wholesale... not counting what I paid for shipping.  It literally would have been cheaper for me to buy stuff from a big box store than getting it from the same distributor they did.

They call it "economies of scale" but another way of phrasing it is that "the system" is geared towards grinding small businesses out of the equation so that consumers have no choice but to buy directly from the elites.  Hawaii's new $18/hour minimum wage law will do a lot to facilitate that. Imagine the economics of comparing a couple of high school kids making $18/hour that show up to work only when they want to against Bezos's warehouse robots that don't get paid, don't require workers compensation insurance, employer contributions towards payroll taxes etc etc that really make an $18/hour employee cost twice that. 3x Amazon prices might someday be a bargain at a local business.