I have become a member of the Hawaii Food Council list serve which seems to have amassed the truly passionate parties and citizens. In an effort to address real concerns I will list and summarize various concerns heard on this list serve and maintain a list of activist, not commercially-oriented, stakeholders ....
Issues
Access to (Local Food) Food
- Jim Hollyer posted article (http://www.foodnavigator-usa.com/Science-Nutrition/Localized-food-production-should-be-a-strategy-not-a-goal-says-UCSB-professor/?c=71VcYO0ZfgUbRVmcA%2FsJaQ%3D%3D&utm_source=newsletter_daily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Newsletter%2BDaily) on May 20, 2011, at 7:51 AM pointing out that grown local does not always mean consumed locally. In the end making the point, localization is a strategy for a larger goal, not the actual end in of itself.
What is "Food"?
- Kim Coffee-Isaak widened the scope on Jim's article on May 20, 2011, at 12:30 PM by pointing out that when people talk about localization they are mostly talking about fruits and vegetables, but "Food" goes much more beyond this to include dairy and animal proteins.
- Hawaii needs to "grow all the food for a complete nutritional picture locally" including rice according Melanie Bondera to on May 20, 2011, at 4:01 PM. This would also need to include the dairy and animal proteins stated above.
Food Security
- George Kent states on May 20, 2011 6:58:41 PM that it is not feasible or wise to grow all necessary foods for complete nutrition locally, but to have a diverse array of food sources.\
- Stuart Scott rebutted on Fri, 20 May 2011 22:55:48 that "Food security must include a greater ability to produce more of our food locally."
Important Agricultural Lands (IALs)
GMOs
Activist Stakeholders
http://www.kohalacenter.org/
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