[governance] Clinton Admits: "Free" Trade is Harmful to 3rd World

Sun Apr 18 16:24:20 EDT 2010

Thank you Joey. I enjoyed watching this clip. We also have food
security issues in Asia Pacific - with "rice shortages" and have to
deal with balancing food imports.

On 4/18/10, Joey Gray <jogray at gmail.com> wrote:
> Greetings All, Semi-related (by contrast), here is the story of another
> Caribbean island's  generations of dependence, hunger, and independence --
> Cuba:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGuipXzxPFY   I just learned about
> Kitchen Gardeners, which looks like a cool resource
> http://kitchengardeners.org/ Joey
>
> On Fri, Apr 9, 2010 at 3:28 AM, Deirdre Williams <williams.deirdre at gmail.com
>> wrote:
>
>> I have been following this discussion with interest, particularly as I
>> belong to Saint Lucia, one of the banana producing countries of the
>> Windward
>> Islands in the Caribbean.
>> This morning I read this article
>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8610427.stm which may interest some of
>> you. It also deals with the protection of local agriculture, in this case
>> in
>> some African countries, and in this case using intellectual property
>> rights,
>> specifically patents.
>> Can someone advise me please - Ginger?? - should I copy in the text of the
>> article or is the URL sufficient?
>> Deirdre
>>
>> On 8 April 2010 22:19, Salanieta T. Tamanikaiwaimaro <
>> salanieta.tamanikaiwaimaro at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Thanks Jeanette,
>>>
>>> Your practical question reminds of something I may have read somewhere
>>> but can't for the life of me remember, it's about how consumers in the
>>> West post Copenhagen discussions are into buying green produce and
>>> chances are if they are consuming something that took so long to get
>>> to their country, it would have have not been environmentally
>>> efficient and consumers would soon rather purchase commodity from
>>> neighbouring region.
>>>
>>> I am reminded of bottled water how I watched a documentary (rerun)
>>> where it said that it takes 8 litres of water to make one bottled
>>> water etc and how people should just use filters and drink tap water.
>>>
>>> Where do we draw the line and how do we trade efficiently and be
>>> mindful of not trampling on others just because we are giants and we
>>> can.
>>>
>>> I have chillie growing in my yard in Suva, Fiji Islands and would love
>>> to send you some but quarrantine probably won't allow it.  In Fiji,
>>> people also dry chillies to preserve them.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>>
>>> Sala
>>> On 4/6/10, Jeanette Hofmann <jeanette at wzb.eu> wrote:
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >> So here's a practical question: Looking in my own refrigerator just
>>> now,
>>> >> I have noticed most of a pack of chillies (cost £0.50) from Morocco,
>>> >> expiry date 22Mar and they have indeed grown some interesting looking
>>> >> mold. But I can't eat chillies quickly enough. So what should I do -
>>> not
>>> >> buy them again (smaller packets not available in that shop),
>>> >
>>> > You should freeze them. That way they last for many months without
>>> > losing their flavour. You defrost them within less than a minute by
>>> > putting them under hot water.
>>> >
>>> > and who
>>> >> should public policy seek to protect - Moroccan farmers, or Moroccan
>>> >> consumers - in the event that the UK market for chillies reduces,
>>> taking
>>> >> with it the wholesale price.
>>> >
>>> > Aren't Moroccan farmers also consumers? I wonder if this is really an
>>> > either/ or situation. Besides, there might be good reasons to produce
>>> > and buy food locally even if this implies higher prices. Avoiding long
>>> > distant transport, might be one, desirable qualities such as taste or
>>> > organic production methods might be reasons and poverty is certainly
>>> > also one.
>>> >
>>> > jeanette
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>> Arthur Lewis, Nobel Prize Economics, 1979
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