Subject: consequences of local markets

Posted by Bill Braun on 2/15/2009
In Reply To:consequences of local markets Posted by Bill Rathborne on 2/15/2009

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By demand I mean the aggregate amount of vegetables and fruit consumed.
To wit, would Canadians (as a whole population) eat more vegetables and fruits if they were available locally? Assuming aggregate caloric intake would remain unchanged, if vegetables and fruits increase, what decreases? If there is no decrease in other foods we would be looking at the paradoxical effect of fruits and vegetables causing increasing obesity (I say with a bit of facetiousness).

I am less sure about the impact in developing nations to which B Rathborne refers. I do not know enough about local growing conditions to know if locally available vegetables and fruits would alter eating habits. If there is a bona fide increase in carrying capacity (from the local vegetables and fruits) it may indeed change the demand. I wonder about overshoot and collapse when life spans increase and the demand for all the things increased population corresponding increases.

Good thoughts, thank you.

Bill Braun

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