A New York Times editorial talks about lobbying efforts that have shot down legislation that would require some food labeling—labeling that would tell us where our food was raised or grown.

“With imports of agricultural products rising sharply and sporadic scares about their safety,” says the article, “Americans surely have a right to know what country their food has come from. Unfortunately, they have little chance of finding out, due to the intransigence of meat importers and grocery retailers.”

Consumers have a right to know where their food comes from, the editorial posits. We agree.

As our post on Andrea Dean showed (she ate only Big Island food products for an extended period, and had no trouble finding enough to eat), there is a lot of great food produced right here on the Big island.

Eating locally just makes more and more sense.