New week

Well, it's another week in the produce biz.  Thinking back on the PMA convention, I wonder if it will be looked at as a dinosaur in the years ahead.  Almost all the exhibitors rely on long distance shipping to get their products to market.  If the price of fuel keeps rising and the local food movement gains steam, it will be a double whammy to many.  I would imagine the Mexicans will suffer the most, since their produce travels the furthest.  Still, Americans are not easily parted from their automobiles.  If there is a way to move goods over the roads more cheaply, someone will probably find it, and the west coast shippers will continue to send summer veg to the east all winter.  It just feels wasteful.