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> we should eat local.

What I found interesting was that the economics are affected by both spatial and temporal locality. The part about holding tanks that could keep lobsters alive for months to sell them out of season when prices were higher is a good reminder that eating seasonally can be as import for affordability as eating locally.

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Exactly. My relatives have a business where they basically keep food in storage until it is out of season then sell it.

It can be locally grown or imported. It depends on the client. Some buy in bulk from local farmers, keep it (paying storage costs) then sell later.

I am not sure about other places but here in India, this is termed as 'hoarding' and is illegal, however not that it has made that model non existant

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