TITLE OF LAST LETTER MISLEADING

Thank you for printing my letter on October 1, 2003 regarding the benefits of choosing local food products over imported.  I am, however, puzzled as to why you chose to replace my title, "Local food good for consumers and our community" with the title "It takes effort to cut the cost of food on the table."  I believe that your title misses the point I was trying to make.

In my letter I was trying to say that the benefits of seeking out local products far outweighs the effort.  Nowhere in my letter did I mention the cost of local food over imported.  If I had chosen to address the cost, I would have said that the cost of fresh local produce from the farmer's markets is much lower than that of produce that has been shipped in.

Camille Armantrout

Makawao