> Sadly the truth is in the U.S. most people are content to live on fast food, >drink five or six soda pops a day AND buy foreign honey because it IS >cheaper! As a honey producer, I watch the prices. I watch them go up, I watch them go down. When the Chinese had their contamination problems, I watched them really go up. Imagine...$1.50 a pound in the barrel. Imagine again...over $4.00 in the jar on the supermarket shelf. Now that foreign honey is again flooding the US market, the barrel price is dropping like a rock. Packers are paying as little as they can get away with...well below $1.00 a pound. Free trade folks say this is a good thing, as it lowers the prices for the consumer. Who's kidding who? The price of honey is still over $4.00 a pound on the supermarket shelf. Makes one wonder...foreign honey is cheaper...for who...the packer? Mike -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.11.5 - Release Date: 5/4/2005 :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: -- Visit www.honeybeeworld.com/BEE-L for rules, FAQ and other info --- ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::