As many urban areas in the USA are dominated with a mix of small amounts of high quality foods, out of the price range and convenience of the typical economic middle class. While having a majority of unhealthy artificially favored, pesticide treated, genetically modified, antibiotic and steroid injected foods saturating most stores. The choices of foods at gas stations, grocery stores and convenient stores are limited to a handful of brands, the unhealthy variety.
The DR has an increase in food imports partial stimulated by tourist, expats and economically upper class Dominicans. So far the DR has not fully assimilated it's food supply to mirror store shelves in the USA, that would be tragic.
Why hasn't the agriculture sector of the island transition more into the market share occupied by imports?
http://www.dominicantoday.com/dr/ec...lic-food-imports-jump-17-in-March-to-US2205-M
The DR has an increase in food imports partial stimulated by tourist, expats and economically upper class Dominicans. So far the DR has not fully assimilated it's food supply to mirror store shelves in the USA, that would be tragic.
Why hasn't the agriculture sector of the island transition more into the market share occupied by imports?
http://www.dominicantoday.com/dr/ec...lic-food-imports-jump-17-in-March-to-US2205-M