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Some guidelines: a basic principle of non-violence is that the means and ends of any effort must cohere. Ends are not cut off from means. If we want the land to take care of us, then we must take care of the land. We are presently in an historic transition period to Hawaiian sovereignty. It is time for our colonial thinking and business as usual to end. Everything we do must, be dune with a new sensitivity to the hoast culture and with this transition to Hawaiian sovereignty, sustainability, and self-sufficiency in mind. Eucalyptus tree plantations and food irradiation are NOT steps toward self sufficiency, sustainability, and Hawaiian Sovereignty. Both are more of the same old corporate colonialism, where the land and its fruits, are viewed merely as commodities to be exploited. It represents a "grab it and growel" ethic that needs to be replaced with sharing and caring for one anothex• and the earth that sustains us. It is a colonized mind and colonized thinking that turns over Hawaiian lands to big corporations like Prudential and O,ji timber to replace sugar plantations with wood chip or pulp plantations. It is also a colonized mind and colonial thinking that advocates the majic bullet, the modern snake oil, of food irradiation fox• new export cash crops to cure the ills of old cash crops. I agree fully with Hawaiian sovereignty grassroots leader, Kelii, "Skippy" Inane, who says it is time to "take the chains from the brains." Show us if the chains of colonialism have been broken in the Hawaii County Council. Vote down Bill No. 62 and an,v government money for food irradiation. And vote down any resolution in support of a private food irradiation plant. It is time we put our money where our mouth is and begin the process of feeding ourselves, as we move toward Hawaiian sovereignty, self- sufficieucy, and a sustainable future. Aloha. Jim Albertini farmer Ma].u `Aina P.O. Box AB Kurtistown, HI 96760 Phone 966-762