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considerable amount ($5-10,000). This cost needs to be supported or it will have to be passed on to the growers. I recommend that the county subsidize certification costs. Precedent has already bean set is Kauai in 1994. There arc an estimated 75 certified organic operations in the state with an untold amount of uncertified production which will soon become illegal under OFPA. ¦ Money to hold a workshop to train ezistiag pool of inspectoro (approximately 12 orate-wide from the three certification Qt'oups based [n Hawaii - HOFA, our aY6liate 1COGA, and Bob Fau¦t), as well as additional new iaspectoro id processing and livestock certification. We are beginning to get requests for this type of organic production (processing and livestock) which require different inspection procedures from crops. We need trained inspectors to meet this demand. ¦ Money to development local marketing networks to faciliWtc local product moving iota the mast high-valued markets throughout the state [or the purpose of impart subatitutimt. Supplying product to local markets for import substitution is hampered by the high .osts of transportation facing individual growers. Through the use of huffs and infonnal coops, some of the transaction costs (transportation and networking) can be reduced and more effective matching of supply and demand in the local fresh foods markets can take place. ¦ lnveatments in energy crops should be encouraged: We need to reduco our dept:rtdency on fossil fuels both in the production ot'electricity and in liquid fuels. Besides utilizing appropriate technologies involving waste treatment, we mould be making use of the existing infrastructure for planation agriculture to grow energy crat7~ ¦ Implement sustainable forestry practices. There is great potential far producing tropical lumber crops using sustainable practices rather than short-term, quick profit schemes such es the pulp wood project. M. 8ileen O'Hora-Wait, Dekini Enterprises S/1N7 3