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<br /> Page 1 of 1 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Murashige, Laura <br /> <br /> From: Bob Belcher [b.belcher@juno.com] <br /> Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2008 8:11 AM <br /> To: counciltestimony@co.hawaii.hi.us <br /> <br /> Subject: Res. 462-08: "Supports S. B. 958 S. D. 1 H.D. <br /> <br /> Aloha City Council Members, <br /> I support Res. 462-08: "Supports S. B. 958 S. D. 1 H.D. <br /> <br /> I would support a total ban on all GMO foods and farming connected with any GMO products. The reason is <br /> simple. The concept of GMO is based on corporate profit and attacks the rights of the small farmer to propagate <br /> their own seeds. <br /> GMO is in effect a paten on life and simply goes against common sense. We are being sold on the value of GMO <br /> products because the genetic modification will protect the plants against disease, fungus or whatever the bug of <br /> the week is. The truth is that farmers have been fighting these blights for thousands of years and in the end the <br /> farmer wins. Human beings and the human food supply have a relationship that is many tens of thousands of <br /> years old. Therefore, genetically modified food must have an impact at the most basic cellular level on our <br /> bodies. The impact of genetically modified food on the human body has not been studied long enough to really <br /> understand its' effect. It is part of human arrogance to consider that because science is able to do something that <br /> it should. <br /> GMO seeds are designed to not reproduce. This puts our food supply in the hands of universities and large <br /> corporations and takes it out of the hands of the family farmer and the communities in which they live. It is a <br /> foolish and dangerous situation for the country and especially Hawaii. Because of Hawaii's isolation it is <br /> imperative that Hawaii's ability to produce food stays completely in the hands of the local farmer. We live in a <br /> dangerous world and in economic uncertainty; were Hawaii to be cut off from the mainland we would face a very <br /> serious situation if our seed stock were not in local hands. <br /> Please vote in favor of the local farmer. Please vote for the people of Hawaii. <br /> With Much Aloha, <br /> Bob Belcher <br /> Volcano, Hawaii <br /> 333-1928 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> VdP <br /> Comm. No. 0 O <br /> AO, / <br /> Ref, To:eftm LiUA <br /> Ref. Date _ AN 9~ d~ nn2 <br /> 1/24/2008 <br />