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<br /> Page 2 of 2 <br /> <br /> <br /> **Japanese and European authorities are well aware that when GMO field trials occur in a region, GMO <br /> contamination is highly likely.? Field trials in Hawaii County would create the perception of GMO contamination and, <br /> before export to Japan and Europe, Hawaiian coffees would need to be tested for GMO genes. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> **In February 2007, John Stiles of Integrated Coffee Technologies, testified that he has GMO coffee trees ready for <br /> field trials in Hawaii in 12 to 18 months. This information, and the fact that HDOA has given no assurance that there <br /> will not be field trials of GMO coffee in Hawaii County, gives urgency to the need for enacting protection <br /> 0 <br /> <br /> We appreciate your support for Big Island agriculture.? Please pass Resolution 463-08. <br /> <br /> Sincerely yours, <br /> <br /> Kenneth Sheppard <br /> <br /> President - Kona Coffee Farmers Association? <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> 1/7/2008 <br />