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of what is growo or produced in Hawaii, the greatest need that Hawaii has in making itself stably . the need for a continuous Lund stable air height system both inter-island and trans-ocean. The &pcndeucy on the baigc systcnh and the Matson freight system ns yen good cucept where ?uu ns of the csscucc. It is my belief that if landowners work with the financial institutions and the growers, it would be possible to generate start-up farms. This would help create farms that someday would produce enough product to take care of Hawaii's needs, as welt as exporting to other countries Until such time as individual farms would be large enough to Make shipments ul their own, it would be necessary to have a consolidated packing and slipping facility to handle products from various sources to be able to make shipment of magoiunk enough to be prof itablc. Therc have been feasibility studies of consolidating and shipping which have piovcu to b~ valid, as well as feasibility studies of inter-island and trans-ocean shipmonts of freight The Agncultural Department has made studies oil how to pack and Ship glcen plants Which is vcn tbasnble and could prove to be all asset to the growers when tune is i.hf the csscucc f fiend is Itic bclidI lion many hcsearch orgamzauons fruuh the.JL'ncCaluilal fields, that vN ithin the nest 30 to bll pctus dhcic will become food shuitagcs based upon tLc population gruv, Lk of the world Hawaii as a state with its existing land could possibh be w arci i? which agricultural production could become a vital factor in both the existence of the people of Hawaii and supplying people of other countries. If you take the existing population oCthc State of Haw:u~ and project it out at a rate of 6%, per year you would more than double the population in tell years The need for increased agriculuual production ~vill bocolnc deticnicl~ vital to sustain the people of the Slate of I lawaii. It is with this thought in mind that I am auuuiptiug to bring togcOw. the people of the financial conunuuity, the agricultural community, the rescaich and dcvckipuhool community and the hansportation entities to try and derclop as many ul' lhcs potential uecds as possible ill as short amount of fine as is humanly possible, because Buie is of the esscncv I address this to all pcrsous interested ill cithcr their business of pCrM nal future ill the i afiOUS f nclda that touch upon these subicus, and appnxiate any and all input that could bnug this to fuliillmcut 3