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Hawaii Game Management Advisory Commission Meeting
<br /> Minutes—February 22, 2016
<br /> Ike: So I have a question...
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<br /> MA: Yes.
<br /> Ike: So if people were interested in knowing more about this —who would they
<br /> contact?
<br /> MA: Ah, we have a website — it's Hawaii IslandMeat.com.
<br /> Ike: OK.
<br /> MA: And they can enter their email address and then we also have contact
<br /> information in there as well, so there's a phone number in there and if they
<br /> call that they'll talk to me.
<br /> Ike: Thank you.
<br /> JE: Now our, our drive — I mean, this is just the first phase or, well, just a part
<br /> of what we're actually doing or wanting to do. We're also looking for a
<br /> chilling facility...
<br /> MA: Yeah...
<br /> JE: ....and cut and wrap, ah, now, and I think once we get into that area and
<br /> (W harvesting a lot of the meats for the producers and stuff, I think then we'll
<br /> be more viable and more active in processing this meat and getting 'em
<br /> out to market, um, I, you know, from what I see here, especially with local
<br /> folks and, you know, small producers and stuff like that, that have
<br /> specialty meats an stuff, I mean, think about exporting — if Kobe beef is
<br /> such recognized, you know, in Japan, for, you know, just really nothing
<br /> except you know grazing volcanic grass and stuff— I can only imagine,
<br /> you know, Mauna Kea, you know, brand meats, you know, that kind of
<br /> stuff and how much people would be even more impressed and want to
<br /> purchase it. You know, this is creating jobs, you know, it's helping folks to
<br /> have a market for their animals and stuff and it'll be something that they
<br /> can extensively, you know, grow out of that even further, ah, so, you
<br /> know, the potential behind this is overwhelming, yeah, but, you know, it's
<br /> great, it's great, I mean, it's huge, you see, and I'm hoping one of these
<br /> days when we start getting back into the chicken industry that we might be
<br /> able to have a processor for chickens, yeah, and egg production and stuff,
<br /> you see, so, you know, it's dreams but it's stuff that's coming to reality and
<br /> it's all basically because of guys like Mike and, ah, you know, folks from
<br /> the Kohala Center and other people have put their hands in this stew and,
<br /> you know, made a it mix and it tastes great. So, what we're looking at right
<br /> now is to further promote this, ah, we've talked to Mike, ah, Robinson, he's
<br /> (W Department of Hawaiian Homes Land and Leonard Tanaka — because
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