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surfaced as one of the biggest obstacles to creating more value -added products for local <br />markets. The School of Agriculture and CTAHR are willing to work with us to help encourage <br />entrepreneurial activity in the Pahoa area. Sen. Russell Ruderman was also in attendance and is <br />working on the legislative level for ways to provide more food sustainability in our area. The <br />mayor's representative, Jeff Melrose, who is also one of the people in R &D who will probably <br />be reviewing our grant proposal, attended these meetings and is thus aware of the need and <br />our actions to address those needs. <br />A letter from the Action Committee to R &D and the County Council grants committees in <br />support of our project would be helpful. <br />Mahalo, <br />Rene Siracusa <br />