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June 25, 2002 <br /> To: County Council Members <br /> Planning Department Staff <br /> From: Rick Vidgen ,;;~.~_s~.__ ~f=_r_T~,T. <br /> ;~~~--.mot <br /> ff M. <br /> Ladies and Gentlemen: <br /> My name is Rick Vidgen and I manage MacFarms of flawaii, a 3,850-acre <br /> macadamia orchard, factory, sales, marketing and distribution operation. I <br /> appreciate the opportunity to present testimony as part of the periodic review <br /> process for the County General Plan. <br /> I have been to two previous meetings in Kailua and Konawaena School and <br /> listened to the review and testimony. ~Uhile there are many aspects of what <br /> was said about which I may have an opinion, I will restrict my comments to <br /> one subject, i.e., the economics of agriculture. The reason I feel the need to <br /> say anything at all is that I found many of the views, written and verbal, <br /> regarding the need to limit development so as to maintain the "agricultural <br /> lifestyle" to be naive and fanciful. In fact, only the comment from Mr. <br /> <br /> Rosner, intended I suspect to be controversial, that "if you are not growing <br /> an illegal substance, you will probably go broke," was close to the reality. <br /> q~.~~ <br /> Comm. No.~ <br /> file No. _ <br /> 1 Re'.. T~~a <br /> ~~f. ~,~te=. 0 ~ <br /> <br />