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H I FARM BUREAU Fax - 8088481921 Sep 9 ' 02 15 01 P. 02102
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Sep6eanbea 10,2002
Itswaii Cooney C®~cil
Comae oea Vasa Serviccs ds Lconoaa~cc Tlcvclolst
Testimony re Ras. 236-02 Pt RIEaSOLUTION SUPPORTIiVG A N!®iZ141°ORiU@41 OIV Tt~
REt_fi=ASE AN®t~tr4NTIlVG OF G~iV~TICAI-LY hA®®li°IEO (GPA) C®~~ IN THE i]tSTRtCT'
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OF 4V(~RTFt ARIA S®UTB'$ KONA ihl ORDER T'0 ASSURE Ahli~ F~ROTitCT THE i3fOTfiC
INTEGRIT'1f ~,ND M~aRKE'T' VA?t.UE OF PURE KONA COFFEE
Chair PisicChio and counciln~embers:
°fhe Haveaii Farm i3ur+sav Fad®ralion is a slat®uvide organization of farrrroa~ and faun fagrr~ili~
numbering some 1600 rra®mb. Our cor~pon®nt org~nizatiotas are re~rr~sd to as County Faun
bureaus. fibers are four sa~Ch "counties" on-the Islanoi ®f s~awaii, one each on Mau€, Moio~ai, and
Kauai, and three on Oahu. 1'h® Foderation is in turn apart of die .~rv~erican FararS bureau vvitFi
5,000,000 m®rnbers in alt 50 sues.
Our federation policy on Gt~C~'s was approv®d at our annual convention by a vot® of our House ~
Delegates a proportionoliy representative body. It r®ada as f®Ilcv~:
t°ses8et@ceEl~y ~~di?fled ®r~a~aa (GMO'a) hav® proven e~iva 9ra c~~tr~Ntnq diaaa~ In
F~Ya end lsa~ane comps. ~hegr davei!~pmant is a~aoettial to the ge~avth of i~aevail's std
agrlcuttura4 t~dtratry. ~~D~ and B~ea~aIi IOt:3~ have iise pl~ee ~ # 0l3 el!ig~
baud pra~de: c®n~ol fc~r GM®`s. ~®supi the uaa ~f GMO°a #or ~e
advartcet~asnt ared expansBoo~ ~ta~ala agriculture.
It is important that the regulation and control of GMO's bo retainod at Strata and national levels
and that such regulati®ns are based os~ hard ss:'sentific evidence. The ap}3arant fl8~ar in the
resolution is that it calls for approval of regulatory regimes by the county council. lPUe ask gnu to
consider if your council has the funds and technl~l personnel to evaluate such a process. The
development of a GMO papaya resistant to ringspot virus h~ pr®ven es~r~al in the ccantlnuation
of that baasira~sa in d=ta~aa3. ~e eels you t® consid®r v~h®re vve rnigi~t be if approval from the
council had tarn r®quirad for its release.
For dress rea~ns, the t-ta~aii Fsrc~ bureau Federati®n urges you to defer appr®val at this
re~dlution. ~'tranlc you for your Conside"etion.
°Thorrra~ 'll, Pre 'dent
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