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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOM 0728.015 2000-2002 Sent by~P9re RosoureOL-Kona $0~-84-0a 15:53 from 688522@7tiB~S16,07T ro9• 1-• 1 ~0~~ ODUN'i"Y ~M ~U:~U ~-yp ,~P*t~~~'~I'$O~j~y'FIOE II4=~A2V34IL~y g, 2002 Ms. 1~l~ey Pigicctuo, Che~iT ~Jfav~~aii County Couuci! Coitt~ on ~unaan Services atbd ~rono~cnic~ 1~Developn~nr 25 A,uputu Stmt rTlo, t~nwaaa s6~za beat' Chairwotnaa Pisic~io ~ Conttee Members: Its: i~soiu~tion 236 Conicativn 728 The Kona Gaunty Faint ~3ttreaat (KC~j supports the resolution supporting a rn®ratoriusn ou tlae rctc~ and placating ckf ; icaAy tttodifieal (G11+1) cof~ in the Districts of North and Sou#.h Kona iu order to assure prctect the biotic inte~iry and ut~rlet value of pare ~Ona cv~`ee. °I'lte Ana County F ~ure~u represents all phsse5 of the atura} izlduatry in North and South. Kona and Z?as n cuzrecxt boss of 235 mersabers. V4tith Coi~E~ a major crop in owr districts, try of our rn~aob~s are gt+awe~S, processors of marketers of Kona ccr~e. Our ntesttbers iuciud€ industry pioneers, estate aolfee grpw~e, f~arraily farmers and industry leaderb. Many have ~vorl~ed hard for decades to grrrw a pr~nirarn product that is interxaatioraally reso~tized as such. At our auitaual membership me~tir~~ held in Aunaast there was a unanimous con~nsus to support a moratorium on the y7lanting of GM coffee in tho Kona districts until. such time as there are a.~surattces i~ place regarding the integrity of az~r c~°op. °The paxtiC~atar concern regards the pottogntial of potl~en drift txflm t.JM cOffcc into fields: ofacre-genetically- modi~ed c4~£e. Although the I~CFl3 supparta research £'or genetically cnodifi®d crops, it recog{u.~es a ppte~kial tlueat t0 the losag-tin quality and uaauthct for Kona coffee. Until such tirr;e as the ~ovvers aaq be assured there is na tltrreat, we support such a rnoratotiuna. ~ yo~t far file crpporlw~y ro oar testimony, s~~~~y, ~het3 Mehas Pt~ident Comm. No, File No. Ref. To:~'~,m,=„ ~ Ref. Date_ SEP 10 2~ to 3~dd 00~ L64S9EE £0~9T ~9~3~/5E/6©