HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOM 0728.067 2000-2002 SEP-24-2002 02.40 PM SMITHFARMS KONR 3288060 P.B1
September 2~, X002
K®na C®ffee Is Already Perfect'
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~aunt~i ~c~urcil,
food m®rning. 1e~y name is fob Sr_r?lth. After graduating in 14~~ fr®m the iJnlver°slty
t~tawaii with a degree ir{ °Tr®pical Agriculture, 1 have fanned Sugar cane, Nlacadarr~la nuts and
for the last 13 years Kona ~®ffee. I~ly wife Cecelia ar~d I sell virtually our entire cr®p
thr®u$h ®ur web site www. smithfarms.com.. UUe are not the only srr~all farmers doing
this. 'The Kona Coffer Council estate pr®grarrti of which t am chairman represents rrcore than
~0 Kona Coffee estates. There are others as well. C,~ur customers comae from a!I over the
planet. ~Chese people buy our 10®®/~ Kona Coffee because they believe that Kona coffee is
one df the best tasting c®ffees in the world.
That Kona coffee qualifies as the ultir~aate gourmet coffee In a world awash in c®ffee, is iru0y
a blessing t® us small farnners in IC®na. '°i`his is the orgiy rasa®n why we are able t® successfully
do what vve do.
!)Uher~ sonneone comes up with the bright idea that our heirs®c~r~ K®rta c®ff cuitivar needs
to be altered in s®rne way t® air~tprove it°' that gets my attention. The first ~uesti®r~ t ask is
what are they thinking?
~'®day you are hearing all the arguments as to why this kind ®f Agrieultural research arld
trial i~ield plantings is not a good idea for K,®raa C®ffee. l~laybe at sorr~e place llke archer
Island it w®uld not be so troublesome.
1X1ith all of the unknowns in this type of research 1 think that it would be foolish f®r us to
take any chance of contaminating our precious K®na c®ffee plants, even the r~tere potential
®f anything happening that tarnishes our worldwide reputation reeds t® be earefully
warded against. Kona coffee has a 17~ year history here. tt has supported lC®na Pe®ple
longer than uny other agricultural erop in l~dawali. This is ic~aportant to rerr3era~b~r and reflect
on. Kona coffee is perfect already. Lets dust leave it alone. f therefore ask you to vote
t®day in favor of ~esolutlon 2~f~~®2 and c®rramunica~ti®n 72~.
sure hope that in this particular case politics does not trump cor~rnon sense. 'Thank you.
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