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Murashige, Laura
From: Terry R. Haynes [veggieterry@hotmail.com] 2008 A 23 Are 9 19
Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2008 6:15 PM
To: counciltestimony@co.hawaii.hi.us
Subject: FW: [gmofreehawaii] Help needed for taro and coffee, please testify Jan 24 COUNTY
Aloha Friends, I support Resolution 462-08 and 463-08 as stated below. Plus, I support any bill against
genetically engineered food. Please pass th se bills and any other bills against GMO foods. Aloha nui loa.
Veggie Terry Haynes, Ewa Beach, Hawaii
> To: gmofreehawaii@lists.riseup.net
> Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2008 16:41:11 -0800
> From: gmofreehawaii@riseup.net
> Subject: [gmofreehawaii] Help needed for taro and coffee, please testify Jan 24
> Just a gentle reminder....
> Friends of Coffee and Taro
> County Councilman Angel Pilago of North Kona, has introduced two resolutions to
> the Hawaii County Council
> These two resolutions passed their first readings in the Environmental
> Management Committee on January 8, 2008, in Hilo with unanimous vote. 2
> councilmen were absent, Stacy Higa and Dominic Yagong. The two resolutions
> must now pass the second reading in front of the County Council, on January 24,
> 2008, also in Hilo. Testimony can be given live by videoconference in both the
> Kona and Waimea Council offices.
> Resolution 462-08
> A RESOLUTION SUPPORTING S.B. 958 S.D.1 H.D.1 TO IMPOSE A TEN-YEAR MORATORIUM ON
> DEVELOPING, TESTING, PROPAGATING, CULTIVATING, GROWING, AND RAISING OF
> GENETICALLY MODIFIED TARO IN THE STATE OF HAWAII
> S.B. 958 S.D.1 H.D.1 above, passed the Senate, and must now receive a hearing
> in the House.
> Resolution 463-08
> A RESOLUTION SUPPORTING H.B. 1577 H.D.1 TO TEMPORARILY PROHIBIT THE GROWING OF
> GENETICALLY MODIFIED COFFEE FOR A PERIOD OF FIVE YEARS AND, AT THE SAME TIME,
> PERMIT RESEARCH IN AN ENVIRONMENTALLY SECURE FACILITY
> H.B. 1577 H.D.I. above, passed in the House and must now receive a hearing in
> the Senate.
> These bills impose moratoria on the planting of gmo taro and coffee. Please
> show your support and give testimony on these important resolutions.
> You can email your testimony to QQ
>counciltestimony@co.hawaii.hi.us Comm. NM Oga•'~~
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> or Fax to 961-8912
> GMO Taro would forever modify the ancestor of all native Hawaiian people. It
> would alter a nutritious staple crop of all people. It would add potentially
> allergenic proteins to one of the most non-allergenic foods there are.
> GMO coffee would contaminate one of Hawaii's most valuable and distinguished
> specialty crops. Kona coffee farmers would lose their premium price point.
> Markets would collapse. It would destroy a thriving industry all for the self-
> serving aims of a few short-sighted individuals.
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