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Murashige, Laura
From: dcwww [dcwww @yahoo.com]
Sent: Monday, June 24, 2013 7:12 PM
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Subject: Human Genes in GMO Rice
Folks, I don't know how it could get worse than this, but I don't want to find out!!!!! Let's
have a ban!!!!
Human Genes Have Been Engineered Into GMO Rice Being Grown In Kansas
http://aworldchaos.wordpress.com/2013/06/17/human-genes-engineered-into-experimental-
gmo-rice-being-grown-in-kansas/#more-21785
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Murashige, Laura COUNTY CLERK
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From: J Yoshimoto [joshimoto @co.hawaii.hi.us] 2013 JUN 27 PH 4: 30
Sent: Thursday, June 27, 2013 3:47 PM
To: counciltestimony @ co.hawaii.hi.us
Subject: FW: DANGER !!!! another reason to deny Monsanto
From: dcwww [mailto:dcwww @yahoo.com]
Sent: Tuesday, June 25, 2013 12:29 AM
To: bford @co.hawaii.hi.us; counciltestimony @co.hawaii.hi.us; dkanuha @co.hawaii.hi.us;
donishi @co.hawaii.hi.us; gilagan @co.hawaii.hi.us; joshimoto@co.hawaii.hi.us; keoff @co.hawaii.hi.us;
mwille @co.hawaii.hi.us; vpoindexter @co.hawaii.hi.us; zkern @co.hawaii.hi.us
Subject: DANGER !!!! another reason to deny Monsanto
I can only imagine that the bank
policy that this letter refers to
was "bought and paid for" by
corporate "farmers" such as
Monsanto!
Letter appearing in
WEST HAWAII TODAY
June 18, 2013
DANGER !!!! REPAIR THIS Inn
New loan guidelines
threaten our farmers
A very dangerous new
set of banking regulations
threatens small farmers,
our Kona coffee industry
and the food security of our
islands.
Until recently, the most
common way to finance a
small fee simple farm that
had a home on it; was to
obtain a 30-year residential
fixed rate mortgage.
Now, underwriting
guidelines changed to state
"no residential, 30-year fixed
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mortgage loans are available"
to properties being farmed.
DANGER !!!! REPAIR THIS mu
This leaves few alternatives
to future farmers. The
only entities who will be
able to farm will be large
corporations. The corporate
farm model is dangerous
to our food security. They
only look toward profits and
not to producing quality,
heritage crops.
There have already been
several challenges for our
local farmers. Bishop Estate
lands that comprise more
than 80 percent of the farms
in Kona have not been
financable for the past five
years. Now that fee simple
farms are in the same boat,
the next generation of
farmers better change their
career paths.
Many homeowners
today work from their
homes. They are not denied
conventional mortgage
loans. Why should farmers
be singled out?
DANGER !!!! REPAIR THIS wit
Our state and federal
governments need to
address this immediately.
New opportunities for
long-term, low-interest
loans to farmers must be
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made available for all of our
futures.
Arnold Rabin, Realtor
Ke`ei (Kona, Hawaii Island)
6/27/2013