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Murashige, Laura
From: bushirol @gmail.com on behalf of Hawaii Floral Products [bushiro @hawaiiantel.net]
Sent: Tuesday, September 03, 2013 8:04 AM
To: counciltestimony @co.hawaii.hi.us
Subject: Bills 113 & 109
We are writing to lend our voice to the opposition of Bills 109 and 113.
As struggling farmers in Hawaii County, we are faced daily with decisions that allow our business to
succeed or fail based on a multitude of factors. We employ both sustainable and conventional
management options and would embrace biotechnology that would allow us to minimize the use of
dangerous pesticides by inserted resistance development. Conventional breeding does not allow for
resistance to disease, only tolerance. This means that under severe environmental conditions, a disease
can completely destroy your crop. Removing GE tools will not only reduce our ability to survive as
farmers when the next severe disease enters the state but will also reduce our ability to compete in a
global marketplace.
We find it offensive that councilors who do not farm commercially and who have not met with farmers
directly to discuss these misguided Bills, persist in assuming they know what is best for the community
they supposedly represent. It makes you wonder who exactly do they represent and what is their
agenda?
Mahalo for your consideration, Brian and Jennifer Bushe
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