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From: Kahoonei, Tiffany'
To: Council Testimony
Subject: FW: testimony in opposition to proposed bill #112
Date: Monday, March 12, 2018 12:06:27 PM
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From: K. T. Cannon -Eger [mailto:kteger@hawaii.rr.com]
Sent: Monday, March 12, 2018 11:59 AM
To: Clerk -Council <clerk-council@hawaiicounty.gov>
Subject: testimony in opposition to proposed bill #112
Opposition to proposed bill # 112
I offer this testimony in memory of Asao Kadosaki of Skill Village, Pa'ia, Maui.
My name is Katharine T. Cannon -Eger. I am a resident of Hawaiian Paradise Park where my
husband and I have owned a home since 1989. I am an agricultural enthusiast. For ten years, I
wrote a column on the financial impact of various aspects of agriculture in Hawaii County for
the local economic development board..
Prior to living in Hawaii County, my husband and I lived in UpCountry Maui where we
farmed avocados, herbs, and edible flowers as well as geese, ducks, turkeys, peacocks, and
chickens. We became acquainted with and, as time went on, good friends with the late Asao
Kadosaki of Skill Village in Paia. He introduced us to the world of game fowl. Mr. Kadosaki
put his four daughters through college on his game fowl money. It was from him we learned
about McRae dark, Kelso, Bishop Grey, and other thoroughbred bloodlines. He taught us
about different "keeps" — mixes of grain, herbs, fruit, and other natural ingredients for feed. He
taught us about bird health and handling. Caring for roosters and hens carried him through the
grieving time after his wife passed away. The level of care and concern he had for his birds
was echoed in all of his students.
That's long ago and far away, but the lessons I learned there bring me to comment here on the
proposed Bill 112, relating to rooster farms.
To me, preserving these bloodlines is somewhat akin to preserving heritage seeds. The activity
belongs in an agricultural area, which Hawaiian Paradise Park happens to be. I realize that this
bill if passed would impact all of Hawaii County, not just the Puna District.
There are many agricultural activities that are not food crops: timber, fiber, biofuel, flowers,
and nursery plants are a few examples.
I am in favor of continuing agricultural uses on agriculturally zoned lands in Hawaii County.
Thank you,
Katharine T. Cannon -Eger
HC I Box 5164
Kea' au, HI 96749
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