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LWV-Hawaii Legislative Testimony

SB 524, SD1

Relating to
Agriculture

House Committee on Agriculture (AGR) - chair: Jessica Wooley, vice chair: Richard H.K. Onishi
House Committee on Economic Development & Business (EDB) - chair: Clift Tsuji, vice chair: Gene Ward

Thursday, March 14, 2013, 9:00 A.M.. Conference Room 312

Testifier: Nancy Davlantes, LWV Legislative Committee Member

Click here to view SB524, SD1

Chairs Wooley and Tsuji, Vice-Chairs Onishi and Ward, and Committee Members:

The League of Women Voters of Hawaii supports SB524, which makes appropriations to establish an agricultural development and food security program, establish state planning objectives to increase demand and access to locally grown foods, and establish state planning objectives to increase production of locally grown foods.

For more than 20 years, the League of Women Voters has supported a system of sustainable, regenerative agricultural production that moves toward an environmentally sound agricultural sector which includes promoting stewardship to preserve and protect human and natural agricultural resources.

The League believes that if agriculture is to be sustainable and regenerative in Hawaii, given its isolation from the Mainland, it must include increasing production of locally grown foods; encouraging the marketing, purchasing, and consumption of locally grown foods; and supporting an agricultural workforce and infrastructure. Together these efforts will move Hawaii toward more of a self-sufficient future.

While not as comprehensive as other sustainability bills introduced, the League believes that SB524 is an important first step to that end and urges you to pass this bill.

Thank you for the opportunity to submit testimony.

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