To the American people I say, awaken to what is happening. It is the duty of each citizen to be vigilant, to protect liberty, to speak out, left and right and disagree lest be trampled underfoot by misguided zealotry and extreme partisanship. ~ United States Senator Robert Byrd from West Virginia

1. STATE OF HAWAII
DEVELOPMENT OF AGRICULTURE
GOVERNOR DAVID IGE
DOUBLING LOCAL FOOD PRODUCION BY 2020
AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR JAMES NAKATANI
WORDS OF WISDOM
KELI`I AKINA, PH.D., PRESIDENT AND CEO
GRASSROOT INSTITUTE OF HAWAII
THE MISSGUIDED – NAVIGATIONAL ERRORS
HAWAII LEGISLATIVE INITIATIVES
THE PERFECT STORM
HAWAII 2018 GENERAL ELECTIONS
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GOVERNOR DAVID IGE
FINDING THE GAME-CHANGERS FOR LOCAL FOOD PRODUCTION
Ofce of the Governor
July 25, 2018, accessed October 22, 2018
https://governor.hawaii.gov/main/fnding-the-game-changers-for-local-food-production/
“Farm to table” sounds fresh and appealing — like going to your nearest
farmer’s market — but how many of us really know the hard work it takes to
grow food? So when Governor Ige set doubling local food production as one
of his administration’s goals, skeptics wondered, “Is that even possible?” The
answer is yes, say state agriculture ofcials — with the right combination of
available land and water, public-private investment, more support for current
and future farmers, and new technology, such as high-tech, climate-controlled
greenhouses on a scale that can make a diference for diversifed ag.

2. It's a complex matrix of pieces and a far cry from the days when large
plantations took care of everything — from housing the workforce to quality
assurance and distribution. Increasing local production includes supporting
current growers as well as planning for a new kind of farming that relies less on
back-breaking labor and more on “smart” technology to increase productivity.
Determined farmers, aquaculture entrepreneurs and ag innovators are working
with the state to increase Hawai‘i’s food security, but they need more support.
“Currently, only 15 percent of food consumed in Hawai'i is actually produced
here,” said the governor. “We need to move island agriculture from the
plantation era into the 21st century. That means combining sustainable
practices with new technology to help current small farmers and attract a new
generation of growers.”
{Emphasis in Original]
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Don't tell people how to do things,
Tell them what to do and
Let them surprise you with their results
General George S. Patton, United States Army
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AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION (ADC)
The ADC is ATTACHED to the Hawaii Department of Agriculture for
Administrative Purposes. Funding and Personnel Resources cited in 2007 Hawaii
Legislative Reference Bureau Report as shortcomings for the ADC's expanded roles
and missions remain unresolved today.
ADC Funding and Resources
While this study did not entail providing a detailed analysis of the annual
appropriations granted to ADC by the Legislature, virtually all respondents
urged that ADC be provided with more funding to aford it the resources to
continue and expand its eforts.

3. It should be noted that these are many of the same voices that have called for a
redefning and possible reduction in the role ADC plays within the industry.
At its inception, it was envisioned that ADC would be a much larger, robust
organization.
According to DOA [Hawaii Department of Agriculture] , ADC was to be stafed
with a total of eight persons, including managers, program specialists, and
clerical support. Presently, the ofce staf of ADC is comprised of three persons:
an executive director, an administrative services ofcer, and a secretary.
Additionally, when it acquired the Waiahole water system in 1999, ADC
“inherited” seven employees who were working for the prior owner of the
Waiahole water system. These seven positions included managers, supervisors,
and system workers.
DOA, DBEDT [Hawaii Department of Business, Economic Development &
Tourism], CTAHR [University of Hawaii at Mānoa, College of Tropical
Agriculture and Human Resources], HFBF [Hawaii Farm Bureau Federation],
HC&S [Hawaiian Commercial Sugar Company (Alexander & Baldwin)], and
three individual respondents all called for more funding for ADC to allow it
more resources to pursue its mandate, even though it may become a more
limited or focused one.
DOA, while calling for ADC to focus primarily on the preservation of
agricultural infrastructure abandoned by former plantations, states: “It is
evident that ADC is understafed.”
CTAHR, while stating that the mission of ADC should be focused on managing
large tracts of land and the irrigation and related infrastructure to support
agricultural enterprises on those lands, comments: “Even with a more focused
mission, ADC is still understafed and additional stafng is needed.”
[Clarifcation Supplied, Footnotes Omitted]
Source: Agribusiness Development Corporation: Revisited Report No. 3, 2007.
By Eric Maehara, Research Attorney. Legislative Reference Bureau, Honolulu, Hawaii.
Accessed October 22, 2018 http://lrbhawaii.org/reports/legrpts/lrb/rpts07/agri.pdf

4. JAMES NAKATANI, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, ADC
New greenhouse technology – The game-changer for the future may be
increased use of climate-controlled greenhouses that can grow more produce
on a small amount of land. “This is the new generation of farming,” said James
Nakatani, executive director of the Agribusiness Development Corporation
(ADC).
We're assembling the pieces for a foundation we can take into the future,”
said Nakatani.”With the threat of climate change and new federal food safety
regulations, we're focusing on sustainable, “green,” energy-efcient technology
and strategies that can beneft farmers statewide to increase productivity and
create jobs.”
Source: Ofce of the Governor, Finding The Game-Changers For Local Food Production,
cited above. [Emphasis in Original]
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NEW AGRICULTURE INITIATIVES
List of the current projects and programs involving the Hawaii Department of
Agriculture and its partners to tackle the major challenges in agriculture and help to
grow Hawaii's future
➢ 2017-2027 Hawaii Interagency Biosecurity Plan
➢ Organic Foods Production Tax Credit
➢ Joint Fact Finding Report: Pesticide Use by Large Agribusinesses on
Kauai
➢ Kauai Good Neighbor Program Database
➢ Statewide Agricultural Land Use Baseline 2015 report (February 2016)
➢ Boosting Hawaii’s Ability to Grow Animal Feedstock

5. ➢ Addressing the Workforce Needs of Hawaii Agriculture
➢ Important Agricultural Land (IAL) Information
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The mission of the Agribusiness Development Corporation (ADC) is to acquire, and
manage in partnership with farmers, ranchers, and aquaculture groups, selected
high-value lands, water systems, and infrastructure for commercial agricultural use
and to direct research into areas that will lead to the development of new crops,
markets, and lower production costs. http://hdoa.hawaii.gov/chair/adc10/
Its main goals are:
Goal 1: Transition former plantation land and water systems for diversifed
agriculture.
Goal 2: Initiate development of facilities and provide support as necessary for
successful diversifed agriculture.
Goal 3: Provide solutions to certain bottleneck issues facing the agriculture industry.
Currently ADC has projects on all the main islands of Hawaii.
KEKAHA MAUKA LANDS
The Agribusiness Development Corporation (ADC), an attached agency to the
Hawaii Department of Agriculture, desires to license 740 acres of vacant land
in Kekaha, Mauka on the West end of the island of Kauai. This is former sugar
cane land located mauka of the Mana Plain. The acreage has available water
(source, amount, and distribution system) would be subject to negotiation with
the Kekaha Agriculture Association (KAA).
GALBRAITH LAND (THE WHITMORE VILLAGE AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT)
https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/memberfles/senate/delacruz/Documents/Whitmore%20Village%20Agricultural
%20Development%20Plan%20Presentation.pdf

6. ADC CONTECT MAP http://hdoa.hawaii.gov/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/ADC-Contect-Map.pdf
ADC GAMEPLAN http://hdoa.hawaii.gov/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/ADC-Gameplan.pdf
SPECIAL REPORTS
Wahiawa Irrigation System Economic Impact Study
Interisland Shipping Report
Solar Pasteurization of Fruit & Vegetable Wash Water
Economic Impact of the Waiahole Irrigation System
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Words Of Wisdom
Keli`i Akina, Ph.D., President and CEO
Grassroot Institute Of Hawaii
http://www.grassrootinstitute.org/2017/03/doubling-hawaiis-food-production/
When Governor Ige frst announced his plan to double local food production,
people wondered whether he was speaking broadly about general goals, much
in the way that political leaders talk about space exploration. But then he
doubled down and repeated it: Hawaii will double local food production by
2020.
The funny thing is that Grassroot Institute is among those who agree with the
goal of increasing local food production, even while we critique the ham-
handed way in which it is being pursued.
Turns out that the best way to improve the state’s agriculture sector is through
less government involvement, not more.
Why not let the free market help meet Hawaii's goal of increased food
production? We could encourage investment in Hawaii by ending the
interventionist economic policies.

7. THE MISSGUIDED – NAVIGATIONAL ERRORS
HAWAII LEGISLATIVE INITIATIVES
Don't tell people how to do things, tell them what to do and
let them surprise you with their results
General George S. Patton, United States Army
Truth will always be truth,
regardless of lack of understanding, disbelief or ignorance.
W. Clement Stone
HAWAII LEGISLAURE – 2018 SESSION
SB2522 SD1 HD1
Agriculture Accelerator Program; Agribusiness Development Corporation;
Special Fund
Establishes the Agriculture Accelerator Program (Program) to authorize the
Agribusiness Development Corporation (ADC) to invest in existing or new
agriculture businesses approved by the Board of Directors of ADC in return for
equity in those agriculture businesses.
Establishes an Agriculture Accelerator Special Fund to provide moneys that
ADC may invest in agriculture businesses under the Program. (SB2522 HD1)
INTRODUCED: 1/19/2018
COMMITTEES DISCHARGED: 4/27/2018
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SB3087 SD2 HD1
Agribusiness Development Corporation; Papaya; Federal Pacifc Basin
Agricultural Research Center; Audit; Appropriation ($)

8. Appropriates moneys to the Agribusiness Development Corporation (ADC) to
fund the federal Pacifc Basin Agricultural Research Center eforts to address
issues and concerns of the Hawaii Papaya Industry Association. Requires the
Auditor to conduct a management and fnancial audit of ADC. (SB3087 HD1)
INTRODUCED: 1/24/2018 COMMITTEES DISCHARGED: 4/27/2018
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THE PERFECT STORM
HAWAII 2018 GENERAL ELECTIONS
EXCERCISE YOUR RIGHT TO VOTE
The image of the “perfect storm” has been invoked to conjure up the awesome
and mysterious forces of nature in a variety of contexts to serve one or more of
several diferent rhetorical purposes. In some cases, the allusion is to the
devastating power of the storm; in others cases, perhaps most often, it is to the
convergence of circumstances creating the storm; and in others, to the
unforeseeable or highly unusual nature of that convergence.
When used to convey all of those attributes of the storm, the metaphor ofers a
complete explanation of the consequences of the storm in a way that absolves a
human actor of all blame. No individual can be responsible for bad
consequences when the end is inevitable and its causes unforeseeable.
The perfect storm is the perfect culprit because it requires no action from
anyone except its victims. By conjuring up the awesome and mysterious
forces of nature, the metaphor may work to absolve individuals of
responsibility for their own actions.
[Emphasis Supplied, Citations Omitted]
Source: The Perfect Storm, the Perfect Culprit. By Carol McCrehan Parker, Esq.,
Professor of Law and Associate Dean for Academic Afairs, University of Tennessee
College of Law. Published in 43 McGeorge L. Rev. 323 (August 2012) University of the
Pacifc, McGeorge School of Law. https://www.lwionline.org/sites/default/fles/2016-09/v5%20Parker
%20The%20Perfect%20Storm%20the%20Perfect%20Culprit.pdf