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1 <br />Andy Petesch: I do. 2 <br /> 3 <br />LeAnne Brown: If the Board would agree I think it would make sense for the rebuttal evidence to go in and 4 <br />then for me to make my closing argument and Mr. Petesch can argue and I can rebut that. 5 <br /> 6 <br />Karen Barrows: Ok. 7 <br /> 8 <br />Andy Petesch: Thank you very much. Again my name’s Andy Petesch and I represent SPG, which is the 9 <br />LLC that owns the property and the Brewers’ who are attempting to start their farm business here on this 10 <br />site. I want to start out by calling… I’m going to call two witnesses. Kara Brewer and Mr. Erin White, who I 11 <br />will submit as an expert in food system policy and then I will discuss a little bit about what the evidence 12 <br />that’s been presented, we’ll synthesized that and then Ms. Brown can present her argument and I’ll 13 <br />respond. So if I could ask Ms. Brewer… Ms. Brewer, could you again state your name and address for the 14 <br />Board for the record? 15 <br /> 16 <br />Kara Brewer: My name is Kara Brewer; I live at 82 Jordan Hills in Chapel Hill. 17 <br /> 18 <br />Andy Petesch: And would you just tell the Board briefly a little bit about your background? 19 <br /> 20 <br />Kara Brewer: Sure. Right now I’m at stay at home mom. I stay at home with the kids. I worked for Carolina 21 <br />Donor Services, an organ and tissue donation organization for the State of North Carolina for about 3 ½ 22 <br />years and then I worked for the University for the school pharmacy for 2 years, and at that point that’s when 23 <br />I left to stay at home with my children. 24 <br /> 25 <br />Andy Petesch: And how would you describe… You said you’re currently a stay at home mom, is that really 26 <br />how you would describe your current employment? 27 <br /> 28 <br />Kara Brewer: No, I manage our business affairs and of course with getting a farm started. 29 <br /> 30 <br />Andy Petesch: And are you married? 31 <br /> 32 <br />Kara Brewer: Yes. 33 <br /> 34 <br />Andy Petesch: And this is your husband here, Chris? 35 <br /> 36 <br />Kara Brewer: Yes. 37 <br /> 38 <br />Andy Petesch: And you have children? 39 <br /> 40 <br />Kara Brewer: We do. I have a son who is 9 and a daughter who is 7. 41 <br /> 42 <br />Andy Petesch: And how long have you been in North Carolina? 43 <br /> 44 <br />Kara Brewer: I’ve been in North Carolina since I was 8. We lived just outside of Greensboro, Gibsonville. I 45 <br />went to high school at Eastern Carolina Kinston, and then I came up to Chapel Hill for college and just 46 <br />ended up staying. I’ve been in Chapel Hill now for 19 years. 47 <br /> 48 <br />37