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we think that if we had 10 hives then we felt like that would be significant enough to at least be able to offer 1 them. I think the beehives. They’re very fickle, so it’s difficult to… I’m not sure. 2 3 Barry Katz: I don’t know how relevant your hives are to the fact that you are purporting to be an agricultural 4 entity, that’s all. 5 6 Andy Petesch: And next I’d like to ask Mr. White to provide some testimony. I’d like to remind you Mr. White 7 that you’re still under oath. Would you just state your name and address again for the record? 8 9 LeAnne Brown: I need to object here as well. Mr. White testified. I was given the opportunity as I’m required 10 to be to cross-examine him and his testimony came to an end and so I’m not sure why he’s being recalled, 11 in the interest of time I would ask the Board not to allow us to re-plow the field that you chose to plow last 12 time. Pardon the farm analogy. 13 14 And Petesch: As I indicated at the opening I asked Mr. White to prepare a written report given the late hour 15 of his testimony and the density of some of the material that he was trying to provide testimony regarding. 16 And so I simply wanted to have him hand this up and have an opportunity for you all to ask any follow up 17 questions that you may have. 18 19 Karen Barrows: How much is in that report Andy? 20 Andy Petesch: It is 5 pages and I asked him to do a 3 minute overview and if you have any questions but it 21 may be over assistance to you during your deliberations or to refresh your memory as to what his testimony 22 was from approximately 11:15-12:15 two Monday’s ago. 23 24 Karen Barrows: Do we want to see this stuff? 25 26 Barry Katz: It’s 3 minutes. We can’t deny that, I think, for 3 minutes. 27 28 Andy Petesch: Would you briefly just, for the Board, define food systems quickly. 29 30 Erin White: Sure. A Food system refers to the people and activities that work together to move food from 31 farms to all of our tables. It includes political, economic and social forces. It includes distribution activities, 32 food processing, consumption, food waster management, and at the core of a healthy food system is a 33 diverse set of farms that are profitable that produce all the food that we eat. 34 35 Andy Petesch: And at my request do you memorialize your review and analysis of the Brewer Farm project 36 in a brief report? Is that correct? 37 38 Erin White: Yes. 39 40 Andy Petesch: And is this an accurate copy of that report? 41 42 Erin White: Yes. 43 44 Andy Petesch: And did anything change with respect to your materials, the information that you reviewed, 45 your process, or your conclusions from your testimony on the 10th to now? 46 47 Erin White: No. 48 84