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DRAFT 25 Kara Brewer: So what we do is we, because we’re locally grown flowers, we push local flowers that 1 are coming off of our farm. Now, obviously, if a bride wants something that we don’t grow, like 2 roses, we don’t grow roses, we would have to source that from other places. We would source that 3 from other local flower farms, which is part of the beauty of what we’re doing, we get to promote 4 local, there’s a wholesale flower movement. So that’s also something that we tie in as well, but 5 yeah. 6 7 LeAnn Brown: I think it could help me by answering the question I’m asking, I would appreciate it, 8 but what I am understanding is that it’s fair to say that when you answer the question that I have 9 ask that you are actually assuming, as a recent article I read suggested, that you would be getting 10 flowers from other growers other than your farm in order to provide the wedding flowers. 11 12 Kara Brewer: Of course, we don’t grow every single flower in every single color. If we don’t have it 13 on our farm then we’ll source it locally. It’s part of supporting the local community and supporting 14 other flower farmers as well. 15 16 LeAnn Brown: So the answer to my question is, yes, we would source flowers from the other farm. 17 Is that correct? 18 19 Kara Brewer: That is correct, yes; in addition to the flowers we produced on our own farm. 20 21 LeAnn Brown: How many years experience do you have as a flower farmer? 22 23 Kara Brewer: Well, what… we’ve been planting there for a year and a half, almost a year and a 24 half. 25 26 LeAnn Brown: How many flowers did you grow last year? 27 28 Kara Brewer: We did two test beds, so two 70-foot by 4-foot rows. 29 30 LeAnn Brown: Alright, so you grew two flower beds last year and you’ve got a page, Exhibit 4, is a 31 page of resource of what you have consulted in order to become a flower farmer. Is that correct? 32 33 Kara Brewer: Well that’s just some resources, but correct. 34 35 LeAnn Brown: Your Exhibit 5, which is a letter from Patrick Mallet, there’s in fact a long email chain 36 back and forth with Patrick Mallet and you, is that correct? 37 38 Kara Brewer: I mean I’d have to see, probably. 39 40 LeAnn Brown: Do you have in your possession for introduction into evidence tonight the full chain 41 of communications between you and Patrick Mallett and other members of Orange Orange County 42 government that led to this particular email? 43 44 Kara Brewer: No I do not. 45 46