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This is the link to the below information. I may update this file
prior to the Public Meeting.
http://www.saladbar2000.com/california/press/folder/ventura.pdf 

To California ARB
re SIP Commitment for Pesticide Emission Reduction
Ventura County Non-Attainment
http://www.arb.ca.gov//planning/sip/pubnotevent.pdf
September 14, 2007
Truck Farming of Strawberries in Ventura County and the use of
Methyl Bromide and other Pesticides
have caused the area to not attain the required reduction of
harmful emissions.
California Strawberry Truck Farmers have been given Critical Use
Exemptions for using MeBr. This
Critical Use Exemption is no longer justified.
http://www.epa.gov/ozone/mbr/
Truck Farming of Strawberries is no longer viable due to the use
of pesticides and MeBr and the
Distance to the Consumer Market.
http://www.saladbar2000.com/california/press/folder/EPA.pdf
Hydroponic Technology and Renewable Energy is now able to replace
Truck Farming of Strawberries
and the use of MeBr and Pesticides. The entire 2+ billion pound
crop of Truck Farmed Strawberries
can be grown Nationwide Indoors using Hydroponic Technology and
powered by Renewable Energy.
These links support the use of Hydroponic Technology for growing
Strawberries.
http://www.epa.gov/Ozone/mbr/casestudies/volume3/hydropn3.html
http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/AR/archive/nov98/hydro1198.htm
These links show the Renewable Energy Model to Power the Indoor
Farms nationwide.
http://www.saladbar2000.com/genset/
http://www.saladbar2000.com/generation/
I request ARB deny the request to use MeBr for the production of
Truck Farmed Strawberries. I further
request California State Agencies not be allowed to purchase any
Strawberries produced using MeBr.
Any such purchases would make California an “Enabler of Bad
Agricultural Practices”.
http://ozone.unep.org/Assessment_Panels/TEAP/members.shtml
TEAP Methyl Bromide Technical Options Committee (MBTOC)
MBTOC already considers soilless culture to be an alternative to
methyl bromide in many applications.
You can review MBTOCs extensive review of alternatives for use in
agriculture and food processing
by downloading the MBTOC 2007 Assessment Report found on
www.unep.org/ozone then go to
historical meeting documents, TEAP and TOCs and look for our
Assessment report.
According to the Global Ban on MeBr the “Alternative to MeBr” does
not have to be a “Chemical”. It
can be a “Technology”. I request ARB force a faster track to
eliminate MeBr used for Truck Farmed
Strawberries. This request is supported by the facts that a
“Technical Alternative to MeBr Does Exist”.
Glen Sawyer
VR Farms, Inc.
916-373-1832