This
mandate will increase costs for vehicles and utilities, so it will
ultimately increase the cost of food because it will be much more
expensive for farmers to produce and transport it. Especially for a
small grower like myself, who travels to different farmers markets
to sell specialty crops. How do we compete against
growers in other states or across our southern borders when they do
not have to adhere to there CA standards and drive home-grown
companies out of business or to another state. CA
is not an island and I hope you all consider these rules put us at
a disadvantage to other out of state competitors.
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