01/31/2013 11:15 AM House ECON. DEV., TRADE & TOURISM

          HCR  1-STATE FOOD RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT GROUP                                                                      
                                                                                                                              
11:19:05 AM                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR HUGHES announced  that the first order of  business would be                                                              
HOUSE CONCURRENT  RESOLUTION NO. 1, Relating to  the establishment                                                              
and  operation  of  a  state  food  resource  development  working                                                              
group.    Chair   Hughes  noted  that  the  committee   adopted  a                                                              
conceptual  amendment  to HCR  1  on  1/29/13, and  no  additional                                                              
comments on the resolution have been received by the chair.                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
11:20:58 AM                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  BILL STOLTZE,  Alaska  State Legislature,  sponsor                                                              
of HCR  1, thanked  the committee for  its technical  amendment to                                                              
the resolution and offered to answer questions.                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  TARR,  cosponsor  of  HCR 1,  mentioned  that  the                                                              
average age  of a farmer  in Alaska is  approaching 60  years old,                                                              
and  underscored the  importance of  working to  develop the  next                                                              
generation  of farmers.   She  said she  has worked  for 15  years                                                              
with  the Alaska  Organic  Association  and  is a  founding  board                                                              
member of the Anchorage Farmers Market.                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
11:22:32 AM                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE PRUITT  moved to report  HCR 1, as amended,  out of                                                              
committee  with individual  recommendations  and the  accompanying                                                              
fiscal  notes.    There  being  no  objection,  CSHCR  1(EDT)  was                                                              
reported   from   the   House  Special   Committee   on   Economic                                                              
Development, Trade and Tourism.