[Pollinator] US Ambassador Stephens Pollinates Pears: Highlights Environmental Responsibility

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Media Coverage 
AMB Stephens and GEN  Sharp 
Pyeongtaek and Cheonan 
April 22, 2011 
United States Ambassador Stephens Pollinates Pears to  Highlight 
Environmental Responsibility and Free Trade  Benefits 
Ambassador Kathleen Stephens travelled to Cheonan April  22 to help local 
farmers and volunteers pollinate pear trees, a staple of the  local economy.  
Accompanied by U.S.  Agriculture Service officers, she toured a 
Horticulture & Agriculture  Cooperative where pears are inspected and packed for 
export.  Then she took the wheel of a  zero-emission electric Volt to drive her 
hostess Kim Mee (granddaughter of the  renowned Korean independence movement 
leader Kim Koo) and her husband (a  National Assemblyman) to a nearby pear 
orchard.  There, following brief instructions by  the owner Ji Soon-tae, she 
donned boots and gloves and tried her hand at  pollination, using a fringed 
pollen-dusting device.  Her participation in this traditional  volunteer 
effort delighted the local community, while also bringing attention to  the 
environment (a growing worldwide shortage pollinators), the benefits of the  FTA 
(which will help local farmers who export to the U.S.), and technological  
cooperation – the Detroit-built Volt is powered by a Korean-designed 
battery.   
 
As part of pollination process, pollen is put through a  sieve.  Ambassador 
Stephens tries to  strain it.   
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