From the Shaka Movement: Yet Again! Justice Delayed is Justice Denied! The Tuesday hearing on Oahu is cancelled. Yes really. We will instead meet in front of the Maui County Building at 11:30am. We will have a major press release, our attorney and the Five Citizen’s will speak. We have 100 of these shirts to […]
Judge Kurran Strikes Down Big Island GMO Ban
Note: This is the same judge who killed the Kaua’i pesticide ordinance. Press Release from the Center for Food Safety: http://www.centerforfoodsafety.org/press-releases/3628/chemical-corporations-undermine-the-will-of-the-people-of-hawaii-county# Chemical Corporations Undermine the Will of the People of Hawai`i County (Honolulu, HI, November 26, 2014) – U.S. Magistrate Judge Barry Kurren today ruled Hawai`i County Ordinance 13-121 invalid because the subject matter was […]
$25 Million GMO and Pesticide Safety Study Launched in London
The World’s Largest Study on GMO and Pesticide Safety was launched by Factor GMO in London, UK on Tuesday. The $ 25 million ‘Factor GMO’ study will investigate the health effects of a genetically modified (GMO) crop that has been in our food and animal feed supplies for many years. It will answer the question: […]
GMO Inititative passes – Monsanto/Dow threaten to sue
The citizens of Maui county were able to pass the GMO Initiative despite $7.9 million dollars spent to defeat it by Monsanto and Dow. Monsanto and Dow immediately announced they will be filing a lawsuit to prevent the GMO initiative from going into effect. There was much misinformation promulgated by Dow and Monsanto. 1. “Law […]
Clarification on GMO Initiative
There is some misinformation going around about what exactly the GMO Initiative says. Here is the law from the Maui County website. A BILL PLACING A MORATORIUM ON THE CULTIVATION OF GENETICALLY ENGINEERED ORGANISMS Chapter 20.39 of the Maui County Code 19__ (20__ Edition, as amended) is amended by adding a new article to be […]
Federal Judge Invalidates Kauai’s Anti-GMO Law
While saying that residents worried about pesticide exposure had valid concerns and that Federal law did not pre-empt the Kaua’i GMO-Pesticide ordinance, the judge indicated that section 165-3 of the Hawaii Revised Statutes pre-empted the counties abilities to regulate farming, pesticides or GMOs. Read more (including the decision) at CivilBeat.com [§165-3] Declaration of public purpose. […]