The Guardian reports that local doctors are in the eye of a storm swirling for the past three years over whether corn that’s been genetically modified to resist pesticides is a source of prosperity, as companies claim, or of birth defects and illnesses
H.A.P.A Talk By Gary Hooser
Maui Community Meeting Be Inspired. Be part of the solution. Next Thursday June 18th: Updates and Stories from Switzerland and Mauna Kea Hear about HAPA actions in Syngenta’s home country from Gary Hooser & Updates on the Mauna Kea actions from Uncle Walter Ritte, Jr. . . . and more! THURSDAY JUNE 18th 5:30 – 7:30 pm […]
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 […]
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. […]
The Difference Between a Farmer and a Global Chemical Corporation
The intentional blurring in the difference between farmers, and the global corporations that use Hawaii as a testing ground for their new technologies, demands some clarity. By Andrea Brower, Kauai Food and social justice activist We are witnessing a strange, though remarkably predictable public discourse, where State lawmakers claim that those “truly serious about supporting […]