The last two years have been very tumultuous here in our
state in regards to biotechnology. With a 12 month growing season, Hawaii is
one of the great places for the large ag companies to run their breeding
programs. With anti-GMO/anti-corporate ag sentiment on the rise, Hawaii has
been the subject of the heavy hand of activism based in fear and
misinformation. It hasn’t been pretty.
Here’s a summary of what’s happening across our state,
county by county.
Last year, in the county of Kauai, the notorious anti-GMO
bill to create buffer zones and disclosure for the spraying of pesticides was
passed and then invalidated in federal court. This did not stop the mainland based
SHAKA Movement from managing to garner some 9000 signatures
to get an anti-GMO, anti-ag bill placed on the ballot in the county of Maui.....To Read More.....
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