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Entries for 'Joni Kamiya'
Sunday, October 16, 2016 |
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Lessons from the Farm
By Joni Kamiya @ 4:53 PM :: 5190 Views :: Agriculture
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...spend hours on your feet putting stickers on thousands of papayas....
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Wednesday, September 28, 2016 |
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Make Loud Noise
By Joni Kamiya @ 11:25 PM :: 6103 Views :: Agriculture, GMOs
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...loud noises are only temporary....
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Thursday, September 22, 2016 |
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Dishonesty is Unsustainable
By Joni Kamiya @ 3:20 AM :: 7027 Views :: Higher Education, GMOs
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...there is hope....
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Monday, September 19, 2016 |
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Screaming Haole Papaya Chopper Returns to Farm—to Apologize
By Joni Kamiya @ 3:30 AM :: 6628 Views :: Agriculture, GMOs
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Every once in awhile, some of them will piece the information together....
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Friday, September 16, 2016 |
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The Allure of Anti-Intellectualism
By Joni Kamiya @ 11:34 PM :: 4770 Views :: GMOs
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Tonight I decided to attend the “Ethics of Eating” sponsored by the Center for Food Safety, featuring Vani Hari, the Food Babe....
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Thursday, September 15, 2016 |
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For the Love of Family
By Joni Kamiya @ 10:40 AM :: 5546 Views :: Agriculture, GMOs
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...what’s happening on our farms....
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Thursday, September 8, 2016 |
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Harsh Realities
By Joni Kamiya @ 7:25 PM :: 4850 Views :: Agriculture, GMOs
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...it needs to be mandatory for every policymaker to come and work on the farm before they can even talk about what policies they want to make....
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Saturday, August 20, 2016 |
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Hepatitis? Zika? Anti-GMO Crowd Gets Squirrely
By Joni Kamiya @ 10:24 PM :: 6066 Views :: Health Care, GMOs
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So what prompted them to address the issue nearly 2 months late? ....
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Sunday, July 31, 2016 |
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A Dream and a Vision
By Joni Kamiya @ 5:46 PM :: 6999 Views :: Environment, Second Amendment, Small Business
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...the Hunting, Farming, and Fishing Association....
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Saturday, July 30, 2016 |
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Screaming Haole Trespasses on Farm, Destroys Papaya Trees
By Joni Kamiya @ 3:35 AM :: 9073 Views :: Agriculture, GMOs
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...A Caucasian woman came up to my dad as he was working on the field and started yelling at him that he was poisoning her....
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Saturday, July 23, 2016 |
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Tulsi Gabbard Votes Against Zika Funding
By Joni Kamiya @ 6:25 PM :: 5375 Views :: Health Care, Politicians
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When politics start to affect public health and well being, there’s a major problem....
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Friday, June 24, 2016 |
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Oppression of Education
By Joni Kamiya @ 1:54 AM :: 8327 Views :: Greenmail, Higher Education, OHA, GMOs
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...it’s clear who the real oppressors are....
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Sunday, June 19, 2016 |
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Meet the Environmental Protest Industry
By Joni Kamiya @ 7:40 PM :: 6379 Views :: Greenmail
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They have spread misinformation on everything from GMOs, the Superferry, TMT, and now the ocean monument....
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Sunday, June 19, 2016 |
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Big Oil, OHA, and Brian Schatz team up to Give Hawaii Fishermen the Shaft
By Joni Kamiya @ 7:36 PM :: 7363 Views :: Environment, Greenmail, OHA
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... big oil is funding these ocean closures worldwide ....
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Monday, June 13, 2016 |
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Activists: GMOs and Pesticides Cause Homosexuality
By Joni Kamiya @ 7:46 PM :: 5672 Views :: GMOs
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...this hobby activism of spreading misinformation has helped to fuel hatred and bigotry globally....
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Tuesday, May 17, 2016 |
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If
By Joni Kamiya @ 2:48 AM :: 5060 Views :: GMOs
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If we don’t speak up now and take action, Hawaii’s future will be in jeopardy....
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Friday, April 22, 2016 |
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The Ideology War: UH Law School Debates GMOs
By Joni Kamiya @ 6:35 PM :: 4489 Views :: GMOs
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...Gary and Hector kept repeating the words corporations and chemicals over and over....
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Friday, April 15, 2016 |
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Brown Hands
By Joni Kamiya @ 2:46 PM :: 5585 Views :: Agriculture, GMOs
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I have been so dismayed seeing the activists once again playing the “these people are immigrants so their jobs aren’t needed” card....
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Tuesday, April 12, 2016 |
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Bag Ban: Going Green Mindlessly
By Joni Kamiya @ 8:15 PM :: 5058 Views :: Environment, Small Business
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...not only are thicker bags around, I’ve got a stock pile of paper bags now....
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Thursday, February 11, 2016 |
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The Last Farmer Standing
By Joni Kamiya @ 1:52 AM :: 5927 Views :: Agriculture, GMOs
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In a few hours, there will be lots of people gathering at the legislature in downtown Honolulu to talk about farmers. They are miles away from any farm but many have an opinion about it....
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Sunday, February 7, 2016 |
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As Farms Close, Reps Ing and Lee Jump on Anti-GMO Bandwagon
By Joni Kamiya @ 12:55 AM :: 5724 Views :: Agriculture, GMOs
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Whether it be the fire ants or dengue fever, that is or no concern to them. They continue to manipulate people’s fears around pesticides and GM technology.....
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Wednesday, February 3, 2016 |
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Video: Anti-GMO Crackpot Peddles ‘Molecular Hydrogen’ Tablets
By Joni Kamiya @ 5:00 PM :: 4587 Views :: GMOs
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Hawaii, with our population of just over 1.3 million spread across 7 islands, is apparently a great place to divide and conquer....
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Monday, February 1, 2016 |
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Labeling a Cop Out Mentality
By Joni Kamiya @ 4:27 AM :: 3943 Views :: GMOs
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“It’s too hard for me!"
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Thursday, January 14, 2016 |
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Where’s the Farm Justice Summit?
By Joni Kamiya @ 1:02 PM :: 4452 Views :: Agriculture
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Real farming, not those 2 acres of various things you’re growing....
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Saturday, January 9, 2016 |
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Plantation Era: They Came With Hope
By Joni Kamiya @ 3:55 PM :: 7192 Views :: Agriculture, Hawaii History, Labor
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I don’t know whether or not I want to cry or scream today....
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Tuesday, January 5, 2016 |
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Anti-GMO Leader: “Bring Islamic Nation to Battle in Hawaii—Allah Akbar”
By Joni Kamiya @ 6:21 PM :: 7861 Views :: Agriculture, Law Enforcement, GMOs
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...Anti-GMO activists cheer New Years Eve arson attack against Waialua farmer....
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Thursday, December 31, 2015 |
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Hawaii Pesticide Complaints: Urban Homeowners are #1 Violator
By Joni Kamiya @ 11:12 PM :: 5948 Views :: Agriculture, GMOs
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...I found a total of 365 complaints made. If you listened to the Center for Food Safety, you’d think all of them are agriculture related. It turns out that there were 91 out of that 365 being agriculture related....
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Wednesday, December 16, 2015 |
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Science--The Life of the Land
By Joni Kamiya @ 2:09 PM :: 4053 Views :: GMOs
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We eat science every single day....
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Monday, November 23, 2015 |
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Why Saying ‘GMOs Are Safe’ isn’t Helping
By Joni Kamiya @ 6:50 PM :: 5013 Views :: GMOs
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...Just the idea of three letters will make people willingly spend some 30% or more on groceries all in the name of fear....
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Tuesday, October 13, 2015 |
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Why GMO?
By Joni Kamiya @ 3:21 PM :: 5525 Views :: Agriculture, GMOs
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...why do farmers need biotechnology?
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Wednesday, October 7, 2015 |
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Activists Claim GMOs Cause Homosexuality
By Joni Kamiya @ 7:47 PM :: 7073 Views :: GMOs
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I’ve always been skeptical of the activists’ rallying cry....
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Thursday, September 10, 2015 |
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The Anti-GMO Club is a Danger to Native Hawaiian Forests
By Joni Kamiya @ 4:58 PM :: 7343 Views :: Environment, GMOs
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...ohia trees are dying due to a fungal disease....
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Friday, September 4, 2015 |
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A Mom on a Mission for Science
By Joni Kamiya @ 5:05 AM :: 4930 Views :: Agriculture, GMOs
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Will my kids be able to live here with what’s happening lately?
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Friday, August 7, 2015 |
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The Future of Hawaii Can’t Rest in a Protest
By Joni Kamiya @ 4:00 PM :: 8076 Views :: Environment, Higher Education, OHA, GMOs
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Once again, the anti-TMT, anti-GMO, anti-everything folks are going to protest....
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Sunday, July 26, 2015 |
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Food Babe vs Hawaii Papaya Farmers
By Joni Kamiya @ 12:36 PM :: 7320 Views :: Agriculture, GMOs
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She posted an article telling her dimwitted, gullible followers to avoid Hawaiian papayas....
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Sunday, June 28, 2015 |
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You Can’t Get on a Canoe Without a Real Plan
By Joni Kamiya @ 3:18 PM :: 6730 Views :: Agriculture, GMOs
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Hawaii is a hot bed for anti-everything activism....
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Friday, June 26, 2015 |
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You Can Never Know What Plantation Days Meant From Google
By Joni Kamiya @ 8:34 PM :: 7506 Views :: Agriculture, Hawaii History, GMOs
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When you have everything you need and never really had to earn it, it’s hard to fully appreciate it....
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Wednesday, June 17, 2015 |
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Anti-GMO Activists Attack State’s Last Cane Plantation
By Joni Kamiya @ 11:07 PM :: 7560 Views :: Maui County, Agriculture, GMOs
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...ugly comments happily hoping to send people who work on these farms back to where they came from....
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Thursday, June 4, 2015 |
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Live the Words You Speak
By Joni Kamiya @ 2:03 AM :: 6790 Views :: Higher Education, OHA, GMOs
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...culture gone bad....
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Friday, May 22, 2015 |
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Conspiracies and Paranoia: Hector Valenzuela Plays the Victim
By Joni Kamiya @ 3:17 PM :: 6305 Views :: Higher Education, GMOs
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I’m starting to think that eating organic is correlated to conspiracy thinking and some degree of paranoia....
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Friday, May 22, 2015 |
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Tulsi Gabbard: How She Isn’t Making Hawaii Better
By Joni Kamiya @ 12:10 AM :: 5351 Views :: GMOs
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You also fail to disclose your own money ties to the organic and health food industry....
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Friday, May 22, 2015 |
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Anti-GMO Activists Cheer Kauai Pioneer Seed Farm Layoffs
By Joni Kamiya @ 12:06 AM :: 7701 Views :: Kauai County, Agriculture, GMOs
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With the recent announcement of the closure of the DuPont Pioneer farm in Kekaha, it’s of no surprise that the no aloha crew is out and about again....
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 |
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Stirring the Hysteria Pot
By Joni Kamiya @ 7:47 PM :: 6310 Views :: Agriculture, GMOs
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It’s a great tactic as so many folks don’t have a clue....
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Saturday, May 9, 2015 |
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Laulima not A'ole: Restoring Our Roots
By Joni Kamiya @ 5:23 PM :: 6425 Views :: Higher Education, OHA, GMOs
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When I keep hearing a’ole over and over, it really gives me the sense of constant fighting but no semblance of a possible alternatives....
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Thursday, April 30, 2015 |
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End the Bleeding of Aloha By Hobby Activism
By Joni Kamiya @ 4:36 PM :: 9557 Views :: Environment, Higher Education, OHA, GMOs
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...when people can resort to this kind of behavior, it really shows that they are not capable of considering the consequences of their actions....
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Tuesday, April 14, 2015 |
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Rise Up People: Redefining What It Means
By Joni Kamiya @ 1:45 PM :: 7803 Views :: Agriculture, Hawaii History, Higher Education, GMOs
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When I hear the slogans used by protests calling to “rise up,” I have a different concept in my mind....
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Friday, April 10, 2015 |
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Telescope Protests: Hawaii is not the A'ole State
By Joni Kamiya @ 4:06 PM :: 7573 Views :: Higher Education, OHA, GMOs
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The prior two years we had protests of A’ole GMO and now it’s moved onto the TMT....
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Wednesday, April 1, 2015 |
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Hawaii 4th Graders Being Brainwashed Against GMOs
By Joni Kamiya @ 11:14 PM :: 5568 Views :: Education K-12, GMOs
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...Just a few days ago, my 9 year old daughter came home from school and asked me, ”Mom, does GMO corn make holes in rats’ stomachs?”....
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Tuesday, March 17, 2015 |
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Civil Beat chips away at the Hawaii home I grew up in
By Joni Kamiya @ 3:54 AM :: 5136 Views :: GMOs
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I refuse to be intimidated by their hateful comments against me....
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Friday, March 13, 2015 |
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Making the World Better Doesn’t Come Just By What You Eat
By Joni Kamiya @ 11:25 PM :: 5506 Views :: Homelessness, GMOs
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Eating Ben and Jerry’s apparently can make a person morally superior to regular folks who can only afford Meadow Gold....
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