Entries for 'Joni Kamiya'

...Hawaii is being used in the fear mongering against farmers -- our story has had a global impact....

If you look closely at the activists there, none of any have t-shirt tans or even the slightest hint of field dirt under their nails or on their shoes....

...so many kids never get the chance to see a real working farm....

...Getting astray on hobby activism that really doesn’t solve an issue won’t guide a people forward....

Who exactly are the anti-GMO activists with 'national standing'?  Let’s take a look....

...via Skype at the Voice of Farmers event held concurrently during the Monsanto Tribunal at The Hague....

...spend hours on your feet putting stickers on thousands of papayas....

...loud noises are only temporary....

...there is hope....

Every once in awhile, some of them will piece the information together....

Tonight I decided to attend the “Ethics of Eating” sponsored by the Center for Food Safety, featuring Vani Hari, the Food Babe....

...what’s happening on our farms....

...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....

So what prompted them to address the issue nearly 2 months late? ....

...the Hunting, Farming, and Fishing Association....

...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....

When politics start to affect public health and well being, there’s a major problem....

...it’s clear who the real oppressors are....

They have spread misinformation on everything from GMOs, the Superferry, TMT, and now the ocean monument....

... big oil is funding these ocean closures worldwide ....

...this hobby activism of spreading misinformation has helped to fuel hatred and bigotry globally....

If we don’t speak up now and take action, Hawaii’s future will be in jeopardy....

...Gary and Hector kept repeating the words corporations and chemicals over and over....

I have been so dismayed seeing the activists once again playing the “these people are immigrants so their jobs aren’t needed” card....

...not only are thicker bags around, I’ve got a stock pile of paper bags now....

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....

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.....

Hawaii, with our population of just over 1.3 million spread across 7 islands, is apparently a great place to divide and conquer....

“It’s too hard for me!"

Real farming, not those 2 acres of various things you’re growing....

I don’t know whether or not I want to cry or scream today....

...Anti-GMO activists cheer New Years Eve arson attack against Waialua farmer....

...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....

We eat science every single day....

...Just the idea of three letters will make people willingly spend some 30% or more on groceries all in the name of fear....

...why do farmers need biotechnology?

I’ve always been skeptical of the activists’ rallying cry....

...ohia trees are dying due to a fungal disease....

Once again, the anti-TMT, anti-GMO, anti-everything folks are going to protest....

She posted an article telling her dimwitted, gullible followers to avoid Hawaiian papayas....

Hawaii is a hot bed for anti-everything activism....

When you have everything you need and never really had to earn it, it’s hard to fully appreciate it....

...ugly comments happily hoping to send people who work on these farms back to where they came from....

...culture gone bad....

I’m starting to think that eating organic is correlated to conspiracy thinking and some degree of paranoia....

You also fail to disclose your own money ties to the organic and health food industry....

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....

It’s a great tactic as so many folks don’t have a clue....

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....