GMOs

Mosquitoes, which carry avian malaria, are a principal reason that just forty-two of more than a hundred species of native Hawaiian birds remain....

...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....

Zika is a highly-effective population control device ....

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

...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....

On June 15, 2016, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit heard oral arguments in three related bids to invalidate separate Hawaiian county ordinances....

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

The implications of the court's ruling or rulings in this case will be vast....

Official full-length Ninth Circuit video recording of the hearings....

...It's unclear how much was spent paying people to collect signatures, or where the money came from, because those loudly demanding transparency don't practice it themselves....

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

Zika will not just disappear in Hawaii, it will take constant vigilance, and lots of pesticide spray, to keep it in check....

...many arguments are put forth on why GMOs are “bad” and should be avoided. However, many of these arguments are not about GMOs, but rather, are issues that we’re facing in modern agriculture and in our economy....

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

If this credit does indeed become law, expect to see a lot of begging and pleading....

Hawaii had no mosquitoes up until 1826. That’s when, historians say, a whaling vessel that had taken on water in Mexico carelessly “drained dregs alive with wrigglers” into a stream on Maui....

... serious and sometimes fatal infections ... high fever, severe headache, stiffness, nausea, abdominal pain, and diarrhea, Listeria infection can cause miscarriages and stillbirths among pregnant women ....

Renewable fuel proponents took another shot this year at enacting a renewable fuels credit....

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

Field trials in Brazil are using a genetically modified form of the A. aegypti mosquito....

…The Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology occupies its own tiny island in Kaneohe Bay, known as Moku o Lo‘e....

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

...dozens of Hawaii County organic farmers are refusing access to State and County mosquito-eradication workers....

"It's not a question of if, it's a question of when Zika comes here to this island, and we have a very unique opportunity right now to squash it."

The JFF group has released its Draft Final Report for public comments....

A post showing vegetarians and veggies tend to have significantly more mental disorders and health issues than meat-loving people has gone viral....

...while GM methods face challenges when applied in a continent as large as Africa, there is no such issue on an island isolated in middle of the Pacific Ocean....

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!"

... will anti-GMO activists block mosquito eradication efforts? ....

...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....

Smugness and happy talk about sustainability aren’t working anymore....

...fruits, vegetables, diary and seafood are more harmful to the environment because these foods have relatively high resource uses and green gas emissions per calorie....

'Natural' supplement makers are a key funding source for the anti-GMO movement....

"...homeowner reluctance (many organic farms in the area and general opposition to chemicals) ... likely present unsurmountable obstacles...."

We eat science every single day....

Leading anti-GMO, anti-Vaxxers, and anti-pesticide activists and politicians are supporting the GMO, vaccine, and pesticide application being used to fight dengue.  They are hypocrites and need to be called on it....

In Hawaii, all agricultural users combined account for only about one-third of total restricted use pesticide (RUP) sold in the state....

in 2014 the difference in voting pattern between absentee voters and Election Day voters was as much as 37.2% ...

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

Much of the alleged fraud focused on the defendants’ claims that their products were made from natural plant extracts.  In truth, as one defendant put it, “lol stuff is completely 100 % synthethic [sic]”....

The current Chipotle E-Coli outbreak offers an opportunity for shoppers to understand the true nature of the USDA’s organic certification program....

Visibly shaken in the face of pushback far more polite than what her own movement regularly dishes out, Ashley folded and beat a quick retreat....

...why do farmers need biotechnology?

...can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems....

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