GMOs

Most honest answer: "I'm just going along with it."

Here’s a summary of what’s happening now across our state....

...anti-GMO activists were planning to protest and disrupt our meeting....

According to the CDC website, genetic testing is used to diagnose this deadly disease....

...gardeners growing GM corn, GM papaya, or GMO marijuana may be arrested and imprisoned for one year under the anti-GMO law....

GMOs have never caused a single death or illness. But this vocal minority wants them banned … just in case....

If Hawaii’s future is to be bright, its citizens must embrace real science, not the pseudoscience of fear....

...the founder of the American organic movement, Jerome Rodale, died during a recording of The Dick Cavett Show after declaring how wonderful his organic diet made him feel....

...he not only expresses persecutory ideations but he wants your money to keep him in his position....

But Hawaii isn’t the only state where pro-label quacktivists are taking a hit....

...Ideology has no basis in evidence or reason. It is based in a core set of beliefs, just like religion....

The law is pre-empted by the state law and cannot be enforced at the county level....

...Estimation of the sales lost, plus the start-up, the bulldozing costs and growing up to that first year, when they’re ready to harvest again … is about $53 million....

...so many people tell me how they are cutting back on chemicals in their food by eating better. I can’t help but shake my head....

...By speaking out, I’ve been able to network others who share my thoughts about the Hawaii we want and it gives me hope....

...millionaire organic activist Mike “the Health Ranger” Adams charges that hundreds of thousands of deaths have been caused by GMO crops....

...None of the 45 samples had detectable levels of glyphosate....

"... Yay Good.  Mahalo Iselle for washing us clean of those GMO ...."

"If someone doesn't value evidence, what evidence are you going to provide that they should value it?"

...Just last week it was announced that the activists groups, the Center for Food Safety and Earthjustice (formerly known as the Sierra Club Legal Defense Fund) joined on to sue these same farmers....

On Kauai, pro-GMO mayor Bernard Carvalho crushed anti-GMO candidate Dustin Barca, leader of the so-called "Kauai Rising" protests....

...FDA has no basis for concluding that bioengineered foods ... present any different or greater safety concern than foods developed by traditional plant breeding....

...did you go shopping for GMO free organic and pesticide free food, BPA free bottled water, and gluten free bread when preparing for the storm?

...there has been a reduction in the use of more toxic herbicides, and soils have benefited from reduced tillage....

Here’s a flier that was sent out in to people in the Kaneohe/Kahaluu area by the Center for Food Safety just a few days ago....

...Mike Adams of the prolific anti-GMO Natural News website is resorting to calling for threats against those who support biotechnology....

The hearing is set for Tuesday, August 26, at 6:00 p.m. at Kaua‘i War Memorial Convention Hall....

Red Flag Number 1: Celebrity Status....

"Witnesses say that the suspect ran from the police earlier that day, for allegedly not having license plates or a driver’s license...."

Underlying the debate about GMOs in Hawaii is, I suspect, a tension between those who have lived in the islands for generations and newcomers from the mainland....

“Parallel science” seemingly resembles science, but it differs from science since its conclusions precede experimentation....

There’s so much talk from activists about how they want more local food grown here but then they seek to lobby laws against farmers....

I’m voting for candidates who actually take money from the seed companies because it kicks the ignorance that’s infecting and contaminating our state....

...you are both NOT about solving real problems in Hawaii, but more about contributing to the problems we have here....

We’ve been trawling the bowels of the internet for the crazier ramblings of the activists, so put on your tinfoil hats and come for a dive with us....

...June 7, 2014 at Cornell University....

...a lawsuit was filed in February of this year by four companies that would be directly impacted, challenging the legality of the new law....

...on one hand, the labeling requirement compels speech, while on the other, the prohibition on calling it natural suppresses speech....

A review of this section reveals a lack of understanding of agriculture in general, a lack of supporting evidence for claims made, and a disregard for the voluminous findings in mainstream science....

The Big Island ordinance is now being challenged in Federal Court on a number of grounds (preemption, Commerce Clause, and takings)....

...4,342 registered voters in the County of Maui have signed the petition, while 5,284 signatures have been deemed invalid....

Here’s a copy of the questionnaire that they have been sending candidates....

The prospect of helping to feed the starving and improve the lives of people across the planet should not be nipped because of the self-indulgent fretting of first-world activists....

“Go NON-GMO so you have a chance with a girl like Ryelee,” reads the caption to her picture....

SHAKA posted the voter registration of Maui voters online.  It included people’s names and addresses....

Penn & Teller Repudiate the idea that organic food has better nutrients, a smaller environmental impact, less harmful pesticides, and better taste than non-organic foods....

Reams of his threatening emails have been reproduced online by Gawker in an article titled: “Dr. Tyrone Hayes: Biologist, Cock-Fixated Megalomaniac Email Addict”....