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Monday, February 6, 2017 |
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Hawaii Bills Would Legalize Industrial Hemp; Foundation to Nullify Federal Prohibition
By Selected News Articles @ 10:01 AM :: 6491 Views :: Agriculture, Drugs
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Farmers in SE Colorado started harvesting the plant in 2013, and farmers in Vermont began harvesting in 2014....
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Wednesday, February 1, 2017 |
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DLNR Seeks Applicants: Commission on Water Resource Management
By News Release @ 12:01 AM :: 6747 Views :: Environment, Agriculture, Hawaii State Government
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...for a new term that will begin July 1, 2017 and run for four (4) years....
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Tuesday, January 31, 2017 |
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‘Natural’ Toxins for your Baby: ‘Homeopathic’ Profiteers Refuse Recall Order
By News Release @ 12:21 PM :: 8036 Views :: Ethics, Agriculture, Health Care, GMOs
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...Hyland’s homeopathic teething tablet products labeled as containing belladonna....
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Saturday, January 28, 2017 |
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Thursday, January 26, 2017 |
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Farm Bureau: 12 Anti-Agriculture Bills Introduced to Legislature
By News Release @ 3:05 PM :: 8103 Views :: Agriculture, Greenmail, GMOs
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...Bills that could increase the regulatory and financial burdens on Hawaii farmers....
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Tuesday, January 24, 2017 |
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Hawaii Bill Would Legalize Raw Milk Sales
By News Release @ 3:53 AM :: 4580 Views :: Agriculture
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A bill introduced in the Hawaii House would legalize raw milk sales in the state, taking an important step toward nullifying a federal prohibition scheme....
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Monday, January 23, 2017 |
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Government Mandates on Local Farmers
By Grassroot Institute @ 5:47 PM :: 4623 Views :: Agriculture
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...Baylen Linnekin is the author of Biting the Hand that Feeds Us....
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Wednesday, January 11, 2017 |
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State Announces 10-Year Invasive Species Plan
By News Release @ 1:57 PM :: 6648 Views :: Environment, Agriculture, Law Enforcement
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...the State’s first interagency and comprehensive biosecurity plan to protect Hawai‘i’s agriculture, environment, economy and health....
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Friday, January 6, 2017 |
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Report: Only 46% of HC&S Cane Workers Find New Jobs
By News Release @ 9:51 PM :: 8648 Views :: Maui County, Agriculture, Labor
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The sole purpose of the taskforce was to help the 675 workers who were laid off last year....
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Friday, January 6, 2017 |
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Story of Hope
By Joni Kamiya @ 10:46 AM :: 6768 Views :: Agriculture, GMOs
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...so many kids never get the chance to see a real working farm....
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Sunday, January 1, 2017 |
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Video: Hawaii GMO Papaya Real Solutions Real Lives
By Video @ 2:45 PM :: 6416 Views :: Agriculture, GMOs
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Hawaii is now the newest member of the Cornell Alliance for Science for global network....
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Saturday, December 17, 2016 |
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Maui Says Aloha to Island’s Last Sugar Cane Producer
By Selected News Articles @ 2:05 PM :: 6333 Views :: Maui County, Agriculture
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...the end of 145 years of harvesting and processing sugar cane on Maui....
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Thursday, December 15, 2016 |
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Thursday, December 15, 2016 |
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Friday, December 9, 2016 |
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We are Voyagers
By Joni Kamiya @ 1:57 PM :: 8583 Views :: Agriculture, Hawaii History, GMOs
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...Getting astray on hobby activism that really doesn’t solve an issue won’t guide a people forward....
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Thursday, December 8, 2016 |
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Trump’s Pick for EPA Has a History of Fighting the Agency
By Heritage Foundation @ 3:28 PM :: 7123 Views :: Energy, Environment, Agriculture
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Pruitt led the fight against the Clean Power Plan, the Waters of the United States rule, and the Renewable Fuel Standard....
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Wednesday, November 23, 2016 |
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DLNR Seeks Volunteers for Water Security Advisory Group
By News Release @ 8:48 PM :: 6905 Views :: Environment, Agriculture, Hawaii State Government
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The Chairperson of DLNR will review the applications and select individuals that are deemed qualified to serve on the Water Security Advisory Group per the requirements of Act 172....
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Wednesday, November 23, 2016 |
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Health Department Sets Public Hearings on Changes to Food Safety Code
By News Release @ 2:14 AM :: 6364 Views :: Agriculture, Small Business
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...public hearings on Hawaii Island, Maui, Oahu, and Kauai from Dec. 5-9, 2016....
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Tuesday, November 15, 2016 |
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Rep Clift Tsuji Dies
By News Release @ 7:07 PM :: 9186 Views :: Democratic Party, Agriculture, Politicians, GMOs
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“...a strong voice for the people and a staunch advocate for Hawaii’s agriculture community....”
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Tuesday, October 25, 2016 |
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Brewbaker: The Future of Agriculture on Maui
By Grassroot Institute @ 11:35 PM :: 6353 Views :: Maui County, Agriculture
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Thursday, October 27th, 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM, Maui Country Club, Paia
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Monday, October 17, 2016 |
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Life Changers
By Joni Kamiya @ 8:47 PM :: 6426 Views :: Agriculture, GMOs
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...via Skype at the Voice of Farmers event held concurrently during the Monsanto Tribunal at The Hague....
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Sunday, October 16, 2016 |
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Lessons from the Farm
By Joni Kamiya @ 4:53 PM :: 5278 Views :: Agriculture
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...spend hours on your feet putting stickers on thousands of papayas....
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Thursday, October 6, 2016 |
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Indiana Seed Producer Buys Kauai Seed Farm from BASF
By News Release @ 12:49 PM :: 7475 Views :: Kauai County, Agriculture, GMOs
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Beck’s, the largest family-owned, retail seed company in the United States....
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Thursday, September 29, 2016 |
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Maui County Buys Haiku Sugar Lots for Nature Preserve and Organic Ag Park
By News Release @ 8:55 PM :: 6013 Views :: Maui County, Agriculture
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...267.74 acres of former plantation land for $9.49 million....
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Wednesday, September 28, 2016 |
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Make Loud Noise
By Joni Kamiya @ 11:25 PM :: 6236 Views :: Agriculture, GMOs
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...loud noises are only temporary....
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Thursday, September 22, 2016 |
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The State is a Terrible Farmer...and Businessperson
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 10:26 PM :: 5089 Views :: Agriculture, Hawaii State Government
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Four years ago, the state acquired 1,200 acres of farmland....
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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 :: 6748 Views :: Agriculture, GMOs
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Every once in awhile, some of them will piece the information together....
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Saturday, September 17, 2016 |
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Strong leadership is needed to promote agricultural growth
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 12:01 AM :: 5588 Views :: Agriculture, GMOs
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...agriculture can be held back by regulation, politics, and policies....
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Thursday, September 15, 2016 |
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For the Love of Family
By Joni Kamiya @ 10:40 AM :: 5668 Views :: Agriculture, GMOs
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...what’s happening on our farms....
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Tuesday, September 13, 2016 |
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Fifty Years of Seed in the Fiftieth State
By News Release @ 4:04 PM :: 5367 Views :: Agriculture, GMOs
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...report on the seed industry in Hawaii produced by Dr. Paul Brewbaker for the Hawaii Crop Improvement Association....
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Thursday, September 8, 2016 |
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Harsh Realities
By Joni Kamiya @ 7:25 PM :: 4977 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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Thursday, September 8, 2016 |
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Full Text: Ige Announces 10-Point ‘Biosecurity’ Plan
By News Release @ 5:57 PM :: 5052 Views :: Environment, Agriculture
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...there are more than 8 million visitors annually....
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Friday, August 5, 2016 |
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Hawaii Seed Crop Worth $151M—Up 7%
By News Release @ 10:24 PM :: 4234 Views :: Agriculture, Hawaii Statistics
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...This increase is the first in the industry since the 2011- 12 crop year....
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Friday, August 5, 2016 |
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UH Law Prof: White Milk is Racist Food Oppression
By Selected News Articles @ 10:18 PM :: 5821 Views :: Agriculture, Higher Education
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...“food oppression is a difficult concept for many to embrace because of the powerful rhetoric regarding personal choice that is endemic in the United States”....
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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 :: 9236 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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Sunday, July 10, 2016 |
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Organic Food Tax Credit wins ‘Rusty Scalpel’ Award
By News Release @ 11:09 AM :: 6676 Views :: Ethics, Agriculture, Tax Credits
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"...The content of the CD1 stunned us; it was passed without a single public hearing. There clearly was no justification....”
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Friday, July 8, 2016 |
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Hemp: Hawaii’s ‘High’ Tech Future?
By Rep Cynthia Thielen @ 4:18 AM :: 5685 Views :: Agriculture, Drugs
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...hemp-based electrodes for supercapacitors....
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Tuesday, June 28, 2016 |
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Ige Signs HB2501: A&B Keeps E Maui Water
By News Release @ 4:17 AM :: 6865 Views :: Maui County, Agriculture, Land Use
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...HB2501 provides time to transition to a process that ensures water is distributed fairly in accordance with the public trust doctrine....
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Monday, June 20, 2016 |
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Rep Thielen to DEA: Legalize Hemp
By Rep Cynthia Thielen @ 2:35 AM :: 5565 Views :: Agriculture, Drugs
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...filing an official rulemaking petition demanding that the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) remove industrial hemp from the federal drug schedules....
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Tuesday, June 14, 2016 |
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Maui: 60% Bogus Signatures on Ballot Petition to Seize Farms from Owners
By News Release @ 5:00 PM :: 11755 Views :: Agriculture, Land Use, GMOs
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...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....
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Friday, June 10, 2016 |
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Hawaii honey bee die-off points to likely culprits—Not pesticides, but varroa and viruses
By Selected News Articles @ 9:39 PM :: 5979 Views :: Environment, Agriculture
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The focus away from pesticides as the primary driver runs counter to the narrative shaped over the past few years by high profile advocacy groups....
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Friday, June 10, 2016 |
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Hawaii Dairy Farms Publishes Draft Environmental Impact Statement
By News Release @ 5:15 PM :: 7774 Views :: Kauai County, Environment, Agriculture, Tourism
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The findings of the Draft EIS demonstrate that Hawaii Dairy Farms will be protective of the environment and serve as a model for sustainable agriculture in the Islands.....
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Monday, June 6, 2016 |
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New Federal Rules May Hurt Small Farmers in Hawaii
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:37 PM :: 4230 Views :: Agriculture
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One of the new rules requires farmers to track their product from “seed to sale.”....
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Monday, June 6, 2016 |
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10 Free Market Solutions for Agriculture in Hawaii
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:32 PM :: 3735 Views :: Agriculture
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A new report has been released by the Grassroot Institute titled 10 Free Market Solutions for Agriculture in Hawaii....
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Monday, June 6, 2016 |
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Unanimous SCOTUS: You Can Judicially Challenge A Clean Water Act Jurisdictional Determination
By Robert Thomas @ 3:27 PM :: 5505 Views :: Environment, Agriculture
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"...the consequences to landowners even for inadvertent violation can be crushing...."
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Wednesday, June 1, 2016 |
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Petition: Save Hawaii Fisheries
By News Release @ 3:32 PM :: 6361 Views :: Environment, Agriculture, Small Business
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Petition the President of the United States to Not expand the outer boundary of the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Moument from 50 nautical miles out to 200 nautical miles....
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Friday, May 27, 2016 |
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9 misdirected arguments against GMOs
By Selected News Articles @ 9:49 PM :: 7447 Views :: Agriculture, GMOs
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...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....
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Saturday, May 21, 2016 |
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Hawaii Supreme Court Rules on Big Cabbage Case
By Robert Thomas @ 11:20 PM :: 9279 Views :: Agriculture, Judiciary, Law Enforcement, Police
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...the unanimous Hawaii Supreme Court threw out the conviction of the farmer, tagged by Officer Fuiava of Five-O for transporting a load of cabbage uncovered....
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Friday, May 20, 2016 |
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Auditor: Ag Department Still Not Checking Weights, Measures
By Hawaii State Auditor @ 4:22 PM :: 5655 Views :: Agriculture, Hawaii State Government
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...despite having secured state funding since 2012, the chairperson of the Board of Agriculture has neither re-established nor filled the branch’s program manager and inspector positions....
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