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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 :: 6865 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 :: 7639 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 24, 2015 |
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Video: Adventures of a Monsanto Agronomist
By Grassroot Institute @ 2:34 PM :: 6348 Views :: Agriculture, GMOs
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...Keli'i Akina speaks with Monsanto agronomist Dan Clegg about the latest....
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Friday, June 19, 2015 |
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APHIS on Invasive Species: "The truth is we just don't care that much"
By Andrew Walden @ 9:50 PM :: 7235 Views :: Environment, Agriculture
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... two draft replies--one labeled "the truth" and the other labeled "option 2" ....
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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 :: 7687 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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Sunday, June 14, 2015 |
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Where’s the Tax Stamp on that Eggplant?
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:01 AM :: 6497 Views :: Agriculture, Health Care, Taxes
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...many common vegetables contain nicotine....
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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 :: 7845 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 :: 6427 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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Wednesday, May 6, 2015 |
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Hawaii seed industry estimated at $159M--Down 14%
By News Release @ 3:24 AM :: 7758 Views :: Agriculture, Economy, Hawaii Statistics, GMOs
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Outshipments of seed are projected to total 7.97 million pounds during the 2013-14 season, down 3 percent from the revised 8.25 million pounds shipped during the previous season....
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Wednesday, April 15, 2015 |
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Lawsuit Challenges HC&S East Maui Water Diversions
By Selected News Articles @ 2:05 PM :: 23949 Views :: Environment, Agriculture, OHA
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A&B has been diverting water from East Maui streams for more than 100 years via "complex system of ditches, tunnels and flumes" to irrigate the HC&S sugar plantation in Central Maui....
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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 :: 7983 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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Thursday, April 9, 2015 |
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City launches Important Agricultural Lands (IAL) website
By News Release @ 1:48 AM :: 6092 Views :: Honolulu County, Agriculture
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...MapOahuAgLand.com, provides information on the legal basis for IAL, the city’s process to map IAL, upcoming community meetings and announcements, and resource maps that show various characteristics of potential IAL....
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Tuesday, March 31, 2015 |
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City to hold Important Agricultural Lands (IAL) meetings
By News Release @ 12:22 AM :: 6194 Views :: Honolulu County, Agriculture
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...The Department of Planning and Permitting will hold a series of meetings in April to seek public input in identifying and mapping Oahu’s Important Agricultural Lands....
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Saturday, March 21, 2015 |
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HB145 Tobacco Industry Tax Credit Gut and Replace
By Selected News Articles @ 1:12 PM :: 6586 Views :: Agriculture, Higher Education, Tax Credits
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Did you know that Hawaii has a tobacco industry?
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Friday, March 20, 2015 |
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Judge: EEOC Human Trafficking Case "Frivolous"
By Selected News Articles @ 8:15 PM :: 7845 Views :: Agriculture, Labor
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... “baseless, unreasonable and frivolous” ....
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Wednesday, March 4, 2015 |
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Hawaii is Not the Hawaii I Knew
By Joni Kamiya @ 2:01 PM :: 7600 Views :: Environment, Agriculture, Cost of Living
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...the SHAKA Movement is now going after the sugar cane industry....
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Sunday, February 22, 2015 |
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State-backed Loans: $89M to Companies Tied to OHA Chair Robert Lindsey
By Andrew Walden @ 8:08 PM :: 9888 Views :: Energy, Agriculture, OHA
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If approved, Hawaii taxpayers could find themselves providing $44M in loan guarantees to an Indian company's jet fuel deal in England....
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Friday, February 20, 2015 |
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HB330: Increase GE Tax by 1%
By Grassroot Institute @ 7:35 PM :: 5680 Views :: Agriculture, Taxes
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... According to ITEP, payment of sales and excise taxes takes up an average of 11% of family income for the poorest 20% of earners ....
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Friday, February 20, 2015 |
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Tears and Gnashing of Teeth as Cosmic Vortex Sweeps Pesticides up Mountain Causing Multiple Illnesses and Dirty Window Blinds
By Joni Kamiya @ 12:49 PM :: 6105 Views :: Agriculture, GMOs
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The best part of the hearing was hearing Dustin Barca go on about toxins and the horrible corporations. He even talked about how the cigarette companies and their evils. It’s weird because I just saw him smoking some corporate grown tobacco and inhaling toxins....
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Thursday, February 19, 2015 |
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Thursday, February 5, 2015 |
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Farmer: HB1514 is 'The Last Shovel of Dirt on Our Graves'
By Joni Kamiya @ 5:48 PM :: 6260 Views :: Agriculture, GMOs
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...we are already highly regulated and another level of regulation will be the last shovel of dirt on our graves....
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Tuesday, January 20, 2015 |
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Anti-GMO Activists Stack Hearing: Why Bad Lawmaking Reigns in Hawaii Politics
By Joni Kamiya @ 11:43 PM :: 5488 Views :: Agriculture, GMOs
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When lawmakers rely on bad science from activists, it takes something away from all of us and they don’t even realize it....
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Wednesday, January 14, 2015 |
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You're Paying Double for Sugar
By NCPA @ 1:37 PM :: 5496 Views :: Agriculture, Cost of Living
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American sugar prices would be a lot lower if the government would stop interfering in the sugar market....
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Tuesday, November 25, 2014 |
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Kauai Dairy Farm Receives Approval
By News Release @ 8:48 PM :: 7860 Views :: Environment, Agriculture, Land Use
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...The original proposal of 2,000 cows on site was modified in July 2014 to 650-699 cows....
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Wednesday, November 5, 2014 |
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Farmers Heading to Court to Overturn 'Flawed' Maui Anti-GMO Ordinance
By News Release @ 10:02 PM :: 5970 Views :: Agriculture, GMOs
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...this referendum is invalid and contrary to long established state and federal laws that support both the safety and lawful testing and planting of GMO plants....
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Tuesday, November 4, 2014 |
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Your Ballot Explained: Issuing New Bonds
By Grassroot Institute @ 1:33 PM :: 6444 Views :: Agriculture, Development, Hawaii State Government
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When Election Day comes, voters never seem to get a chance to reduce government spending....
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Tuesday, October 21, 2014 |
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The Future of Farming and Rise of Biotechnology
By NCPA @ 4:30 PM :: 6784 Views :: Agriculture, GMOs
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Today, more than 800 million people are malnourished....
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Friday, September 26, 2014 |
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Carlisle: Maui Anti-GMO Law Would Send Farmers, Gardeners to Jail
By Video @ 2:22 AM :: 8242 Views :: Maui County, Agriculture, GMOs
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...gardeners growing GM corn, GM papaya, or GMO marijuana may be arrested and imprisoned for one year under the anti-GMO law....
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Monday, August 25, 2014 |
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Hawaii’s Papaya Growers Struggle in Hurricane Aftermath
By Video @ 2:30 PM :: 7833 Views :: Hawaii County , Agriculture, GMOs
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...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....
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Tuesday, August 19, 2014 |
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Consuming Chemicals is a What We Do on a Daily Basis
By Joni Kamiya @ 10:16 PM :: 6073 Views :: Agriculture, GMOs
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...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....
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Tuesday, August 19, 2014 |
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Still Blogging A Year Later!
By Joni Kamiya @ 10:11 PM :: 6164 Views :: Agriculture, GMOs
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...By speaking out, I’ve been able to network others who share my thoughts about the Hawaii we want and it gives me hope....
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Monday, August 18, 2014 |
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Maui County Report Shows Zero Glyphosate
By News Release @ 1:48 AM :: 5555 Views :: Agriculture, GMOs
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...None of the 45 samples had detectable levels of glyphosate....
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Saturday, August 16, 2014 |
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Papaya Crop Ruined: Anti-GMO Activists Cheer Hurricane Iselle
By Joni Kamiya @ 12:18 AM :: 6598 Views :: Agriculture, GMOs
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"... Yay Good. Mahalo Iselle for washing us clean of those GMO ...."
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Wednesday, August 13, 2014 |
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Activists, Hurricane Deal One-Two Punch to Hawaii Farmers
By Joni Kamiya @ 2:15 PM :: 5777 Views :: Agriculture, GMOs
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...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....
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 |
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Proposed EPA Rule Gives Feds Control of Hawaii Water Ditches
By Heritage Foundation @ 1:31 PM :: 8171 Views :: Honolulu County, National News, Agriculture
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...the new proposed rule would regulate all ditches, except in narrow circumstances. This even includes man-made ditches....
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Wednesday, July 16, 2014 |
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How I Wish I Were a Papaya Princess…
By Joni Kamiya @ 3:06 PM :: 5834 Views :: Agriculture, GMOs
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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....
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Friday, July 11, 2014 |
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State Department documents rise in human trafficking
By Malia Zimmerman @ 9:36 PM :: 6809 Views :: Agriculture, Labor, Law Enforcement
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The International Labor Organization says agricultural workers are among the most vulnerable....
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Thursday, June 26, 2014 |
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Seeking a Global Solution in Sugar Trade Policy
By Grassroot Institute @ 1:48 AM :: 8862 Views :: World News, Agriculture, Economy
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...sugar is one of the most politically charged raw materials in the global economy....
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Friday, June 6, 2014 |
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Thai workers get multimillion-dollar EEOC settlement
By Malia Zimmerman @ 4:28 PM :: 5605 Views :: Agriculture, Labor
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Mac Nut Farms of Hawaii LLC will pay the most, $1.6 million; Kauai Coffee Co. Inc. will pay $425,000; Kelena Farms Inc. will pay $275,000; and Captain Cook Coffee Co. Ltd. will pay $100,000....
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Monday, May 12, 2014 |
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Penn & Teller: Bullshit! -- Takes on Organic Food
By Video @ 3:49 PM :: 6530 Views :: Agriculture, GMOs
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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....
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Monday, May 12, 2014 |
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Molokai Ranch Achieving Success with … Ranching
By News Release @ 1:05 PM :: 8842 Views :: Maui County, Energy, Agriculture, Tourism
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Moloka'i Ranch is launching initiatives to achieve sustainability, starting with the re-establishment of ranching operations....
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Thursday, May 8, 2014 |
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The World's Resources Aren't Running Out
By NCPA @ 3:26 PM :: 6350 Views :: Energy, Environment, Agriculture
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...the amount of land required to grow food has decreased by 65 percent over the last 50 years across the world....
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Thursday, May 8, 2014 |
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The Many Problems with Ethanol
By NCPA @ 3:25 PM :: 5961 Views :: Energy, Environment, Agriculture
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Just one 25-gallon tank of ethanol requires 450 pounds of corn -- the same amount of calories it would take to feed one person for an entire year....
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Friday, April 25, 2014 |
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Study: Biofuels Worse for Environment Than Regular Gasoline
By NCPA @ 4:09 PM :: 7571 Views :: Energy, Environment, Agriculture, Tax Credits
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Biofuels made with corn residue actually release 7 percent more greenhouse gas....
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Monday, April 21, 2014 |
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Parties Reach Agreement in Na Wai Eha Water Flow Case
By News Release @ 8:58 PM :: 7116 Views :: Maui County, Environment, Agriculture
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Under this agreement, more water will be returned to the streams of Na Wai ‘Eha, particularly to ‘Iao stream....
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Thursday, April 17, 2014 |
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Hawaii basil farm ‘deplorable,’ ‘unsafe,’ judgment says
By Malia Zimmerman @ 3:30 PM :: 6255 Views :: Agriculture, Labor
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The federal government, citing “deplorable” and “unsafe” conditions, has fined Hawaii’s top exporter of basil nearly a half-million dollars....
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Wednesday, March 26, 2014 |
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Judge rules Thai workers were exploited, physically abused on Hawaii farms
By Malia Zimmerman @ 2:09 AM :: 6549 Views :: Agriculture, Labor
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The federal civil case against Global Horizons has dragged on for years....
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Monday, March 24, 2014 |
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Guilty: Physical abuse, exploitation, and barbaric security measures at Maui Pineapple
By News Release @ 7:38 PM :: 9875 Views :: Kauai County, Maui County, Ethics, Agriculture, Labor
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Kobayashi cited examples of physical abuse, exploitation, and barbaric security measures at Maui Pineapple Company's historic pineapple plantations and old worker dormitories where the Thai workers were forced to live and other abuses throughout Hawaii.
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