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Friday, September 1, 2017 |
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Bill Before Congress: Claim--Hawaii Allows 'horrific legal market' in Dog Meat
By News Release @ 3:49 AM :: 12975 Views :: Agriculture, Law Enforcement, Small Business
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"...An undercover investigation for EnviroWatch highlighted the brutality of dog meat farms in Hawaii...."
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Thursday, July 13, 2017 |
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Invasive Species Inspectors Communicate 'Caveman Style' After (another) State IT Project Failure
By Hawaii State Auditor @ 2:03 PM :: 5729 Views :: Agriculture, Hawaii State Government
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...After more than a decade of development and close to $4.2 million in new and amended contracts, Department of Agriculture has failed in its attempt to implement a central integrated database.... (try MS Excel next time)
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Wednesday, June 21, 2017 |
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Mother Jones: World Health Organization called RoundUp a “probable carcinogen,” but it didn’t have all the facts.
By Selected News Articles @ 3:39 PM :: 8303 Views :: Environment, Agriculture, GMOs
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...A Scientist Didn’t Disclose Important Data—and Let Everyone Believe a Popular Weedkiller Causes Cancer....
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Thursday, June 1, 2017 |
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Rat Lungworm: The Cost of Unintended Consequences
By Joni Kamiya @ 10:55 PM :: 9411 Views :: Environment, Agriculture, Health Care, GMOs
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As case number 15 of rat lungworm disease came to light last month, my blood boils a bit because of what has happened over the last several years....
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Thursday, May 11, 2017 |
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Federal organic fraud in America
By Selected News Articles @ 2:02 PM :: 5989 Views :: Ethics, Agriculture
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...40% of the organic food sold in America tested positive for prohibited pesticide residue....
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Saturday, May 6, 2017 |
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Anti-Dairy Activism Spreads: Big Island Dairy faces fine, possible lawsuit
By News Release @ 5:43 PM :: 8881 Views :: Hawaii County , Environment, Agriculture
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...The fine is based on an inspection DOH officials did March 28-29 in response to Democratic Party insiders....
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Thursday, April 13, 2017 |
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Those Life Saving Facts
By Joni Kamiya @ 12:46 PM :: 10429 Views :: Agriculture, Health Care, Land Use, GMOs
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I asked why CFS and other groups like Shaka aren’t informing followers of rat lungworm disease....
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Friday, April 7, 2017 |
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Dairy: Billionaire Developer Omidyar Creates More Precedents Farmers Can’t Follow
By News Release @ 6:37 PM :: 6531 Views :: Environment, Agriculture
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...the Makauwahi Cave Reserve be the recipient of $125,000 for a supplemental environmental project to be funded by Hawai‘i Dairy Farms....
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Wednesday, April 5, 2017 |
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Hawaii: Monsanto is First Farm Awarded Zero Waste Certification
By News Release @ 5:04 PM :: 8358 Views :: Environment, Agriculture, GMOs
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The first business in Hawaii to earn the certification, Monsanto’s Upper Kunia Farm has been focused on increasing yields while using fewer resources, and has successfully diverted 98 percent of its waste....
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Thursday, March 30, 2017 |
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As Expected, EPA Rejects Anti-Pesticide Activists’ Petition to Ban Chlorpyrifos
By News Release @ 6:12 PM :: 8278 Views :: Environment, Agriculture, GMOs
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...in response to a petition from the Natural Resources Defense Council and Pesticide Action Network North America....
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Wednesday, March 29, 2017 |
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Doubling Hawaii’s Food Production?
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:52 PM :: 5202 Views :: Agriculture
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...The Governor did, at least, stop short of calling it his “Five Year Plan”....
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Friday, March 24, 2017 |
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Double Food Production? Failed Central Planning Thrives in Hawaii
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 1:30 PM :: 5412 Views :: Agriculture
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When Governor Ige first announced his plan to double local food production, people wondered....
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Wednesday, March 22, 2017 |
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Omidyar Wins by Losing: Kauai Court Ruling Forces Farms to File EIS
By News Release @ 3:57 AM :: 12732 Views :: Kauai County, Environment, Agriculture, Tourism, Pierre Omidyar
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By voluntarily filing an EIS for his dairy farm on Kauai, Omidyar has now brought about a court ruling for the first time ever mandating EIS for farmers statewide....
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Monday, March 13, 2017 |
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The Real Poison in Paradise
By Joni Kamiya @ 4:45 AM :: 8858 Views :: Agriculture, Health Care, GMOs
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The caller had reported that she had seen a farmworker taken off of the field via ambulance and quickly assumed he had been poisoned....
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Thursday, March 9, 2017 |
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HB790: Sue Farmers to Death
By Joni Kamiya @ 9:57 PM :: 8189 Views :: Agriculture, GMOs
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They tout it as a “common sense” measure but never disclose that there’s a penalty included in the bill that opens agricultural entities up to lawsuits....
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Thursday, March 9, 2017 |
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Civil Rights Violation? EPA Investigating Anti-GMO Pesticide Hype
By News Release @ 4:24 PM :: 8725 Views :: Environment, Agriculture, Greenmail
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...only pesticides from agriculture harm only native Hawaiians who are apparently immune to pesticides used on luxury resorts and golf courses....
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Saturday, March 4, 2017 |
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Flooded With Fear
By Joni Kamiya @ 7:53 PM :: 6854 Views :: Agriculture, GMOs
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...Hawaii is being used in the fear mongering against farmers -- our story has had a global impact....
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Friday, March 3, 2017 |
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Pesticides, VOG, Mercury? DoH Seminar to Train MDs on Hysteria
By News Release @ 2:21 AM :: 9712 Views :: Environment, Agriculture, Health Care, GMOs
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This major event for medical professionals is part of Gov. David Ige’s statewide initiative to address community concerns about chronic exposures to pesticides, Vog, lead, mercury and other environmental hazards (allegedly) affecting our keiki....
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Wednesday, March 1, 2017 |
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POTUS Rescinds WOTUS: Hawaii Waters to be Freed of Federal Control
By Heritage Foundation @ 2:22 AM :: 6636 Views :: Environment, Agriculture
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By developing a rule that recognizes the need to work with states to address water issues, the EPA and Army Corps of Engineers will be helping the environment, not hurting it....
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Tuesday, February 21, 2017 |
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Kauai Dairy Farm Withdraws Final EIS
By News Release @ 11:58 PM :: 8553 Views :: Kauai County, Environment, Agriculture
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... an EIS which they are not required to submit ....
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Friday, February 17, 2017 |
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DOH: Dairy Farm EIS Decision Coming Feb 24
By News Release @ 1:08 AM :: 7681 Views :: Kauai County, Environment, Agriculture
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The extension adds eight calendar days to the 30 calendar days allowed by statute for the approving agency to decide if the FEIS is acceptable....
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Thursday, February 9, 2017 |
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Buffer Zone Bozos Descend on Capitol (again)
By Joni Kamiya @ 9:48 AM :: 7214 Views :: Agriculture, GMOs
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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....
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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 :: 6898 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 :: 7159 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 :: 8482 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 :: 8506 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 :: 4880 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 :: 4920 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 :: 7085 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 :: 9222 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 :: 7118 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 :: 6802 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 :: 6736 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 :: 9075 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 :: 7582 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 :: 7305 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 :: 6783 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 :: 9691 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 :: 6691 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 :: 6730 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 :: 5523 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 :: 8000 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 :: 6394 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 :: 6584 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 :: 5386 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 :: 7108 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 :: 5902 Views :: Agriculture, GMOs
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...agriculture can be held back by regulation, politics, and policies....
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