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“Everybody paddle the canoes together; bail and paddle, paddle and bail, and the shore will be reached.
E lauhoe mai na wa’a; i ke ka, i ka hoe; i ka hoe, i ke ka; pae aku i ka ‘aina.”
― Hawaiian proverb
Meet the New Monsanto: Dow Chemical… and Their New ‘Agent Orange' Crops | Andrew Kimbrell
If you're like me, then you are probably overwhelmed with emails and articles opining on the evils of Monsanto -- and for good reason. Monsanto is a chemical company that began genetically engineering seeds in order to sell more chemicals. The company's business model...
VIDEO: Funding Fuels Hawaii GMO Food Fight » Big Island Video News
HAWAII ISLAND – Both sides in Hawaii’s ongoing Genetically Modified Organism debate are taking their arguments to different arenas in order to influence a favorable outcome. Recent news articles have detailed a Hawaii Farm Bureau Federation plan to spend $400,000 on a...
Exceptional Volume of Pesticides Used by Chemical Companies in Hawaii | Andrea Brower
Author's Note: The following is taken from a press release sent out by the Kauai Coalition to Enforce Ordinance 960, which I am a part of. I have written about Ordinance 960, previously Bill 2491, in this blog and elsewhere. The Kauai County bill, mandating pesticide...
Hawaii residents still on alert as lava flow slows | abc13.com
PUNA, HI -- Residents in a sparsely populated neighborhood near Hawaii's active volcano are still on alert while officials say a dangerous lava flow has slowed its advance. The Hawaii Civil Defense Agency said Saturday that an inspection made by helicopter of the area...
China pulls plug on genetically modified rice and corn | Science/AAAS | News
China’s Ministry of Agriculture has decided not to renew biosafety certificates that allowed research groups to grow genetically modified (GM) rice and corn. The permits, to grow two varieties of GM rice and one transgenic corn strain, expired on 17 August. The...
9 Breathtaking 360-Degree Views Of Hawaii, Thanks To Google's Trekker
So your pockets aren’t burning with the thousands of dollars it takes to visit Hawaii? No sweat. The Hawaii Visitor’s and Conventions Bureau (HVCB) has you covered. In partnership with Google Maps -- the first of its kind -- HVCB loaded staff members of Hawaii’s...