For twelve years, Hawaiʻi SEED has been organizing to educate the public about the risks posed by genetic engineering and the associated pesticide use and experimentation, while promoting diverse, local, and ecological food and farming. On the occasion of our ten year anniversary as a nonprofit, the need for this work has never been greater […]
Comments Off on Hawai’i SEED Celebrates Ten Year Anniversary Continue Reading...Corporations Expose Our Children to Dangerous Agricultural Pesticides By Mercy Ritte, Kaliko Amona and Malia Chun POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Mar 04, 2015 A Mother’s Open Letter We mothers have been testifying for over two years now about our concerns that pesticides are endangering our children at school and at home. We are both […]
Comments Off on Honolulu Star Advertiser: Mother’s Letter, Corporations Expose Our Children to Dangerous Agricultural Pesticides Continue Reading...Hawai’i SEED and The MOM Hui present Hawaii State Senator Josh Green’s 1/20/15 Committee on Health Informational Briefing: Determining the health risks of pesticide exposure to children and the environment. COMMITTEE ON HEALTH: Informational Briefing by Kingdom Media Hawaii new.livestream.com Watch Kingdom Media Hawaii’s COMMITTEE ON HEALTH: Informational Briefing on Livestream.com. Informational Briefing to determine […]
Comments Off on HAWAII STATE COMMITTEE ON HEALTH: Informational Briefing Continue Reading...Calling everyone from across Hawai’i! Save the date! January 21, 11:00am State Capitol Rotunda Opening Day at the Legislature Make your voice heard! We hope to start this new year with some kind of a focus and momentum, and it starts with coming together and being educated! “It’s not the corporation’s hale, Its the PEOPLE’S HALE!” […]
Comments Off on The People’s Hale 2015 Opening Day at the Legislature Continue Reading...Monsanto claims that biotech can feed the planet. Here’s why it won’t. In October in Istanbul, farmers, agricultural researchers and advocates from around the world gathered for the Organic World Congress, organized by the 42-year-old International Federation of Organic Agricultural Movements (IFOAM). With 800 affiliates in 124 countries, IFOAM comes together every three years […]
Comments Off on Can GMOs save the world? by Anna Lappé Continue Reading...Tests Find Monsanto’s Soy, Genetically Engineered for heavy pesticide spraying in Portland-bought infant formula. SOURCE: http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2014/10/23/tests-find-monsantos-soy-genetically-engineered-heavy-pesticide-spraying PORTLAND, OR – Just as Oregonians are voting on whether to label genetically engineered foods, Center for Food Safety (CFS) announced today that genetic testing has confirmed the presence of soy that has been genetically engineered by Monsanto for […]
Comments Off on Genetically Engineered Soy Found in Infant Formula Continue Reading...Filipino leaders Dr. Romeo Quijano, MD and Gilbert Sape are coming to Hawaii to share their experiences organizing in the Philippines and empower communities with resources to take control of their health, workplace, and food systems. They will share their international experience and expertise in toxicology, pharmacology, toxic chemicals, and how the precautionary principle applies to agricultural practices and […]
Comments Off on Filipino Activists Statewide Tour Continue Reading...It has been been one year since ‘Olelo broadcast the four-night installment about GMO and pesticides in Hawai‘i. These show have proven to be effective tools for educating people about the situation in Hawaii. Please watch all four nights in their entirety – there is so much good information here, especially in retrospect of all that has […]
Comments Off on Olelo GMO Week Anniversary Continue Reading...Complete Text of I-522 “The People’s Right to Know Genetically Engineered Food Act” AN ACT Relating to disclosure of foods produced through genetic engineering; adding a new chapter to Title 70 RCW; and prescribing penalties. BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON: NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. The people find that: (1) […]
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