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...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...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...From Shaka Movement on Maui… http://www.shakamovement.org/ Five Maui County citizens are going toe-to-toe with Hawaii’s mammoth agricultural biotech industry with the submission of a new ordinance, written by the people, for the people and voted on by the people, as a ballot initiative in the 2014 November general elections. This first-of-its-kind on Maui […]
Comments Off on Maui Marching 3/30 in support of GMO moratorium Continue Reading...EMAIL & VERBAL TESTIMONY NEEDED★COUNTY COUNCIL HEARING TUES. JAN 28 https://www.facebook.com/events/586972531389171/ EMAIL testimony by Jan 27, OFFER Verbal testimony Jan 28. Check back for TESTIMONY TALKING POINTS, UPDATES and SAMPLE TESTIMONY. ★VERY IMPORTANT RECOMMENDATION “I support the intent of this important legislation for the following reasons….. However, I do not support the bill that you […]
Comments Off on ACTION ALERT ★ MAUI COUNTY BILL RELATED TO PESTICIDES & GMOs Continue Reading...Suggested article form Paul Towers on Pan: http://www.panna.org/blog/pesticide-corporations-bully-kauai
Comments Off on Pesticide corporations bully Kaua’i Continue Reading...Action requests below : Email Maui Council member Hokama in support of their pesticide disclosure bill, 2 online petitions. Information below : 3 Pesticide & GMO stories, 2 related to Kaua’i specifically. Hope everyone is doing well , we certainly have exciting times in the movement for a cleaner Kaua’i and state of Hawai’i. Maui has begun […]
Comments Off on Action Alert! & Infos Continue Reading...Yesterday, three of the world’s largest agrochemical companies filed a lawsuit against the County of Kauaʻi to block implementation of the recently passed Kauaʻi Ordinance 960 (formerly known as Bill 2491). Syngenta, DuPont Pioneer Hi-Bred, and a Dow Chemical subsidiary filed the lawsuit in federal district court on Oahu. Ordinance 960 establishes buffer zones around […]
Comments Off on KAUAʻI RESIDENTS CALL LAWSUIT BY WORLD’S LARGEST CHEMICAL COMPANIES TO BLOCK BUFFER ZONES “SHAMEFUL” Continue Reading...Aloha GMO Free Kaua’i Ohana,Yes we did it! We the people of Kaua’i stood up to 4 of the worlds largest chemical companies doing GMO seed experiments on our island, and passed bill 2491 yesterday! The final vote was 5-2, with Gary Hooser, Tim Bynum, JoAnn Yukimura, Jay Furfaro, and Mason Chock voting for the […]
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