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GMO event draws weekend crowds - Sat Aug 14, 2010 - The Garden Island

Article in Kaua'i paper "The Garden Isle" on Kaua'i educational event

Hawaii consumers have right to know if their food is GE - Tue Feb 26, 2008 - Honolulu Star-Bulletin

"Legislative Matters" commentary by State Representative Mike Gabbard

Hawaiians, farmers push for hearing over GMO taro bill - Fri Mar 30, 2007 - Honolulu Advertiser

"Taro is part of our genealogy. We respect it and don't want to alter the genes of our ancestor," said Alapaki Luke, a taro farmer from Kahana Valley.

Rice board spurns biotech - Wed Mar 14, 2007 - Sacramento Bee

State commission worries test plants would cut sales overseas

Judge halts sales of Monsanto GE alfalfa - Sun Mar 11, 2007 - Reuters

Preliminary injunction bans sale and planting of Monsanto genetically engineered alfalfa after March 30 2007

Federal Court orders halt to new field trials of GE crops - Mon Feb 05, 2007 - Center for Food Safety Press Release

Federal court orders for the first time a halt to new field trials of genetically engineered crops - far-reaching decision requires more rigorous environmental review for future trials - past trials on genetically engineered creeping bentgrass ruled illegal

Court Rules Federal Government Acted Illegally In Permitting Field Trials Of Genetically Engineered (GE) Crops In Hawai'i - Sun Aug 13, 2006 - Center for Food Safety Press Release

Ruling First Ever on Controversial Drug-Producing GE Crops

Papaya production taking a tumble - Sat Mar 18, 2006 - Honolulu Advertiser

 

Biotech crop trials criticized - Fri Dec 30, 2005 - Honolulu Advertiser

APHIS cited for inadequate regulation of GMOs

Kona judge orders study of imported algae’s effects - Fri Oct 14, 2005 - Honolulu Star Bulletin

Mera wants to produce genetically modified strains on the Big Island

Court Orders Public Oversight of 'Biopharm' Experiment in Hawai`i - Mon Oct 10, 2005 - EarthJustice Press Release

Environmental Review Required for Genetically Engineered Algae Project

Plenty Papaya Problems - Mon Mar 31, 2003 - Hawai'i Island Journal

Scientists square off over how safe Hawaii's genetically modified papaya is for consumers.

Crops and robbers - Tue Jun 01, 1999 - Environment Hawai'i

Black Market in Golden Fruit: Transgenic Seeds Tempt Thieves

Human error and GMO contamination - Mon May 31, 1999 - Environment Hawai'i

Papaya case study documents how human error creates potential for GMO contamination