Bill placing moratorium on GMO coffee in Hawai'i State legislature - 2007
In 2007, House Bill 1577, placing a five year moratorium on the outdoor planting and outdoor field trials of GMO coffee in the state of Hawaii, passed both the EEP and CPC committees in the House and passed the House floor vote 45 yes, 4 no, 2 excused. It now has crossed over to the Senate and waits for a joint hearing with ENE/WAH, (Energy and the Environment and Water, Land, Agriculture and Hawaiian Affairs) during the 2008 session.
Read the language of the bill.

Statewide coffee industry vetos GMO coffee - 2004
The coffee industry in the state of Hawaii including the Kona Coffee Council, Kona Pacific Farmers' Co-op, Kona Farmers' Alliance, Hawaii Coffee Association, and the Hawaii Organic Farmers Association, formed the Coalition to Protect Hawaii Coffee (CPHC), and sent a letter to the Hawaii Department of Agriculture saying that they did not want GE coffee grown in the state of Hawaii. This was an historic event. This was the first time that an entire agricultural industry in a state has unanimously opposed a new GE crop.
Read the statement.

Hawai'i County Council passes resolution restricting GMO coffee - September 2002
The Hawai'i County Council (Hawai'i Island) passed a resolution that banned the planting of GE coffee in the Kona Districts until a regional regulatory protocol could be established.
Read the resolution.