Author Archives: Hawai'i SEED

• San Juan County, Washington Passes GMO Ban

  Posted on November 10, 2012 by Hawai'i SEED in National News, News

  By Alexis Baden-Mayer, Esq., Political Director Organic Consumers Fund, November 8, 2012 What do France and San Juan County have in common? A ban on genetically modified organisms, that’s what. Local voters embraced Proposition 2012-4 by a wide margin in the Nov. 6 election, as the citizen-led initiative banning the production of GMOs captured 61 […]

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• Stop Monsanto From Poisoning Hawai’i

  Posted on November 9, 2012 by Hawai'i SEED in Videos

  For over 20 years, Hawai’i has been the global center for the open-field testing of Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO’s), including pharmaceutical crops. Over 5,000 experimental tests have been conducted by Monsanto, Dow, Dupont/Pioneer, Syngenta and BASF that spray chemicals on an almost daily basis on our most valuable lands. They are supported by tax-breaks, and […]

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  North Shore Organic Farm Film Series

  Posted on November 9, 2012 by Hawai'i SEED in Events, News Comments Off on North Shore Organic Farm Film Series Continue Reading...

• Will Monsanto Rule Our Lives?

  Posted on November 2, 2012 by Hawai'i SEED in National News, News

  Will Monsanto Rule Our Lives? Vandana Shiva and Sonali Kolhatkar 02 November 12, Uprising Raio A new poll conducted by the University of Southern California and the LA Times has found that Proposition 37, the GMO labeling initiative has slipped a whopping 17 points since the last poll in September. The proposition continues to lead […]

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• Seeds of Hope Trailer

  Posted on October 13, 2012 by Hawai'i SEED in Videos

  The future of agriculture in Hawai’i – a trailer for the feature-length documentary by Danny Miller: for more information www.seedsofhopethemovie.org or www.hawaiirdc.org.

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• Genetically engineered crops in agriculture

  Posted on September 13, 2009 by Hawai'i SEED in Videos

  A film by Greenpeace Switzerland explaining known problems and unknown dangers relevant to genetically engineered crops:

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• Hawaii County council unanimous against HB1226

  Posted on April 22, 2009 by Hawai'i SEED in News

  Resolution 81-09 passes unanimously at Wednesday April 22nd hearing The following is from Una and Nancy on Hawai’i Island: Aloha friends, Today (Wednesday April 22 2009), after many hours of testimony on quite a few issues,  the Hawaii County resolution 81-09, which was introduced by our wonderful Councilman, Pete Hoffmann, passed 9-0.  This resolution was […]

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• Maui County council unanimous against HB1226

  Posted on March 20, 2009 by Hawai'i SEED in Maui News, News

  Maui County Council Pushes Back Against GMOs in the Name of Home Rule! On Friday, March 20, 2009 at their regular meeting, Maui’s County Council unanimously voted to support a resolution to oppose House Bill 1226, a preemption bill targeting local regulation of GMOs. This bill, which has now crossed to the Senate, would prevent all of Hawaii’s […]

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• HB 1226 – GMO Preemption Bill (2009)

  Posted on March 14, 2009 by Hawai'i SEED in Legislation

  HB 1226 would prohibit state and county government from banning or otherwise regulating activities related to genetically modified plant organisms. From the text of HB 1226: “Description: Prohibits state administrative regulatory actions and county regulatory actions from banning or otherwise regulating activities related to genetically modified plant organisms, with certain exceptions (HB1226 HD1)” HB 1226 revokes […]

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• Hawai’i County Council passes no-GMO bill unanimously

  Posted on November 13, 2008 by Hawai'i SEED in News

  Moratorium on GMO taro and coffee on Hawai’i Island is passed by council in response to overwhelming citizen support Jerry Konanui writes: Hawaii County Council heard the overwhelming voices of Taro, Coffee Growers and Consumers and stood by them. Unlike State House of Representative Agriculture Committee Chairman Clift Tsuji who after receiving over 7000 voices […]

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