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Thursday, December 15, 2016 |
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Friday, December 9, 2016 |
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We are Voyagers
By Joni Kamiya @ 1:57 PM :: 8246 Views :: Agriculture, Hawaii History, GMOs
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...Getting astray on hobby activism that really doesn’t solve an issue won’t guide a people forward....
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Thursday, December 8, 2016 |
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Trump’s Pick for EPA Has a History of Fighting the Agency
By Heritage Foundation @ 3:28 PM :: 6856 Views :: Energy, Environment, Agriculture
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Pruitt led the fight against the Clean Power Plan, the Waters of the United States rule, and the Renewable Fuel Standard....
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Wednesday, November 23, 2016 |
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DLNR Seeks Volunteers for Water Security Advisory Group
By News Release @ 8:48 PM :: 6654 Views :: Environment, Agriculture, Hawaii State Government
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The Chairperson of DLNR will review the applications and select individuals that are deemed qualified to serve on the Water Security Advisory Group per the requirements of Act 172....
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Wednesday, November 23, 2016 |
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Health Department Sets Public Hearings on Changes to Food Safety Code
By News Release @ 2:14 AM :: 6052 Views :: Agriculture, Small Business
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...public hearings on Hawaii Island, Maui, Oahu, and Kauai from Dec. 5-9, 2016....
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Tuesday, November 15, 2016 |
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Rep Clift Tsuji Dies
By News Release @ 7:07 PM :: 8901 Views :: Democratic Party, Agriculture, Politicians, GMOs
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“...a strong voice for the people and a staunch advocate for Hawaii’s agriculture community....”
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Tuesday, October 25, 2016 |
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Brewbaker: The Future of Agriculture on Maui
By Grassroot Institute @ 11:35 PM :: 6144 Views :: Maui County, Agriculture
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Thursday, October 27th, 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM, Maui Country Club, Paia
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Monday, October 17, 2016 |
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Life Changers
By Joni Kamiya @ 8:47 PM :: 6183 Views :: Agriculture, GMOs
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...via Skype at the Voice of Farmers event held concurrently during the Monsanto Tribunal at The Hague....
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Sunday, October 16, 2016 |
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Lessons from the Farm
By Joni Kamiya @ 4:53 PM :: 5119 Views :: Agriculture
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...spend hours on your feet putting stickers on thousands of papayas....
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Thursday, October 6, 2016 |
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Indiana Seed Producer Buys Kauai Seed Farm from BASF
By News Release @ 12:49 PM :: 7092 Views :: Kauai County, Agriculture, GMOs
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Beck’s, the largest family-owned, retail seed company in the United States....
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Thursday, September 29, 2016 |
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Maui County Buys Haiku Sugar Lots for Nature Preserve and Organic Ag Park
By News Release @ 8:55 PM :: 5743 Views :: Maui County, Agriculture
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...267.74 acres of former plantation land for $9.49 million....
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Wednesday, September 28, 2016 |
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Make Loud Noise
By Joni Kamiya @ 11:25 PM :: 6021 Views :: Agriculture, GMOs
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...loud noises are only temporary....
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Thursday, September 22, 2016 |
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The State is a Terrible Farmer...and Businessperson
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 10:26 PM :: 4907 Views :: Agriculture, Hawaii State Government
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Four years ago, the state acquired 1,200 acres of farmland....
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Monday, September 19, 2016 |
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Screaming Haole Papaya Chopper Returns to Farm—to Apologize
By Joni Kamiya @ 3:30 AM :: 6552 Views :: Agriculture, GMOs
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Every once in awhile, some of them will piece the information together....
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Saturday, September 17, 2016 |
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Strong leadership is needed to promote agricultural growth
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 12:01 AM :: 5394 Views :: Agriculture, GMOs
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...agriculture can be held back by regulation, politics, and policies....
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Thursday, September 15, 2016 |
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For the Love of Family
By Joni Kamiya @ 10:40 AM :: 5447 Views :: Agriculture, GMOs
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...what’s happening on our farms....
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Tuesday, September 13, 2016 |
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Fifty Years of Seed in the Fiftieth State
By News Release @ 4:04 PM :: 5176 Views :: Agriculture, GMOs
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...report on the seed industry in Hawaii produced by Dr. Paul Brewbaker for the Hawaii Crop Improvement Association....
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Thursday, September 8, 2016 |
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Harsh Realities
By Joni Kamiya @ 7:25 PM :: 4787 Views :: Agriculture, GMOs
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...it needs to be mandatory for every policymaker to come and work on the farm before they can even talk about what policies they want to make....
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Thursday, September 8, 2016 |
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Full Text: Ige Announces 10-Point ‘Biosecurity’ Plan
By News Release @ 5:57 PM :: 4872 Views :: Environment, Agriculture
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...there are more than 8 million visitors annually....
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Friday, August 5, 2016 |
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Hawaii Seed Crop Worth $151M—Up 7%
By News Release @ 10:24 PM :: 4055 Views :: Agriculture, Hawaii Statistics
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...This increase is the first in the industry since the 2011- 12 crop year....
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Friday, August 5, 2016 |
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UH Law Prof: White Milk is Racist Food Oppression
By Selected News Articles @ 10:18 PM :: 5635 Views :: Agriculture, Higher Education
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...“food oppression is a difficult concept for many to embrace because of the powerful rhetoric regarding personal choice that is endemic in the United States”....
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Saturday, July 30, 2016 |
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Screaming Haole Trespasses on Farm, Destroys Papaya Trees
By Joni Kamiya @ 3:35 AM :: 8944 Views :: Agriculture, GMOs
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...A Caucasian woman came up to my dad as he was working on the field and started yelling at him that he was poisoning her....
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Sunday, July 10, 2016 |
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Organic Food Tax Credit wins ‘Rusty Scalpel’ Award
By News Release @ 11:09 AM :: 6433 Views :: Ethics, Agriculture, Tax Credits
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"...The content of the CD1 stunned us; it was passed without a single public hearing. There clearly was no justification....”
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Friday, July 8, 2016 |
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Hemp: Hawaii’s ‘High’ Tech Future?
By Rep Cynthia Thielen @ 4:18 AM :: 5454 Views :: Agriculture, Drugs
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...hemp-based electrodes for supercapacitors....
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Tuesday, June 28, 2016 |
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Ige Signs HB2501: A&B Keeps E Maui Water
By News Release @ 4:17 AM :: 6624 Views :: Maui County, Agriculture, Land Use
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...HB2501 provides time to transition to a process that ensures water is distributed fairly in accordance with the public trust doctrine....
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Monday, June 20, 2016 |
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Rep Thielen to DEA: Legalize Hemp
By Rep Cynthia Thielen @ 2:35 AM :: 5346 Views :: Agriculture, Drugs
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...filing an official rulemaking petition demanding that the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) remove industrial hemp from the federal drug schedules....
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Tuesday, June 14, 2016 |
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Maui: 60% Bogus Signatures on Ballot Petition to Seize Farms from Owners
By News Release @ 5:00 PM :: 11425 Views :: Agriculture, Land Use, GMOs
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...It's unclear how much was spent paying people to collect signatures, or where the money came from, because those loudly demanding transparency don't practice it themselves....
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Friday, June 10, 2016 |
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Hawaii honey bee die-off points to likely culprits—Not pesticides, but varroa and viruses
By Selected News Articles @ 9:39 PM :: 5692 Views :: Environment, Agriculture
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The focus away from pesticides as the primary driver runs counter to the narrative shaped over the past few years by high profile advocacy groups....
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Friday, June 10, 2016 |
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Hawaii Dairy Farms Publishes Draft Environmental Impact Statement
By News Release @ 5:15 PM :: 7508 Views :: Kauai County, Environment, Agriculture, Tourism
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The findings of the Draft EIS demonstrate that Hawaii Dairy Farms will be protective of the environment and serve as a model for sustainable agriculture in the Islands.....
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Monday, June 6, 2016 |
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New Federal Rules May Hurt Small Farmers in Hawaii
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:37 PM :: 4067 Views :: Agriculture
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One of the new rules requires farmers to track their product from “seed to sale.”....
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Monday, June 6, 2016 |
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10 Free Market Solutions for Agriculture in Hawaii
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:32 PM :: 3593 Views :: Agriculture
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A new report has been released by the Grassroot Institute titled 10 Free Market Solutions for Agriculture in Hawaii....
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Monday, June 6, 2016 |
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Unanimous SCOTUS: You Can Judicially Challenge A Clean Water Act Jurisdictional Determination
By Robert Thomas @ 3:27 PM :: 5321 Views :: Environment, Agriculture
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"...the consequences to landowners even for inadvertent violation can be crushing...."
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Wednesday, June 1, 2016 |
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Petition: Save Hawaii Fisheries
By News Release @ 3:32 PM :: 6107 Views :: Environment, Agriculture, Small Business
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Petition the President of the United States to Not expand the outer boundary of the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Moument from 50 nautical miles out to 200 nautical miles....
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Friday, May 27, 2016 |
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9 misdirected arguments against GMOs
By Selected News Articles @ 9:49 PM :: 7111 Views :: Agriculture, GMOs
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...many arguments are put forth on why GMOs are “bad” and should be avoided. However, many of these arguments are not about GMOs, but rather, are issues that we’re facing in modern agriculture and in our economy....
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Saturday, May 21, 2016 |
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Hawaii Supreme Court Rules on Big Cabbage Case
By Robert Thomas @ 11:20 PM :: 8978 Views :: Agriculture, Judiciary, Law Enforcement, Police
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...the unanimous Hawaii Supreme Court threw out the conviction of the farmer, tagged by Officer Fuiava of Five-O for transporting a load of cabbage uncovered....
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Friday, May 20, 2016 |
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Auditor: Ag Department Still Not Checking Weights, Measures
By Hawaii State Auditor @ 4:22 PM :: 5456 Views :: Agriculture, Hawaii State Government
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...despite having secured state funding since 2012, the chairperson of the Board of Agriculture has neither re-established nor filled the branch’s program manager and inspector positions....
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Wednesday, May 18, 2016 |
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With HC&S Closing Anyway, A&B Settles Cane Burning Lawsuit
By News Release @ 3:51 PM :: 5641 Views :: Maui County, Agriculture
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...the lawsuit was meritless and the plaintiffs' post-settlement claims are inaccurate....
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Sunday, May 15, 2016 |
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Organically Grown Tax Credits on Way to Governor
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:01 AM :: 4992 Views :: Agriculture, GMOs
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If this credit does indeed become law, expect to see a lot of begging and pleading....
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Thursday, May 5, 2016 |
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Judge Awards EEOC $7.6M in Case Against Farm Labor Contractor Global Horizons
By News Release @ 7:28 PM :: 5073 Views :: Agriculture, Labor
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"...most likely symbolic, as it is apt to be uncollectable...."
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Wednesday, May 4, 2016 |
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SB2659: Legislators Pass ‘Industrial Hemp Bill’
By Rep Cynthia Thielen @ 11:29 PM :: 5490 Views :: Agriculture, Drugs
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...Senate Bill 2659 passed with a unanimous vote in both Chambers....
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Wednesday, May 4, 2016 |
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Farming Entrepreneurs
By Grassroot Institute @ 11:20 PM :: 4894 Views :: Agriculture, Small Business
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...GoFarm Hawaii director Steven Chiang and host Keli`i Akina discuss how a new generation of farmers is being equipped to succeed....
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Sunday, April 24, 2016 |
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Organically Growing Tax Credits
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:01 AM :: 6646 Views :: Agriculture, Tax Credits, GMOs
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Renewable fuel proponents took another shot this year at enacting a renewable fuels credit....
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Friday, April 22, 2016 |
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Zika: Pregnant Women Should Avoid Travel to American Samoa
By Selected News Articles @ 2:48 PM :: 6607 Views :: Environment, Agriculture, Health Care
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...When Zika makes it to Hawaii and destroys the tourism industry, remember the environmentalists and organic pseudo-farmers who refused to allow spraying....
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Thursday, April 21, 2016 |
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HB2501: A&B To Restore Eight Streams in East Maui
By News Release @ 3:16 PM :: 5607 Views :: Environment, Agriculture
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... HB2501 Conference Committee meets today at 2pm, do the math ....
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Friday, April 15, 2016 |
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Brown Hands
By Joni Kamiya @ 2:46 PM :: 5493 Views :: Agriculture, GMOs
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I have been so dismayed seeing the activists once again playing the “these people are immigrants so their jobs aren’t needed” card....
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Thursday, April 14, 2016 |
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Grassroot Institute Event Highlights Need to Support Maui Agriculture
By Grassroot Institute @ 6:36 PM :: 4877 Views :: Maui County, Agriculture
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A large crowd attended and listened as Mayor Alan Arakawa, Councilwoman Elle Cochran, and Grassroot President Keli'i Akina, Ph.D. discussed the future of farming on Maui....
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Friday, April 8, 2016 |
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Supreme Court on Koa Ridge: No Moratorium While IAL Process Underway
By Robert Thomas @ 2:59 AM :: 4620 Views :: Agriculture, Land Use
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...the "agricultural lands" section of the Hawaii Constitution isn't self-executing....
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Thursday, April 7, 2016 |
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No Specific Reason
By Selected News Articles @ 7:16 PM :: 4633 Views :: Agriculture
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...Hawaii legislators received the largest compensation for any part-time or hybrid legislature in the nation....
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Wednesday, April 6, 2016 |
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The Future of Farming on Maui
By Grassroot Institute @ 1:54 AM :: 5127 Views :: Maui County, Agriculture
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...Mayor Alan Arakawa, Councilmember Ellie Cochran, Grassroot Institute President Kelii Akina....
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