Agriculture

...in response to a petition from the Natural Resources Defense Council and Pesticide Action Network North America....

...The Governor did, at least, stop short of calling it his “Five Year Plan”....

When Governor Ige first announced his plan to double local food production, people wondered....

By voluntarily filing an EIS for his dairy farm on Kauai, Omidyar has now brought about a court ruling for the first time ever mandating EIS for farmers statewide....

The caller had reported that she had seen a farmworker taken off of the field via ambulance and quickly assumed he had been poisoned....

They tout it as a “common sense” measure but never disclose that there’s a penalty included in the bill that opens agricultural entities up to lawsuits....

...only pesticides from agriculture harm only native Hawaiians who are apparently immune to pesticides used on luxury resorts and golf courses.... 

...Hawaii is being used in the fear mongering against farmers -- our story has had a global impact....

This major event for medical professionals is part of Gov. David Ige’s statewide initiative to address community concerns about chronic exposures to pesticides, Vog, lead, mercury and other environmental hazards (allegedly) affecting our keiki....

By developing a rule that recognizes the need to work with states to address water issues, the EPA and Army Corps of Engineers will be helping the environment, not hurting it....

... an EIS which they are not required to submit ....

The extension adds eight calendar days to the 30 calendar days allowed by statute for the approving agency to decide if the FEIS is acceptable....

If you look closely at the activists there, none of any have t-shirt tans or even the slightest hint of field dirt under their nails or on their shoes....

Farmers in SE Colorado started harvesting the plant in 2013, and farmers in Vermont began harvesting in 2014....

...for a new term that will begin July 1, 2017 and run for four (4) years....

...Hyland’s homeopathic teething tablet products labeled as containing belladonna....

...Bills that could increase the regulatory and financial burdens on Hawaii farmers....

A bill introduced in the Hawaii House would legalize raw milk sales in the state, taking an important step toward nullifying a federal prohibition scheme....

...Baylen Linnekin is the author of Biting the Hand that Feeds Us....

...the State’s first interagency and comprehensive biosecurity plan to protect Hawai‘i’s agriculture, environment, economy and health....

The sole purpose of the taskforce was to help the 675 workers who were laid off last year....

...so many kids never get the chance to see a real working farm....

Hawaii is now the newest member of the Cornell Alliance for Science for global network....

...the end of 145 years of harvesting and processing sugar cane on Maui....

EPA is seeking civil penalties of over $4.8 million....

Conversion therapy....

...Getting astray on hobby activism that really doesn’t solve an issue won’t guide a people forward....

Pruitt led the fight against the Clean Power Plan, the Waters of the United States rule, and the Renewable Fuel Standard....

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....

...public hearings on Hawaii Island, Maui, Oahu, and Kauai from Dec. 5-9, 2016....

...via Skype at the Voice of Farmers event held concurrently during the Monsanto Tribunal at The Hague....

...spend hours on your feet putting stickers on thousands of papayas....

Beck’s, the largest family-owned, retail seed company in the United States....

...267.74 acres of former plantation land for $9.49 million....

...loud noises are only temporary....

Four years ago, the state acquired 1,200 acres of farmland....

Every once in awhile, some of them will piece the information together....

...agriculture can be held back by regulation, politics, and policies....

...what’s happening on our farms....

...report on the seed industry in Hawaii produced by Dr. Paul Brewbaker for the Hawaii Crop Improvement Association....

...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....

...there are more than 8 million visitors annually....

...This increase is the first in the industry since the 2011- 12 crop year....

...“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”....

...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....

Suddenly biomass is not clean energy?

"...The content of the CD1 stunned us; it was passed without a single public hearing.  There clearly was no justification....”