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Multiple Meetings!
We apologize for the last minute reminder of three VERY important meetings happening simultaneously TONIGHT. (Do you ever get the feeling that these things are scheduled this way for…
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Planning Commission: Include ag smoke/ash in SMA decisions?
Chris Profio’s petition to add the following to the criteria for considering SMA petitions will be heard by the Maui Planning Commission on October 13, 2015 at 9am in…
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The Guardian reports birth defect problems in Hawai’i
From: Pesticides in paradise: Hawaii’s spike in birth defects puts focus on GM crops Pediatrician Carla Nelson remembers catching sight of the unusually pale newborn, then hearing an abnormal heartbeat…
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Farmers Union: Protecting Ag Lands
From the Farmers Union: I would like to invite you all to attend the Mauna Kahalawai Chapter, Maui Farmers Union Meeting (At the Maui Tropical Plantation) on August 20th from…
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Cane smoke chokes Kihei school and prompts investigation
Although at least two individuals called the Department of Health on May 26th asking that a no-burn day be called because an inversion layer was forecasted for May 27th,…
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Uphold Our Vote
From the Shaka Movement: Yet Again! Justice Delayed is Justice Denied! The Tuesday hearing on Oahu is cancelled. Yes really. We will instead meet in front…
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Judge Kurran Strikes Down Big Island GMO Ban
Note: This is the same judge who killed the Kaua’i pesticide ordinance. Press Release from the Center for Food Safety: http://www.centerforfoodsafety.org/press-releases/3628/chemical-corporations-undermine-the-will-of-the-people-of-hawaii-county# Chemical Corporations…
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$25 Million GMO and Pesticide Safety Study Launched in London
The World’s Largest Study on GMO and Pesticide Safety was launched by Factor GMO in London, UK on Tuesday. The…
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GMO Inititative passes – Monsanto/Dow threaten to sue
The citizens of Maui county were able to pass the GMO Initiative despite $7.9 million dollars spent to defeat it by Monsanto and Dow. Monsanto and Dow immediately…
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