HONOLULU STAR ADVERTISER / September 13, 2016 / A global corn price decline is behind the four-year contraction of Hawaii’s seed farming industry, according to a report commissioned by the ind ...
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Business Report: Economic Impact of Hawaii's Seed Farms
HAWAII NEWS NOW / September 13th 2016 / Seed farming is controversial because of concerns about GMOs and pesticides. But more than 1,000 people work on seed farms on four islands in Hawaii. And ...

Economist Explains How Seed Industry is State's Leading Agricultural Money Maker
HAWAII NEWS NOW / September 13, 2016 / With the decline of pineapple and sugar production in Hawaii, the local seed industry is now the state’s leading agricultural activity and agricultural e ...

Chamber of Commerce of Hawai'i Panel: The Future of Farming in Hawai'i
HAWAII PUBLIC RADIO / September 13, 2016 / Governor David Ige announced last week that he would like to double food production in Hawai’i by 2020, and subsequently extended that deadline to 20 ...

Fifty Years of Seed in the Fiftieth State
HAWAII CROP IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION / September 12, 2016 / The following is a report on the seed industry in Hawaii, produced by Dr. Paul Brewbaker, for the Hawaii Crop Improvement Association. ...

Demonized Seed Company Closer to Aina than Expected
STAR ADVERTISER / September 9, 2016 / I thought there might be yelling and protesters and people unwilling to listen. Instead, it was sunflowers and bagpipes and, well, listening. On Tuesd ...

Could Genetically Modified Mosquitoes Save Hawaii's Endangered Birds?
THE NEW YORKER / September 9, 2016 / Every four years, thousands of environmentalists gather at the World Conservation Congress to assess the state of the planet, and to consider what might be d ...

Harsh Realities
HAWAIIFARMERSDAUGHTER / September 8, 2016 / Every week for the last few months, I’ve been working on Sundays to be off on Tuesdays. I may not work my regular job but I do spend a full day at ...

Monsanto Hawaiʻi Science Education Fund Grant Applications Now Being Accepted
MAUI NOW / September 5, 2016 / Applications are now being accepted for the Monsanto Hawaiʻi Science Education Fund. This Monsanto Fund grant program is open to public schools serving students a ...

Syngenta Looking to Sell
THE GARDEN ISLAND / September 3, 2016 / Syngenta is looking for someone to buy its operation on Kauai. The plan is to pursue a different operating model and seek to contract current Hawaii-ba ...