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 2030. The Chamber ...
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Why Do Farmers Use Pesticides?
PUTTING PESTICIDES IN PERSPECTIVE / Aug 30, 2016 / Why do farmers treat their crops with pesticides? The simple answer is because of pests – a wide range of organisms that eat, infect, rot, compete with, or even ...
Fake Food Group: The Center for Food Safety
HAWAII FREE PRESS / August 20, 2016 / Since June 12, 2016, Hawaii has been experiencing a hepatitis A outbreak. This indeed is a food safety issue that the Hawaii Department of Health has been trying to solve. Some ...
Time To Move Beyond GMO Controversy And Take Advantage Of Scientific Progress
FORBES / August 19, 2016 / For someone who has devoted about 50 years to the preservation of plant diversity, I have been increasingly disturbed by the persistent controversy over GM crops. During my 11 years as ch ...
GMOs: Trust The Science, Not The Food Fad
FORBES / August 12, 2016 / Consumers go through continual food fads: High-carb, low-carb, Mediterranean diet, Atkins diet, gluten-free – the list is long. The newest is, “non-GMO” labeling. Despite many st ...
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