Was the COP 21 a success or a failure?

Many pundits say both. On the positive side, 185 global leaders have finally acknowledged a unified understanding of the scope and seriousness of the climate crisis. Here is a photo of climate activists in a demonstration at the Eiffel Tower demanding the shift to 100% renewable energy. Join GO GREEN at the Sustainability Summit 2016. The COP 21 … Read more

A Huge Thanksgiving Gift To The World: EPA Pulls Registration for Dow’s Enlist Duo Herbicide Citing High Toxicity Levels

Toxic pesticide banned on genetically engineered crops  From The Pesticide Action Network Washington D.C. — The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), responding to litigation, has announced it is revoking the registration of “Enlist Duo.” Approved by the agency just over a year ago, Enlist Duo is a toxic combination of glyphosate and 2,4-D that Dow AgroSciences … Read more

The EPA broke the law when it approved a new pesticide

Living on Earth October 06, 2015 · 8:45 AM EDT Writer Adam Wernick Minnesota beekeeper Steve Ellis stands in front of once bee-filled boxes that were left empty after being hit by colony collapse disorder. Credit: Chris Jordan-Bloch/Earthjustice The EPA failed to follow its own rules for ensuring chemical safety and illegally approved a powerful insecticide linked to … Read more

Yep. What kids eat matters.

A new study in Environmental Health Perspectives confirms that when children eat organic, the levels of pesticides in their bodies — including the brain-harming variety — go down. This seems a common-sense conclusion for many of us, but the more science we have to document the case, the better. Join the Pesticide Action Network As … Read more

Monsanto Stunned – California Confirms ‘Roundup’ Will Be Labeled “Cancer Causing”

Claire Bernish Guest Blogger September 12, 2015 (ANTIMEDIA) Sacramento, CA — California just dealt Monsanto a blow as the state’s Environmental Protection Agency will now list glyphosate — the toxic main ingredient in the U.S.’ best-selling weedkiller, Roundup — as known to cause cancer. Under the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986 — usually referred to … Read more

Pesticides in paradise: Hawaii’s spike in birth defects puts focus on GM crops

Local doctors are in the eye of a storm swirling for the past three years over whether corn that’s been genetically modified to resist pesticides is a source of prosperity, as companies claim, or of birth defects and illnesses By Christopher Pala in Waimea for The Guardian Pediatrician Carla Nelson remembers catching sight of the … Read more

New England Journal of Medicine article calls for GMO labels on foods

 

Roundup is a product of Monsanto. By Anne-Gerard Flynn | aflynn@repub.com   Guest Blogger  on August 20, 2015 at 11:33 AM, updated August 20, 2015 at 11:48 AM A Perspective article published today in the New England Journal of Medicine calls for the labeling of genetically modified foods. “We believe the time has come to revisit … Read more

Jeffrey Smith’s commentary about strategy and the future of non-GMO activism in light of the passage of the DARK Act by the House of Representatives

As of July 23, 2015, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill that would consolidate federal control of labeling initiatives for genetically modified foods. This underscores the importance of consumer education about the health risks of dangerous GMOs. Listen to Jeffrey Smith’s commentary about strategy and the future of non-GMO activism in the light … Read more

Protesters against the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal, including a former agriculture minister of Japan, outside a Maui resort where negotiators are meeting.

  Patent Protection for Drugs Puts Pressure on U.S. in Trade Talks By JONATHAN WEISMANJULY 30, 2015 NEW YORK TIMES LAHAINA, Hawaii — With 12 nations pressing to conclude the largest regional trade accord ever, United States officials find themselves squeezed between activists pressing to secure access to low-cost pharmaceuticals and Republicans who say Congress … Read more

Tulsi Gabbard, Maui’s U.S. Congressional Representative, denounced the TPP this morning on the floor of the House of Representatives

Get info and join tomorrow’s event! Gabbard: “The people of Hawaii and all Americans are rightfully concerned about how this (secret TPP) trade deal will impact our jobs, our families, our economy, our environment, and our nation’s sovereignty…People from Hawaii and around the world are gathering tomorrow on Maui to protest this secret deal. They … Read more

Amy’s Organics Opens Their First Fast Food Restaurant – Support Non-GMO, Non-Chemical Dependent Foods!

The crowds have been non-stop during the first week of business at a California fast food restaurant, with a twist. It’s a drive-through that is actually good for you. It is the nation’s first organic drive-through restaurant. It has only been open five days and already it is struggling to keep up with demand. Hungry … Read more

A class action lawsuit against Monsanto is brewing.  It starts by YOU GETTING TESTED FOR GLYPHOSATE EXPOSURE – especially if you have an unexplained illness.

We Need You! Glyphosate Exposure Ends NOW! No More Lies! No More Greed! No More Toxic Chemicals! No More Chemical Sickness! CLICK HERE TO GET TESTED: www.feedtheworld.info www.facebook.com/feedtheworld.info  

Roundup (Glyphosate) May Be The Most Biologically Disruptive Chemical in Our Environment – Monsanto has known about research connecting glyphosate to cancer since the 1970s.

by Brian Shilhavy – Guest Blogger Editor, Health Impact News Dr. Anthony Samsel was recently interviewed by Tony Mitra, where he discussed certain documents he has in his possession from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that allegedly show Monsanto knew about research connecting glyphosate to cancer since the 1970s. Dr. Samsel is a research scientist … Read more

“OutGrow Monsanto” GMO Free Maui’s Event, Visited by Neil Young, Daryl Hannah, Lukas and Micah Nelson.  Planting and Performance of Neil’s New Song “The Monsanto Years” Ensues.

We have marched against Monsanto. We have petitioned, we have testified, we have VOTED, and we have WON an election against Monsanto. Saturday May 23rd, while the world marches against Monsanto, on Maui we go a step further: we actively work toward a Maui future without Monsanto. We plant the solution to Out Grow Monsanto! … Read more

Humanized Chimpanzees – How Far Will Genetics Go? How Much Human DNA Will Make a Person?

Animal Legal Defense Fund Opens New Frontier for Animal Personhood as Scientists Create Human-Animal Posted by Christopher A. Berry, ALDF Staff Attorney on May 15, 2015 What are the legal implications for splicing human cells into nonhuman animals? When does an animal become a person—how much human material is required? Where do we draw the … Read more

THE ORGANIC EFFECT: What happens when a family that usually doesn’t eat organic food suddenly starts? Startling Results!

Want to know what happens in your body when you switch from eating conventional food to organic? Watch this! The study was conducted by the Swedish Environmental Research Institute IVL, and the full report is available here: https://www.coop.se/organiceffect From COOP.SE: We wanted to know more about what happens in the body when switching from conventional … Read more

UPDATE: BRIAN MURPHY OUT ON PROBATION!!! Should be home today. Interesting Timing???

Our Question is: Were they holding Brian so he couldn’t participate in the legislative process that just created Dispensaries rather than Full On Legalization? Hawaii’s Pot Mafia protected their Billions of profits in Black Market Recreational Pot by steering the debate towards Dispensaries for Medical Marijuana that are a Financial Burden for Sick People. Now … Read more

EPA regulator set to release key herbicide report, lauds biopesticides. May signal direction change away from synthetic chemicals…

With Commentary From Zen Honeycutt from Mom’s Across America: Who urges us all to Call the EPA 703-308-8187 Neil Andersen and demand that they REVOKE the license of glyphosate. Demand that they include the levels of glyphosate in mother’s breast milk in their draft assessment of glyphosate, of whether to approve it for another 15 … Read more

Dr. Lorrin Pang Describes How The EPA Misquotes the National Academy of Sciences’ Advice for Testing Combinations of Chemicals When They Testified In The Maui County Council.

Akaku Channel 55, Monday at 7 PM After Democracy Now Replay Sunday at 7PM Live Stream here: http://akaku.org/akaku-channel-live-stream/

Mayor Arakawa wants PUBLIC TO PAY $400,000 for NON-SCIENTIFIC, FAKE “GMO STUDY”  $50K from Maui. Testimony needed this week to STOP THIS CHARADE

Thanks to the wonderful Autumn Rae Ness:[hr]Phone calls and testimony needed from NOW until FRIDAY. The Mayor proposed a line item grant for $50,000 to the State Department of Agriculture to be used as matching funds (meaning the State would throw in $50k as well) for participation in a “GMO study”. a. Since the proposal … Read more

“MAUI CAUSES” TV Show (From Earthday) Replays Sunday On Akaku Ch 55 at 7PM  New Show Monday at 7PM: Dr. Lorin Pang confronts the EPA!

[divider]Join us as we tour Maui’s Earth Day Festival Learn what’s new with The Kū`ē Petition, Locals for Local Change, Go Green Hawaii, Maui Farmer’s Union United, The SHAKA Movement, Trinette Furtado, Ke’eaumoku Kapu and Alika Atay New Shows EVERY MONDAY at 7PM with Replay SUNDAY at 7PM Live Stream on the Web on AKAKU … Read more

Lawyers’ emails revealed in the Monsanto vs. Maui lawsuit: More Stalling while We on Maui are Exposed to God Knows What…

Apr23 by Jon Rappoport NoMoreFakeNews Exclusive: lawyers’ emails revealed in the Monsanto vs. Maui lawsuit Monsanto/Dow still refuse to open up secret court documents Think about it. You’re locked in a high-stakes lawsuit against major corporations, and you can’t see document-material the corporations have filed in order to make their argument with the Judge.The Judge … Read more

Why scientists are worried about the GMO apple and potato: NEW VIDEO from Jeffery Smith,  The Institute for Responsible Technology

Jeffrey Smith, the world’s leading expert and best-selling author on the health risks of genetically modified organisms in food (GMOs) interviews Dr. Jack Heinemann. Sign Jeffrey’s petition: Link to The Institute for Responsible Technology

The Resistance Rises: Monsanto Sued in LA County for False Advertising Claim That Glyphosate Targets Only Plants, Not People or Pets

Glyphosate was originally patented as an antibiotic. It kills beneficial bacteria in everyone’s guts and in women’s vaginas. That ain’t just plants. [hr] Exhibit #1 T. Matthew Phillips Source: www.examiner.com Today a class action lawsuit was filed in Los Angeles County, California against the Monsanto corporation. The suit alleges that Monsanto is guilty of false … Read more

THIS IS WHY WE MAKE NOISE FOR CHANGE!. Got Kids? Unless YOU Create Change NOW,  YOUR KIDS ARE GONNA SUFFER.  “Dear Future Generations, Sorry” by Prince Ea

Dear Future Generations, Sorry. Posted by Prince Ea on Monday, April 20, 2015 [hr]

Neil Young Announces Monsanto-Themed LP Recorded With Willie Nelson’s Sons

The Monsanto Years features a song called “Rock Starbucks” By Jeremy Gordon, Guest Blogger Neil Young has teamed up with Promise of the Real, a band featuring Lukas and Micah Nelson (sons of the legendary Willie Nelson), to record an album titled The Monsanto Years, as Rolling Stone reports. As you might guess, the album is composed of songs criticizing … Read more

Judge Mollway to Maui Voters and all of Hawaii: “F@#k You. You Don’t Count. Neither Does Your State Constitution”

Update: Federal Judge drops bomb in the Monsanto vs. Maui case Apr19 by Jon Rappoport Guest Blogger NoMoreFakeNews.comOn April 15, Federal Judge Susan Oki Mollway dropped a bomb in Monsanto vs. Maui.She ruled that the case cannot go to Hawaii State Court, but will remain under her federal jurisdiction.The federal government’s support for Monsanto is even … Read more

Monsanto Denies Seeking Patent for GMO Marijuana – They Deny Having Undue Influence Over Regulators Too. Yeah, Right!

Monsanto denies a recurring urban legend that suggests the controversial agribusiness giant has patented a GMO marijuana strain. Yet, as the cannabis industry continues to grow, it only seems more and more likely that Big Ag should be trying to cash in. By Kit O’Connell  @KitOConnell | April 17, 2015  Guest Blogger Jake Dimmock works … Read more

So Much for Monsanto Feeding The World: U.S. Forced to Import Corn as Shoppers Demand Organic Food

by Alan Bjerga, Guest Blogger Bloomberg.com April 15, 2015 Who’s Supplying the U.S. With Organic Corn? A growing demand for organics, and the near-total reliance by U.S. farmers on genetically modified corn and soybeans, is driving a surge in imports from other nations where crops largely are free of bioengineering. Imports such as corn from … Read more

Alarming New Study: Insecticide contamination of global surface waters substantially higher than expected

Agricultural insecticides threaten surface waters at the global scale Date: April 14, 2015 Source: Universität Koblenz-Landau  ScienceDaily.com Summary: A new study evaluated for the first time comprehensive global insecticide contamination data for agricultural surface waters using the legally-accepted regulatory threshold levels (RTLs) as defined during the official pesticide authorization procedures. The results are alarming: more than … Read more

NEW SCANDAL FOR USDA & MONSANTO: Whistle Blowers at USDA say MONSANTO Influences Agency Suppression of Critical Science.

This petition, filed by the watchdog group Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER), demands that the USDA reform its so-called “scientific integrity policy,” which PEER claims contains broad language that enables the agency’s managers to suppress and alter research that has negative policy implications for big business, regardless of its merit. The petition alleges that … Read more

Monsanto Admits “An Entire Department” to Discredit Any Science That Shows GMO’s or Round-Up Are Harmful

Dare to publish a scientific study against Big Biotech, and Monsanto will defame and discredit you. For the first time, a Monsanto employee admits that there is an entire department within the corporation with the simple task of ‘discrediting’ and ‘debunking’ scientists who speak out against GMOs. EXCERPT: As far as I know this is the first time … Read more

Monsanto forced to pull advertisement in South Africa. Unable to Substaiate Claims of Sustainability.

Monsanto was recently forced to withdraw one of its advertisements after The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) of South Africa determined that the information in the advertisement was unsubstantiated. The commercial boasted the many benefits of GMO crops, but The African Centre for Biosafety (ACB) filed a complaint because they believed that Monsanto’s claims were false. … Read more

Monsanto Files Secret Documents on Maui Case, For Judge’s Eye Only. Secret Locations, Secret Processes, Secret Chemicals. WHY SO MANY SECRETS?

Revealed: a secret Monsanto document in the Maui GMO case Apr10 by Jon Rappoport Guest Blogger Justice withheld: justice denied A scandal that needs to come to light now by Jon Rappoport April 10, 2015 NoMoreFakeNews.com Imagine you are a lawyer arguing a case before a judge. There is no jury. The judge will decide the … Read more

Pineapples That Claim to Fight Cancer? New GMO Approvals May Allow Health Claims. But Nothing’s Been Proven, So Why Would GM Foods Get To Make Claims That Organic Foods Are Denied?

Wait, Organic food growers, growing heirlooms or hybrids, cannot claim health benefits or the FDA comes after them, even though humans have been benefiting from them for thousands of years…. BUT GMOS, foreign proteins injected into DNA via a bacteria or virus, are touting health benefits and they have never been tested on humans? That’s … Read more

Monsanto Makes Billions Bringing Monarch Butterflies to Near Extinction.  Latest PR Stunt Donates $4 Million in Blood Money, Over Three Years, To Try To Save Them.

Image Credits: barkbud, Flickr Scientists say Monsanto’s RoundUp has directly contributed to a 90% reduction in the monarch butterfly population. Now they say they will contribute $3.6 million over three years to the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation’s Monarch Butterfly Conservation Fund. Another $400,000 will go to universities and conservations groups trying to rescue the … Read more

BIG AG Buys Hawaii Government. In California, Disclosure Is The Norm But In Hawaii Rep. Clift Tsuji Doesn’t Want You To Know.

Big Ag’s Influence Kills Third Pesticide Disclosure Bill California Has It, Why Can’t Hawaii? For more detailed reporting see the article By Anita Hofschneider at Civil Beat “There seems to be a lot of pushback and a lot of resistance for something that should be a no-brainer in Hawaii.” — Rep. Chris Lee House Agriculture … Read more

Jon Rappoport Asks: Why doesn’t Hawaii Judge become a Monsanto employee?

Jon Rappoport: Guest Blogger Why doesn’t Hawaii Judge become a Monsanto employee? NoMoreFakeNews.com I can hear people saying, “She’s already working for Monsanto.” If so, she’s doing a terrific job. Federal Judge Susan Oki Mollway is doing everything she can to nullify what the voters of Maui legally created on Election Day 2014. In an … Read more

The Emperor’s New Clothes Trailer – Russell Brand Tells The Truth

Special screenings April 21st followed by AN EVENING WITH RUSSELL BRAND Live event beamed to cinemas nationwide. BOOK TICKETS NOW: http://scnl.co/TENCBookNow Synopsis THE EMPEROR’S NEW CLOTHES Definition: Fairytale, allegorical 1. Collective ignorance of an obvious fact, or deception, despite undeniable evidence. World-famous British comedian and activist Russell Brand joins forces with acclaimed director Michael Winterbottom … Read more

Monsanto Lobbyist Freaks Out on TV: Claims Round-up Safe to Drink, Storms Off When Asked to Try It. Calls Interviewer A Jerk.

French television station Canal+ recently sat down with Dr. Patrick Moore for an upcoming documentary. Dr Moore, who claims to be an ecological expert and is currently the frontman for Ecosense Environmental, stated to the interviewer that Monsanto’s weed killer Roundup was not responsible for skyrocketing cancer rates in Argentina. This is where the interview … Read more

Maui’s Mayor Alan Arakawa Finds Yet Another Way to KISS MONSANTO’S ASS

The Mayor just submitted his FY 2016 Budget proposal to the Council at 2pm and under his: Economic Development Program -Agriculture Section (page 441 & 442) he proposes a Grant: TO THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (totally unheard of for the County to budget monies to give to the State) For: “Funds will be used … Read more

World Health Org Says Round Up Linked To Cancer. Monsanto Says It’s Safe When “Used As Directed”. Too Bad Open Air Experiments In Our Midst Are, By Definition, “OFF LABEL”.

By Carey Gillam, Guest Blogger March 24 Tue Mar 24, 2015 3:26pm EDT (Reuters) – Monsanto Co, maker of the world’s most widely used herbicide, Roundup, wants an international health organization to retract a report linking the chief ingredient in Roundup to cancer. The company said on Tuesday that the report, issued on Friday by … Read more

Host Josh Green speaks with Dr. Ashley Lukens (Program Director, Hawaii Center for Food Safety) about the growing concerns regarding food safety in Hawaii.

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Judge extends delay on Maui GMO-ban law: From The Maui News

March 21, 2015 By MELISSA TANJI – Staff Writer (mtanji@mauinews.com) , The Maui News Save | Post a comment |             A federal judge has pushed back her stay on the implementation of a voter-approved Maui County moratorium on the farming of genetically engineered crops from March 31 to June … Read more

Huge New Challenge to Monsanto’s Round-Up: Glyphosate is “probable human carcinogen” – World Health Org.’s Cancer Agency 3/20/2015

 20 March 2015. From GM Watch Here’s the link to the statement by the WHO: IARC’s verdict comes as glyphosate is set to be re-approved in Europe this year The World Health Organisation’s cancer agency has declared the world’s most widely used weedkiller a “probable human carcinogen” in a move that will alarm the agrochemical … Read more

New Technology, New Concerns: Utah professor urges caution in altering DNA of unborn babies

By KRISTEN MOULTON | The Salt Lake Tribune  GUEST BLOGGER   Genetics » U. scientist among those voicing caution as gene editing gets easier, cheaper. Prominent scientists worried that new gene-editing tools are getting ahead of humanity’s grasp of the implications are calling for a moratorium. University of Utah geneticist Dana Carroll, a leader in … Read more

Understanding the Political Process in Hawai’i: Tools for Grassroots Change” Presentation by Gary Hooser and Kate McMillan

Do you feel passionate about the protection of Hawai’i’s natural resources and want to make a difference? Upcountry Sustainability presented “Understanding the Political Process in Hawai’i: Tools for Grassroots Change” with Kaua’i County Council Member and President of the Hawai’i Alliance for Progressive Action (HAPA) Gary Hooser. In this workshop, Hooser, was joined by HAPA … Read more

Anti-GMO, Biotech Factions Clash at Food Summit

Anti-GMO, Biotech Factions Clash at Food Summit By Jacob Bunge, Wall Street Journal Guest Blogger Can genetically modified crops grow in harmony with their non-GMO counterparts? The debate between the pro-biotech and non-GMO camps increasingly looks more like scorched earth than common ground. Biotech seed makers like Monsanto Co. and Syngenta AG, along with farmer … Read more

GMO Divide Continues Despite USDA ‘Workshop On Coexistence

Mon, 03/16/2015 – 10:25am Andy Szal, Digital Reporter, Guest Blogger The U.S. Department of Agriculture convened a recent “coexistence” workshop in North Carolina in an effort to bridge the wide gulf between proponents and critics of genetically modified crops. Instead, a report from the Wall Street Journal suggested USDA officials only heard more of the … Read more

Science Bias Revealed, Hopefully Reversed: Journal that Retracted Séralini Study Now Replaced Editor-in-Chief and Removed Ex-Monsanto Employee from Editorial Board

 Update (26 February 2015) Critical changes have this year been made at the journal, Food and Chemical Toxicolgy, from which the Editor-in-Chief A. Wallace Hayes retracted the important paper by the Seralini team. The Editorial Board of the journal [19] now has a new Editor-in-Chief, José L. Domingo, who has published papers showing that safety … Read more

Who’s Crazy? The Campaign Against Health Food – Big Ag’s New Propaganda Campaign

Officials Declare ‘Eating Healthy’ A Mental Disorder by JEFFEREY JAXEN Guest Blogger In an attempt to curb the mass rush for food change and reform, psychiatry has green lighted a public relations push to spread awareness about their new buzzword “orthorexia nervosa,” defined as “a pathological obsession for biologically pure and healthy nutrition.” In other words, experts are saying … Read more

GMO Litigation: Q&A Webinar Tues, Feb 24th at 3 pm HST. FREE

Please Register On-line Now: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/6581694560543370753   Watch Maui Causes’ video from our last event first. Please review litigation breakdown document Litigation Q&A Webinar_Maui-Kauai-Big Island Breakdown Call with any questions: Danya Hakeem CFS (o) (808) 681-7688  (c) (301) 512-0361 Mahalo!

Monsanto AND McDonald’s in Pofit Loss Freefall. America, and The World, is Voting with It’s Pocketbook. Finally!

by Guest Blogger ANTHONY GUCCIARDI | NATURAL SOCIETY | FEBRUARY 22, 2015 In a series of headlines that would pass as virtually unbelievable several years ago, mainstream economists are sounding the alarm over the financial decline of both fast food giant McDonald’s and biotech juggernaut Monsanto. CNN asks, ‘Is McDonald’s doomed?’ Business Insider declares that … Read more