Comments on: Council votes no GMO taro http://northshorekauai.com/2008/03/29/council-votes-no-gmo-taro/ From Haena to Anahola Sat, 06 Mar 2010 01:56:41 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Susan http://northshorekauai.com/2008/03/29/council-votes-no-gmo-taro/comment-page-1/#comment-216 Susan Mon, 14 Jul 2008 11:23:49 +0000 http://northshorekauai.com/2008/03/29/council-votes-no-gmo-taro/#comment-216 http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4781539548579737594&q=zaharieproductions&ei=Bzd7SP-VAZ2mrALP1bm6BA&hl=en You can post my video on your website. Susan Zaharie I made this to help fight gmo. http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4781539548579737594&q=zaharieproductions&ei=Bzd7SP-VAZ2mrALP1bm6BA&hl=en

You can post my video on your website.
Susan Zaharie

I made this to help fight gmo.

]]> By: “This is not the end, this is just the beginning.” « KA HEA: the call to protect Hawaii nei http://northshorekauai.com/2008/03/29/council-votes-no-gmo-taro/comment-page-1/#comment-38 “This is not the end, this is just the beginning.” « KA HEA: the call to protect Hawaii nei Sat, 05 Apr 2008 00:27:35 +0000 http://northshorekauai.com/2008/03/29/council-votes-no-gmo-taro/#comment-38 [...] YET, in a 9-to-3 vote, the committee amended the bill to prohibit any future moratoriums on any GMO products, even at the county level. At the same time, they reduced the moratorium to 5 years and limited the protected taro plants to the Hawaiian varieties only. Under this amended bill, Haloa will not be protected. Now, other varieties of taro, like bun long, can still be genetically altered and cross-pollinate with the Hawaiian varieties, spreading the genetic alterations. More startling, this bill now also robs local communities of their ability to address GMO concerns in their own neighborhoods. [...] [...] YET, in a 9-to-3 vote, the committee amended the bill to prohibit any future moratoriums on any GMO products, even at the county level. At the same time, they reduced the moratorium to 5 years and limited the protected taro plants to the Hawaiian varieties only. Under this amended bill, Haloa will not be protected. Now, other varieties of taro, like bun long, can still be genetically altered and cross-pollinate with the Hawaiian varieties, spreading the genetic alterations. More startling, this bill now also robs local communities of their ability to address GMO concerns in their own neighborhoods. [...]

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