Vote YES on Maui GMO Moratorium . worked on editing this for hours this morning . just posted . help support our efforts to protect Maui by clicking on this link for a notice I posted on their page and Like my comment .https://facebook/VoteNoOnTheMauiCountyFarmingBan/posts/10152291423921507 . post your support for the YES vote on the Moratorium with a like and a comment and feel free to share . help us win . . My note to them : : : your statement This initiative would have a chilling effect on the science that can help protect our agriculture. it may or may not be . to state that emphatically is not Pono . that in fact has zero Aloha . We are intelligent . we will not be influenced by tv commercials . We value life and health over all things including money . we value truth . we value facts • Instead of pouring your seemingly endless financial resources into television commercial endorsements using locals and politicians to advise our citizens thereby projecting an advantage over those of us who do not have endless financial resources to launch television campaigns to help educate the public instead it would be better and infinitely more respectful for you to concede that we do have a right to choose ! How GMO foods alter organ function and pose a very real health threat to humans youtu.be/T-IJikX1144 Everything we are researching states GM foods pose a serious health risk . there is more than a casual association between GMO foods and adverse health effects. GM foods pose a serious health risk in the areas of toxicology, allergy and immune function, reproductive health, and metabolic, physiologic and genetic health . The European Council made an important step by reaching political agreement on 12 June 2014 towards allowing Member States to restrict or ban GMO cultivation in their territory. ec.europa.eu/food/plant/gmo/legislation/future_rules_en.htm europa.eu/rapid/press-release_MEMO-14-415_en.htm begin quote What is at stake? The issue is to find the ways that would permit Member States to decide whether, and under what conditions, they would allow the cultivation of GMO crops on their territories. Of course, the cultivation in question, would only concern GMOs that have gone through the authorisation procedure and have been found safe, both in terms of human or animal health and of the environment. The new approach on GMO cultivation combines the current EU authorisation system, which is based on solid science, with the possibility for Member States to decide on GMO cultivation at national level. How will I benefit from this? The new approach will enable Member States to decide about cultivation of GMOs on their territories in a more complete and legally-secure manner compared to the less flexible system in place today. Therefore, the new approach will allow for national, regional or local sensitivities to be better taken into account. end quote ec.europa.eu/food/plant/gmo/legislation/docs/gmo_cultivation_citizen_sum_en.pdf • That is basically what we are asking for by advising our citizens to vote Yes on the moratorium . . we want to know if the food is safe . we have a right to know what we are eating . we want a choice . . . excerpt quote from your source Q: What is the percentage of acreage of Rainbow papaya production in Hawaii? A: Approximately 61% of the State’s total bearing acreage is represented by Rainbow papaya. Kapoho Solo being harvested from 20% - as of August 2005. Q: When will Rainbow papaya be exported to Japan? A: Once Japan has completed the food and environmental safety assessments for Rainbow papaya, Rainbow papaya can be exported to Japan. Q: Will the Hawaii papaya industry stop exporting Kapoho Solo papaya to Japan? A: No. The Hawaii papaya industry respects Japanese consumers’ “right to choose”. The Hawaii papaya industry will also continue to supply the Japanese market with premium papaya, including conventionally bred varieties such as Kapoho Solo . . . end quote from your information source . . • you state : The Hawaii papaya industry respects Japanese consumers’ “right to choose”. The Hawaii papaya industry will also continue to supply the Japanese market with premium papaya, including conventionally bred varieties such as Kapoho Solo • The Hawaii papaya industry should respect Hawaiian consumers’ “right to choose” . . one of our premium papayas you say is conventionally bred variety Kapoho Solo . . therefore it is suggested certified organic Kapho Solo is what should be in our fields and in our local food markets . . not GMO and pesticides . • What is implied by you encouraging everyone to vote no to a so-called farming ban is that you disregard that it is actually not a farming ban and you are misleading the public . When in fact our efforts are an attempt to inform the public and protect Maui Countys Environment and Public Trust Resources from transgenic contamination by GE Operations and Practices; to defend and promote the economic integrity of organic and non GE markets that are harmed by transgenic contamination by GE Operations and Practices ; to protect Maui County from hazardous aspects of GE Operations and Practices , including but not limited to increased Pesticide use; to preserve the right of Maui County residents to reject GE Operations and Practices based on health-related, moral, or other concerns; and to preserve Maui Countys Environment and Public Trust Resources (with its unique and vulnerable ecosystems), while promoting the cultural heritage of the indigenous peoples of Maui and indigenous agricultural Operations and Practices. shakamovement.org/law • disrespect and threats of retaliation are wrong - We have a right to know the entire truth and we the people of Hawaii have a right to choose . we have a right to freedom of speech . we have a right to make an informed and intelligent decision without your threats of negative impact and jail time . . • The current year is 2014 . . Where are the current harvest stats? you state : begin quote The Hawaii papaya industry respects Japanese consumers’ “right to choose”. end quote • Now repeat this: The Hawaii papaya industry should respect the people of Hawaii and Hawaii consumers’ “right to choose” . . Vote Yes . . • This is what we are asking for: begin quote A Bill placing a Moratorium on the Cultivation of Genetically Engineered Organisms. The citizens of Maui County call for a suspension of all GE Operations and Practices within the County through a Temporary Moratorium Initiative until an Environmental Public Health Impact Statement analysis of the impacts stemming from GE Operations and Practices and their associated Pesticide use is provided and reviewed by County Council. end quote see more here shakamovement.org/law You state that you respect Japan consumers we are the living breathing human beings and we each have a right to choose Life and food safety and environmental protection over deception and propaganda . . • One quick google search on keywords SunUp Papaya yields this information . they are transgenic seeds of virus-resistant Rainbow and SunUp papaya. . you state : begin quote The Rainbow papaya is an F-1 hybrid variety of papaya produced by crossing Hawaii’s standard yellow-flesh export variety, Kapoho Solo with the red-flesh SunUp, the first genetically engineered papaya with resistance to papaya ringspot virus. Researchers from Cornell University and the University of Hawaii had done research since 1984 to develop this Rainbow variety, which includes a gene that made the papaya plants resistant to the ringspot virus – similar to the way a vaccine makes people immune to disease. end quote • First on the top of the list on google search in a keyword search for SunUp Papaya is a link I will not promote and most of us understand google analytics . • those of us who are asking for a YES vote on the GMO moratorium are not persuaded by false claims and we are in fact intelligent and informed • We recognise who/what we are facing and we will not tolerate attempts to intimidate us into silence . . • Second on the top of the list on google search in keyword search for SunUp Papaya is this : organicconsumers.org/ge/papaya042103.cfm begin quote: GE Papaya Causing Plenty Problems For Hawaii - OCA Note: Genetically Engineered papaya is often hailed as being the biotech industrys greatest success. This article illuminates the many problems Hawaiian farmers have been experiencing with this Frankenfruit. - [Hawaii Island Journal hawaiiislandjournal 01 April 2003 - Plenty Papaya Problems: Scientists square off over how safe Hawaiis genetically modified papaya is for consumers . by Alan D. McNarie begin quote : Miracles and Monsters - Gene-spliced crops are such a new development that there isn’t even a commonly agreed upon name for them yet. Sometimes they’re called “genetically engineered (GE) or “genetically modified” (GM). Some agronomists who work with them prefer the term “transgenic.” But all such crops have one thing in common: genes from another organism have been artificially transplanted into their DNA . . . . A Seed in the Wrong Place... One of those farmers was John Caverly . insert [why dont you give John a voice on your commercials and well see what he has to say on national television} . . John Caverly states begin quote: “This is what I’ve done all my life,” said Caverly a week after the news, standing on his lush farm in lower Puna. “I’ve worked the land. I’ve never used chemicals.” The farm had a very different look from the huge, regimented squares of papaya that appeared on most plantations. The papaya here grew in smaller patches, separated by groves of mangos and interspersed with patches of lettuce, coconuts, citrus and rolennia (a relative of custard apple and soursop), so that any pests or infections could not spread as easily from tree to tree as they did in large, single-crop fields. . . Caverly said he had brought some of his papayas to a potluck community meeting where HIGEAN members gave a presentation, and volunteered a fruit for the gene test, little suspecting the results. . . Caverly believed the genetic contamination may have come from some papayas that his partner had bought at a farmer’s market, before the Federal Government’s strict new rules governing organic certification had gone into effect. The trees grown from that seed were cut down after developing a fungal disease called phytophthera. But some of the pollen from those trees may have drifted to other trees on the farm. . . Under strict new federal regulations, transgenic crops cannot be labeled organic. To make sure the GM strain is eradicated, Caverly said, the farm would be cutting down all its producing papaya trees, destroying thousands of seedlings, and starting anew with non-GMO seed obtained from the University of Hawai‘i, and planting them in a different field. “I’m not into getting into a confrontation with those big chemical companies...” he mused. Instead, he advocated a non-confrontational approach: “I think it’s better to try to correct what we’re doing, work with the community, and educate people so that we hopefully have some control over our environment to protect our children and our grandchildren.” end quote From the same source: begin quote :: Since their widespread introduction, the new varieties have been afflicted with a new plague: blackspot fungus, forcing farmers to spray their field frequently with expensive and hazardous fungicides. Kapoho Solo, the most common variety of non-GM papaya, is highly vulnerable to ringspot virus, but fairly resistant to fungal infections. end quote . en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papaya_ringspot_virus learn more . . organicconsumers.org/ge/papaya042103.cfm onlinelibrary.wiley/doi/10.1111/j.1364-3703.2008.00467.x/abstract;jsessionid=BD8161C1A8002C7EB7FED29A62F17BF5.f04t04 ictvonline.org/ absp2.cornell.edu/resources/factsheets/documents/papaya_factsheet91004.pdf . read more here lifesciencesfoundation.org/printer_magazine-the_fate_of_a_fruit_transgenic_papaya.html • It would be beneficial for you to respect the integrity of our lives our families and our liberty . . • And it would be infinitely more respectful and considerate of you to respect our rights to present this to a vote and to support our local organic farmers •Respect our rights to health and for Truth and an informed public . respect our right to question the safety of your food . . Vote Yes . . The people of Hawaii have a right to choose ! . . :: see more here gmwatch.org/index.php/news/archive/2014/15626-ruin-is-forever-why-gmos-should-be-banned-on-the-basis-of-the-precautionary-principle huffingtonpost/ronnie-cummins/the-organic-elite-surrend_b_815346.html
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