11-17-2013, 01:09 PM
Not knowing much about the Gmo debate, may I add my two cents though. Maybe 9 out of every 10 papaya's sold out of Hawaii are grown right here in Puna?. If this number is accurate, I would like to know how much of this is Gmo grown? IS the quality as good and tasteful as the strains that are being weeded out?. Can Gmo make the papaya better for you nutritionally than say the older strains? I simply don't know enough of the positive impacts this can provide to our small farmer's community?. Is it my imagination or doesn't it seem that the papaya tree's still die of this or other similar diseases or viruses?. I still see plenty of these so called ring spot's on papaya in the hands of our tourist and local folk's, so I guess I am not sure what has been saved yet. Oh and can the pesticides or fumigations cause anything like, please excuse my spelling but Bells Palsi or exyma?. We in the family have had both living close to these papaya fields (100 ft or less) down wind in both cases so just wondering. Is there an on-going long-term health study included with this million dollar Gmo experimentation project by the state here in Puna? If so by who, this effects thousands of acres of land forever and people if I am not mistaken. Please chime in and let me know what a fool I am for some of my Questions, much appreciated.