01-30-2014, 04:38 AM
Not being quite the cynic on Kalakoa's level, I find it a positive development that not every Democrat is falling in the hysterics of the anti-GMO bandwagon with HB 2506 introduced in part by our own Faye Hanohano and Cliff Tsuji and quite a few others. Hopefully it will pass and protect the future of agriculture on the Big Island and Hawai'i Nei.
Report Title: Right to Farm; Counties
Description: Amends Hawaii's Right to Farm Act to ensure that counties cannot enact laws, ordinances, or resolutions to limit the rights of farmers and ranchers to engage in modern farming and ranching practices.
Introducer(s): ONISHI, AQUINO, AWANA, BELATTI, BROWER, CABANILLA, CACHOLA, CHOY, CULLEN, EVANS, FALE, HANOHANO, HASHEM, ICHIYAMA, ITO, KOBAYASHI, MIZUNO, MORIKAWA, NAKASHIMA, SAIKI, SAY, SOUKI, TAKAYAMA, TOKIOKA, TSUJI, WOODSON, YAMANE, YAMA****A, Fukumoto, Johanson, Luke, Matsumoto, McDermott, Ohno, Takumi, Ward
http://capitol.hawaii.gov/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=2506&year=2014
Another reason to give your representatives a phone call: http://capitol.hawaii.gov/members/legisl...?chamber=H
Report Title: Right to Farm; Counties
Description: Amends Hawaii's Right to Farm Act to ensure that counties cannot enact laws, ordinances, or resolutions to limit the rights of farmers and ranchers to engage in modern farming and ranching practices.
Introducer(s): ONISHI, AQUINO, AWANA, BELATTI, BROWER, CABANILLA, CACHOLA, CHOY, CULLEN, EVANS, FALE, HANOHANO, HASHEM, ICHIYAMA, ITO, KOBAYASHI, MIZUNO, MORIKAWA, NAKASHIMA, SAIKI, SAY, SOUKI, TAKAYAMA, TOKIOKA, TSUJI, WOODSON, YAMANE, YAMA****A, Fukumoto, Johanson, Luke, Matsumoto, McDermott, Ohno, Takumi, Ward
http://capitol.hawaii.gov/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=2506&year=2014
Another reason to give your representatives a phone call: http://capitol.hawaii.gov/members/legisl...?chamber=H