Why farmers sued the county about ANTI GMO bill

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Originally posted by Derrick Barnicoat

How about the farmers who want to export to Japan or other countries that have banned GMO's? Do you know how much people pay for fruit and fresh produce in Japan? When Japan banned GMO'S the Hawaiian farmers took a major hit.

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Japan approved the importation of Hawaiian grown GMO papaya several years ago.

This is a very well written article about Japan's arduous approval process for GMO products:

http://www.agbioforum.org/v16n2/v16n2a05-ebata.htm