Change in Right to Farm Act Will Reverse GMO Ban

[opihikao]

FYI:

State legislators have introduced a bill that – if passed – will overrule Hawaii County’s ban on new GMO crops. House Bill 2506 would amend 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.”

http://www.bigislandvideonews.com/2014/0...d-gmo-ban/

[Bullwinkle]

kind like the stamp act of the 1700's - grin

[kalakoa]

Best government money can buy...

[MiloliiSect]

Some recent news developments, mostly from a legal procedural angle on how to best implement the law, also acknowledging the impact from the state level.

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Some testifiers also referenced pending battles in the state Legislature regarding GMOs, and fearing attempts to rollback efforts to increase regulation at the local level, requested the council go with a full ban.

Passing the full ban without eliminating the existing ordinance could have made things more difficult for GMO opponents, as it might have resulted in both anti-GMO measures essentially canceling each other out, Corporation Counsel Lincoln Ashida told the council members.

http://westhawaiitoday.com/news/local-ne...ll-gmo-ban

Ford said that wasn’t her intent, but hoped that parts of her bill could be incorporated into the existing ordinance through amendments.

While explaining their no votes, several council members said they were ready to let the existing ordinance be put to use.

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