The New York Times – August 23, 2010
Activists destroyed acres of cornfields at a small farm in Italy, after a local farmer admitted to planting two fields of genetically modified corn of MON810. The MON810 seeds are modified so that the corn produces a chemical that kills the larvae of the corn borer, a devastating [...]
August 16, 2010
The Hawaii Crop Improvement Association (HCIA) recently honored House Speaker Calvin Say and Rep. Clift Tsuji, chair of the House agriculture committee, for receiving the 2010 BIO Co-Legislators of the Year award. The lawmakers were recognized by the Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) for their leadership and support of the agricultural biotechnology industry in [...]
Biotechnology Industry Organization – August 3, 2010
Hawaii State Representative Clift Tsuji, who currently serves as Chair of the House Committee on Agriculture, discusses Hawaii’s unique agricultural challenges and the opportunity for GMOs and organics to coexist. Representative Tsuji was selected as a 2010 BIO Legislators of the Year in recognition [...]
Biotechnology Industry Organization – August 2, 2010
The Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) recently announced its selection of Hawaii State Representatives Calvin Say (20th District), who serves as the Speaker of the House, and Clift Tsuji (3rd District) as BIO Co-Legislators of the Year in recognition of their leadership and support of the agricultural bioscience industry.
Speaker Say [...]
Growers for Biotechnology – July 27, 2010
A new USDA report revealed more American farmers continue to choose genetically engineered (GE) crops over their conventional counterparts. The USDA’s Economic Research Service (ERS) report, Adoption of Genetically Engineered Crops in the U.S. was released July 1, 2010 and summarizes the extent of adoption of GE [...]
USAID – July 16, 2010
A new research strategy and partnership for Feed the Future, a federal initiative that addresses global hunger and food security, will establish the Norman Borlaug Commemorative Research Initiative between the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).
Outlined by Secretary Hillary Clinton, Secretary Tom Vilsack [...]
BusinessWeek – July 9, 2010
With a $100,000 gift, Monsanto Company has established the Monsanto Scholarship Fund in the College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources (CTAHR), at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa. Their goal is to support the education of students interested in the plant sciences, including plant biotechnology and biological engineering. The scholarship [...]
The New York Times – July 7, 2010
On July 13, European Commission will formally propose giving national and local governments the discretionary power to decide whether to grow biotech crops. This new policy aims to overcome hurdles that that have blocked the market for biotech seeds in Europe for years. The proposal is [...]
Growers for Biotechnology — June 23, 2010
“Consumer Perceptions of Food Technology,” a newly released report from the International Food Information Council (IFIC) found that an overwhelming percentage of consumers will favor foods that are produced through biotechnology based on environmental benefits and sustainable agricultural practices.
It found that while overall consumer awareness of food [...]
Reuters — June 21, 2010
The Supreme Court recently voted 7-to-1 on Monsanto v. Geertson Seed Farms, noting that a district court judge in San Francisco had abused his discretion in barring the U.S. Agriculture Department from instituting a partial deregulation and in prohibiting the planting of biotech alfalfa seeds, pending the [...]
