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Hawaiians, farmers push for hearing over GMO taro bill
April 2, 2007

Source: Honolulu Advertiser
Upset over the death of a bill that would ban genetic modification of taro, farmers and Native Hawaiians yesterday shouted down chief lawmakers in a noisy protest at the state Capitol. Protesters wanted lawmakers to hold a hearing on a bill that would place a 10-year moratorium on genetic modification of the taro plant, which is used to make poi and considered an ancestor of the Hawaiian people. About 50 protesters surrounded the offices of key lawmakers, chanted “Hear the bill!” and waved signs with slogans like “Leave our taro alone” and “Just say no to GMO.”

“Taro is part of our genealogy. We respect it and don’t want to alter the genes of our ancestor,” said Alapaki Luke, a taro farmer from Kahana Valley. “The taro itself represents the environment. We don’t want to alter our environment. We want to sustain it.” [more]


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