ABUNDANT LAND: Soil, Seeds & Sovereignty

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(via https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_HUByKlglVU)

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(via https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVRcVzRoc9Y)

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Center for Food Safety | News Room | U.S. Court of Appeals Says Local Governments Can Prohibit GE Crops

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In memory of Bill Mollison, the co-founder of Permaculture, here is a short excerpt from Abundant Land, where Bill is introduced as someone who was impressed and inspired by the Hawaiian Ahupua'a system.

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http://westhawaiitoday.com/community-bulletin/state-senate-panel-advances-pesticide-regulation-bill

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United Nations Conference on Trade and Development 

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as momentum grows to restrict GE testing and pesticide use throughout the islands, corporate bully tactics are becoming increasingly aggressive.

http://www.panna.org/blog/pesticide-corporations-bully-kauai 

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Paul Achitoff, character in the film, Abundant Land, explains how gmos are creating an environmental disaster

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"90 percent of US cropland now is losing soil faster than its sustainable replacement rate."

Cornell agricultural scientist David Pimentel 

http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2013/09/cover-crops-no-till-david-brandt-farms

https://s3.amazonaws.com/s3.documentcloud.org/documents/745272/soil-erosion-1.pdf

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Cover Crops

Learn how cover crops create resistance against droughts and erosion.

http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2013/09/how-cover-crops-make-healthier-soil

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Agrochemical Companies are suing Kauai, learn why.

http://www.alternet.org/food/hawaii-latest-battleground-over-genetically-modified-crops

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What exactly is Pesticide Drift?

http://www.beyondpesticides.org/infoservices/pesticidesandyou/Summer%2004/Getting%20the%20Drift%20on%20Chemical%20Trespass.pdf

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This was posted on facebook by a local Molokai family that lives very close to Monsant's fields.  

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Why I'm still skeptical of GMOs

While the New York Times frets about anti-GMO crazies in Hawaii, the USDA quietly prepares to green-light new GM seeds that will likely require massive amounts of herbicide.

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A Lonely Quest for Facts on Genetically Modified Crops

When a bill to ban genetically engineered crops on the island of Hawaii was introduced, doubts nagged at Greggor Ilagan, a councilman, about what the risks were, if any, of the crops.

This controversial article was released by the NY TImes.  I think the Big Island took a bold step in the right direction by banning the majority of GMO crop production.