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	<title>Hawaii Agriculture &#187; Seed Crops</title>
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		<title>GM crops promote superweeds, food insecurity and pesticides, say NGOs</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Oct 2011 20:37:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Genetic engineering has failed to increase the yield of any food crop but has vastly increased the use of chemicals and the growth of &#8220;superweeds&#8221;, according to a report by 20 Indian, south-east Asian, African and Latin American food and conservation groups representing millions of people. The so-called miracle crops, which were first sold in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Heirloom Seeds Or Flinty Hybrids?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Mar 2011 04:17:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bigwave</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[AS gardeners stock up on heirloom seeds for spring, Rob Johnston, the chairman of Johnny’s Selected Seeds in Winslow, Me., would like to suggest an accessory. Why not buckle up in a 1936 Oldsmobile coupe? O.K., so it doesn’t have seat belts. But the swoop of the fenders resembles Joan Crawford’s eyebrows. Better yet, the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>U.S.D.A. Approves Pro-Ethanol Corn Over Food Industry’s Objections</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Feb 2011 23:01:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bigwave</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[U.S.D.A. Approves Pro-Ethanol Corn Over Food Industry’s Objections A corn that is genetically engineered to make it easier to convert into ethanol has been approved for commercial growing by the Agriculture Department. The decision, announced on Friday, was made despite objections from corn millers and others in the food industry, who warned that if the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Seed capital: a third of Hawaii farm revenue</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Jan 2011 05:56:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bigwave</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Howard Dicus HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) &#8211; Hawaii grows more corn for seed than for eating, and the seed industry is the new sugar for Hawaii, accounting for more than a third of all farmgate revenue in the islands. All four of the nation&#8217;s largest seed manufacturers have substantial farming operations in Hawaii now, including farms [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Judge orders destruction of biotech beets</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Dec 2010 01:52:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bigwave</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[SAN FRANCISCO &#8212; A federal judge has ordered the destruction of all genetically engineered sugar beets that seed companies planted in September. U.S. District Court Judge Jeffrey White of San Francisco found that the U.S. Department of Agricultural improperly granted permission for the plantings without a detailed environmental review. White said his order will take [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Isle seed crop value jumps 26 percent</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Nov 2010 17:10:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bigwave</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last year marked a sixth consecutive year of dramatic growth for Hawaii seed crop producers, according to a recent government estimate, though the industry dominated by seed corn may be nearing maturity. The Hawaii office of the National Agricultural Statistics Service reported the value of the local seed crop industry rose 26 percent to $223 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Monsanto donates $20,000 for genetics teaching</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Nov 2010 19:02:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bigwave</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources at the University of Hawaii-Manoa has received $20,000 from the Monsanto Fund. The college says the money will support salaries and materials for &#8220;Gene-ius Day.&#8221; It&#8217;s a special program that introduces students in grades 4 through 12 to basic genetics and the function of DNA. The founder [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Modified corn spreads the love around</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Nov 2010 20:45:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bigwave</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A study published in the Oct. 8 edition of the journal Science, finds that widespread planting of genetically modified Bt corn throughout the Upper Midwest has suppressed populations of the European corn borer, historically one of corn’s primary pests. The area wide suppression has dramatically reduced the estimated $1 billion in annual losses caused by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Seed industry is key component of Hawaii agriculture</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Nov 2010 19:41:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bigwave</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Alicia Maluafiti Since the demise of pineapple and sugarcane, the seed industry has helped diversify Hawaii&#8217;s economy and kept important ag lands in agricultural production by investing millions of dollars into failing infrastructure such as roads, buildings and irrigation. Not only does this ensure that those farmlands remain productive for future generations, but the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Monsanto Income Drops by Nearly Half</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Oct 2010 19:24:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bigwave</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Executives of Monsanto told skittish investors on Wednesday that earnings per share would grow 13 to 17 percent in the next fiscal year and that the company was on its way to fixing problems in its seed business that have undermined the confidence of Wall Street. The remarks, in line with some previous assurances by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>In Italy, a Battle Over Genetically Modified Corn</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2010 07:39:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bigwave</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[VIVARO, Italy — Giorgio Fidenato declared war on the Italian government and environmental groups in April with a news conference and a YouTube video, which showed him poking six genetically modified corn seeds into Italian soil. In fact, said Mr. Fidenato, 49, an agronomist, he planted two fields of genetically modified corn. But since “corn [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Syngenta to lay off 34 seasonal workers in Kunia</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Aug 2010 02:07:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bigwave</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A group of 34 seasonal contract employees who work in the fields at Syngenta’s Kunia seed farm will be laid off Thursday, the company said. The workers will join 49 other Syngenta “field technicians” who were laid off on July 9. The workers were employed by Akamai Employment Services, which provided them to Syngenta on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>As U.S. Approves GM Soybean, DuPont and Monsanto Gird for Cooking-Oil War &#8211; New York Times</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jun 2010 17:40:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By PAUL VOOSEN of Greenwire Published: June 7, 2010 The Agriculture Department will approve for broad use tomorrow a genetically modified soybean engineered to contain healthier oils, the opening salvo in a biotech oil fight between DuPont Co. and its rival, Monsanto Co. The high-oleic soybean, developed by DuPont and pending deregulation since 2006, is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Invasion of the Superweeds &#8211; Diversify Weed Management &#8211; NYTimes.com</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 May 2010 23:20:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bigwave</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Micheal D. K. Owen is a professor of agronomy and an extension weed scientist at Iowa State University. He is the co-author of “The Impact of Genetically Engineered Crops on Farm Sustainability in the United States.” Weeds, like all organisms, respond to selection pressures imposed by the environment. In this case, the primary selective pressure [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Invasion of the Superweeds &#8211; Diagnosing the Enemy &#8211; NYTimes.com</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 May 2010 23:17:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Scott M. Swinton is a professor of agricultural, food and resource economics at Michigan State University. He developed WEEDSIM, a computer program to help farmers choose profitable weed control strategies. Roundup Ready™ crops let corn and soybean farmers rely on a single weapon. A single weapon is predicable, and any warrior who is predictable is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Invasion of the Superweeds &#8211; Switch the System &#8211; NYTimes.com</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 May 2010 23:14:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bigwave</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Anna Lappé is the author, most recently, of “Diet for a Hot Planet” and co-founder of the Small Planet Institute and the Small Planet Fund. Times reporters William Neuman and Andrew Pollack investigate a dangerous and underreported consequence of genetically engineered crops: “tenacious new superweeds.” But the spread of superweeds should surprise no one. We [...]]]></description>
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