• Don’t swallow the seed companies’ line • Lighthouse parade, celebration was bright • The truth isn’t always what you can see Don’t swallow the seed companies’ line I am curious about the page that was included in the paper
• Don’t swallow the seed companies’ line • Lighthouse parade, celebration was bright • The truth isn’t always what you can see
Don’t swallow the seed companies’ line
I am curious about the page that was included in the paper on May 7, entitles “Kaua‘i Seed Farmers Bust Myths.”
Was this an “article” or a paid advertisement? Who wrote this or paid for its publication?
Who are these “seed farmers?” Are they not actually Pioneer, Syngenta, and other known GMO companies? The wording of the “myths” is a bit tricky and does not allow for an answer that really discloses the truth.
The bottom line is that our government is allowing these corporations to experiment with our health and well being. They have not fully tested these genetically modified “foods” on humans.
Coincidently, since GMO foods were introduced into our food supply, cancer rates have greatly increased and food allergies have risen dramatically, especially among children. Our bodies do not recognize these substances as food.
The companies that are creating these seeds are chemical companies and the seeds either contain pesticides or are developed to withstand heavy applications of pesticides and herbicides.
These chemicals are poison. They are sprayed in the air we breathe and on the land we live on. They wash into the water that we use to drink, swim and wash and water our gardens.
If “the scientific consensus for the safety of these crops is overwhelming”… why are they banned in Europe and many other countries around the world.
Here in the USA, the fox is now in charge of the hen house with a former Monsanto lobbyist as head of the Food and Drug administration. Hmmm
Maren Orion, Kilauea
Lighthouse parade, celebration was bright
We had a parade last weekend in honor of the 100th birthday of the Kilauea Lighthouse. It rained but that was not surprising. What was surprising was how much fun it was.
As we gathered at the staging area like the cast before an epic play the clouds darkened. As the polished masterpieces of the entire Kauai Classic Car club started down Kilauea (Lighthouse) road the rain broke from the clouds.
In the Kilauea schoolyard over 250 people; Kilauea seniors and founding families, politicians, veterans and retired lighthouse keepers, church groups, kids, ukulele bands, hula dancers, Harley’s, horses, belly dancers, sports teams, beauty queens, May day kings and funky north shore floats stood anxiously ready to follow Colonel LeVoita’s Kapa‘a High School ROTC Color guard on the wet road to fun. Thank you young men for leading and sacrificing your annual ROTC barbecue for us!
After Sunday’s Lighthouse parade and fun day in the park I realized that the old Lighthouse was still doing its job, metaphorically. It was showing us the way. As Gary Pacheco explained it to me, “It was like jelly.” The lighthouse, the events, parade and fun day in the park stuck us together. Sunday just gelled. We saw a lot of big smiles, our mayor had one of the biggest.
Many, many thanks to the wet participants, spectators, volunteers and especially the North Shore public works crew and Kauai police who helped us make it a safe event on a busy Sunday.
Thomas Pickett, Kilauea
The truth isn’t always what you can see
It upsets me to see Timothy Oga threaten the Hawaiian monk seal due to his ignorance. Does it really make sense that a creature capable of swimming hundreds of miles between the NWHI never made it to the main islands in the 12 million or so years that it is estimated to have been here?
Or does it make more sense that the early Hawaiians took advantage of this easy food source and wiped them out shortly after arriving only 1200 or so years ago? The amount of time Hawaiians have been here is just a blink in time compared to 12 million years.
Do you really trust your chants that much to think they would cover any detail so early on?
Hawaiians weren’t known for detailed record keeping. You can’t even name the crew of the first canoe that made it to Hawaii, the first ali’i, where they landed, or where they came from. Surely that is more important than whether or not a seal was around.
So Timothy, I’m asking you to put a little more critical thinking into this before you go seal clubbing.
And if you do, I hope you get caught, I wouldn’t hesitate to report you.
Roger Barques, Koloa
