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June 17th, 2020
Double Victory! Monsanto pesticide and GMOs just got whacked!
by Andrew Kimbrell, Executive Director, Center for Food Safety
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We just made history! Center for Food Safety (CFS) just had one of the most important legal victories ever against pesticides and GMO crops.  After years of litigation, a Federal Court just banned Monsanto's toxic pesticide dicamba . This also effectively halts the use of GMO crops designed to tolerate that pesticide…
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December 5th, 2019
17 CFS Victories You Helped Make Possible in 2019
by Ashley Lukens, Regional Development Director & Brenna Norton, Development Manager
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Photo: CFS team in November 2019 in Portland, OR. Working for a fairly small organization, it's easy for those of us who wear so many hats to get lost in the weeds of the daily "non-profit grind." One day, we're busy building a legal strategy; the next, we're sitting down with our supporters to get to know more about the issues you're facing in your communities…
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February 22nd, 2018
Looking Back so We Can Move Forward: All of Us Have a Place in a Movement for a Pesticide-Free Future for Hawaiʻi
By Autumn Rae Ness
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From left to right: Autumn Rae Ness, Senator Maile Shimabukuro, Lauryn Rego Hawaiian Sovereignty has a lot to do with food security in Hawai'i…
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October 10th, 2017
Big Island [Mega] Dairy Dumps on Local Communities
By Sylvia Wu - Staff Attorney
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Big Island Dairy’s website features a picture of barns beneath a clear blue sky, surrounded by lush, green pasture, with words like “local” and “fresh” describing the milk it produces. The pictures on the Dairy’s Facebook page similarly show dairy cows out in rolling hills of green pasture…
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June 28th, 2017
5 Things You Need to Know About the Big Island [MEGA] Dairy
By Sylvia Wu, Staff Attorney
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Photo Credit: Kupale Ookala Today the Center for Food Safety, along with community group Kupale Ookala, sued Big Island Dairy, LLC for violating the federal Clean Water Act. Who is Big Island Dairy, and why has CFS filed a lawsuit against it? Big Island Dairy’s website features a picture of barns beneath a clear blue sky, surrounded by lush, green pasture, and the phrase, “LOCAL…
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May 11th, 2017
Wielding our Political Power for Progress in the Food Movement
By Ashley Lukens, PhD
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Five years ago today, I closed out my first legislative session as a grassroots lobbyist. At that time, I was an active member of the all-volunteer Hawaii Food Policy Council, a project I helped co-create in the context of my doctoral research on food activism in the United States…
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April 5th, 2017
2017 Hawaii State Legislative Session Update
By: Ashley Lukens and Maria Juur
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LAST CHANCE TO TAKE ACTION! Call your Representative now and urge them to schedule a hearing for SB 804 HD 1 in the House Committee of Finance ASAP! FIND YOUR REPRESENTATIVE HERE! - The 2017 legislative session is closing this month. Between January and April, HCFS has been lobbying and testifying at the Capitol on a weekly basis. We won, and we lost…
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March 31st, 2017
Celebrating Cesar Chavez, Celebrating Farm Workers
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Photo: WWE, NBC Universo As we wrap up National Farmworker Awareness Week, many of us around the country are taking today as opportunity to celebrate one of the most important voices in the farmworker rights movement – Cesar Chavez …
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February 8th, 2017
From the Frontlines: Celebrating Victories in Hawai'i
By: Ashley Lukens, Hawai'i Center for Food Safety Director
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I’m writing you this from the front lines of the state legislature here in Hawai‘i: another committee, another hearing, another conversation about the toxicity of pesticides and the role the state can/should/is/is not playing to protect our communities, especially our keiki, workers, and kupuna from industrial pesticide use…
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October 19th, 2016
Healthy Soils, Healthy Ranching in Hawai'i
By Diana Donlon
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Originally posted on Soil Solutions - Earlier this month, Center for Food Safety brought together its Soil Solutions program and its Hawai‘i office to host “Healthy Soils, Healthy Ranching” – a conference for ranchers from across the state of Hawaii at PuÊ»u O Hoku Ranch on the island of Molokai…
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August 10th, 2016
Why We Fight, Why We Vote, Why We Win
By: Ashley Lukens, PhD, Hawai'i Center for Food Safety Director
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On the eve of the Primary Election this Saturday in Hawai‘i, I want to share my thoughts on voting. As someone inspired by anti-colonial work, anarchist activism, and direct action, I understand the need to work outside the system and on the system. As someone frustrated by two-party politics (or, in Hawai‘i’s case, one big fake party), I too want to express my disdain by opting out…
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February 9th, 2016
What Happens When We Stop Listening to Monsanto
By Ashley Lukens, Director, Hawai'i Center for Food Safety
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Over the past week, two important food justice bills were granted hearings in the Hawai‘i State House. One requires companies like Monsanto and Dow Chemical to disclose their pesticide use on the islands, while the other creates a buffer-zone pilot program aimed at minimizing pesticide spraying near schools…
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October 19th, 2015
What happens when 100+ Monsanto employees crash your presentation on GE crops and pesticides
By Ashley Lukens, PhD, Director, Hawaii Center for Food Safety
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On Oct 14th, I presented the findings of our Pes ticides in Paradise report on the island of Moloka‘i. At around 5:45 PM, about 15 minutes before the presentation was going to start, 100+ Monsanto employees, all dressed in neon yellow shirts, arrived…
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May 29th, 2014
I Must Finally Stand Up and Speak Out on GMOs
By Ashley Lukens, PhD, Program Director, Hawaii Center for Food Safety
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This article was originally posted on Civil Beat . There comes a point in every person’s life when they are confronted with the opportunity to stand up and speak out. My name is Ashley Lukens and today I am joining the movement for transparency and accountability around chemical companies and their agricultural operations in Hawaii…
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