It has been an exciting and challenging year for SHAKA Movement and the sister organization SAFE and the Safe Action Fund....
Year: 2016
EPA sues Kauai seed firm over exposure to pesticide
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is suing a Kauai seed company over the protection of agricultural workers at its crop...
State and local GMO bans declared legal
Federal law does not pre-empt state or local governments from banning genetically engineered crops that have been deregulated by USDA,...
Organic standards will exclude next generation of GMOs
The National Organic Standards Board voted unanimously on Friday to update U.S. organic standards to exclude ingredients derived from next...
Press Release
Shaka Movement Press Release on the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals GMO Ruling This is a groundbreaking win for all...
Terminix, Monsanto Investigated For Pesticide Misuse In Hawaii
The EPA is also looking into alleged pesticide violations at Wonder Farm in Waianae. Meanwhile, a probe of Syngenta continues. The U.S....
Comprehensive new review of Monsanto’s glyphosate
Comprehensive new review of Monsanto’s glyphosate underscores urgent need for global action In a “state of the science” review released...
Is Monsanto’s Newest Technology Any Better (or Different!) than GMOs?
Monsanto has adopted a new way to feed you GMOs — without you even noticing. The agro giant nabbed the first agricultural...
FDA Finds Glyphosate in Honey
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has found residues of the weed killer glyphosate in samples of U.S. honey,...
Toxic Shock: The Monsanto Doctrine and GMO-free Farming
During the past decade, five counties in California and three in Hawaii have passed common-sense public-safety laws to protect public...