Jon Woodhouse, Author at The Maui Independent

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Jon Woodhouse

Jon Woodhouse is the Managing Editor of The Maui Independent. Moving to Maui 36 years ago, he feels blessed daily to live here. He writes weekly for The Maui News and has worked for the Department of Education since 2001.

Hawaii State Government Wakes Up To It’s Pesticide Problem

Posted by Jon Woodhouse - December 17, 2016

The state is finally taking some first steps to address concerns about pesticide drift from large agri-chemical company operations in Hawaii. In a joint press statement, the Hawaii Departments of…

US Court of Appeals Says Hawaii’s Counties Can’t Regulate GMO Crop Production

Posted by Jon Woodhouse - November 20, 2016

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has invalidated county ordinances in Kauai, Maui, and Hawaii counties that sought to enforce public health protections (such as buffer zones,…

Europe Has Essentially Rejected GMOs Without Any Loss of Crop Yields

Posted by Jon Woodhouse - October 31, 2016

The New York Times published a report by investigative journalist Danny Hakim that slams GMOs as the food boon for the future concluding, “genetic modification in the United States and…

Earthjustice Takes on Hawaii’s Dysfunctional Department of Agriculture

Posted by Jon Woodhouse - August 5, 2016

The environmental law firm, Earthjustice has asked the US Environmental Protection Agency to revoke the Hawaii Department of Agriculture’s primary authority to investigate and enforce pesticide use violations of federal pesticide…

GMO Studies & Conflicts of Interest

Posted by Jon Woodhouse - December 27, 2016

Researchers have found that a large share of scientific studies on genetically modified (GM) crops were tainted by conflicts of interest, mostly because of having an employee of a GM…

Maui Gets to Grow Industrial Hemp

Posted by Jon Woodhouse - July 11, 2016

Hawaii’s governor has signed the Industrial Hemp Bill which establishes an industrial hemp pilot program through the Department of Agriculture allowing the cultivation of hemp and distribution of hemp seed…