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No ballot issue committees have formed to raise money for or against the proposed Maui County GMO ban on the fall ballot, but a lot has been spent on political candidates.

The issue spurred many people on the neighbor islands to run for office. The results may be telling.

The nonprofits, along with three Hawaii County farmers, have filed a motion to intervene in a lawsuit challenging the moratorium on new genetically engineered crops.

Biotech companies seek to invalidate Kauai County ordinance regulating pesticide spraying and requiring disclosure of genetically engineered crops

The county has requested an additional $50,000, bringing total cost of case against biotechnology companies to $125,000

Our photographer turned his lens on employees, farmers and their families on the island where Big Biotech is the largest employer.

A November ballot initiative could shut down its biggest employers, but the island’s population is dwarfed by voters elsewhere in Maui County.

A measure likely to make the November ballot would impose a moratorium on genetically engineered agriculture, affecting companies that employ many.

The trade group’s new president Kirby Kester says the biotechnology industry is “under seige”

State officials, landowners and seed industry representatives criticize the proposal.