Best State Blunder
Monsanto
We’re assuming that our readers defined blunder as allowing Monsanto to come to Hawaii, buy up huge tracts of land and start growing genetically modified crops. Well, given our nation’s market economy, the great State of Hawaii didn’t have much a choice in any of that. And, in fact, there are signs that state officials have collectively raised their brows ever so slightly at the ag business giant. Just a week ago in fact, the state Department of Health announced that it had levied a $3,400 fine against Monsanto for allowing fugitive dust to become airborne at its Molokai operation, allegedly without taking reasonable precautions (Monsanto has requested a hearing on that charge). Of course, that fine represents just 0.0008 percent of the company’s $4.2 billion revenue during just the fiscal third quarter of 2013, but still, it’s a start. @apignataro
Runner-up: Cane burning
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