The Bayer Fund announced today that the application period for its 2020 FIRST Robotics Grant program in Hawaii is now open through Sept. 30, 2020. Bayer Fund’s FIRST Robotics is a nationwide grant program designed to inspire and nurture students’ interest in science, technology, engineering and math, in communities where Bayer employees live and work. Grants of $500, $1,000 … [Read more...] about Application period now open for Bayer’s 2020 FIRST Robotics Grant Program
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Mahi Pono’s Pesticide Files: Mahi Pono uses paraquat and another chemical toxic to marine life and bees. Is it practicing sustainable agriculture?
Mahi Pono, Maui’s largest landowner, sprayed the highly toxic chemical paraquat on fields near the Maui Baseyard in Pu‘unene six times last September and October, according to Hawai‘i’s Department of Agriculture Annual Restricted Use Pesticide (RUP) Reporting Forms. MauiTime obtained the forms through a Uniform Information Practices Act (UIPA) request. Based on weather data for … [Read more...] about Mahi Pono’s Pesticide Files: Mahi Pono uses paraquat and another chemical toxic to marine life and bees. Is it practicing sustainable agriculture?
‘Criminal Disregard’: Attorney representing Maui families responds to Monsanto’s admission of guilt
An attorney representing two Maui families in a lawsuit against Monsanto responded Tuesday to the company’s recent admission of illegally using, transporting, and storing the banned pesticide methyl parathion, also known as Penncap-M, at locations in Maui County in 2014. “Monsanto’s illegal conduct in spraying a banned pesticide at its Kihei facility in 2014 clearly … [Read more...] about ‘Criminal Disregard’: Attorney representing Maui families responds to Monsanto’s admission of guilt
Beyond Pesticides Urges Maui County to Eliminate Glyphosate
Giant agro-chemical corporations and environmental advocates can agree on at least one thing: Glyphosate is an efficient killer. The chemical, also known by the trade names Roundup and Ranger Pro, was developed and marketed by Monsanto in the ‘70s to kill weeds, and since then has become the most heavily used herbicide in the world. Where agro-chemical corporations and … [Read more...] about Beyond Pesticides Urges Maui County to Eliminate Glyphosate