tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post1189401655875683029..comments2023-10-17T04:51:08.765-10:00Comments on KauaiEclectic: Musings: In Other WordsJoan Conrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00172330100788007499noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-53240006796780204482014-09-15T17:05:22.539-10:002014-09-15T17:05:22.539-10:00Isn't Lyn McNutt a high level administrator at...Isn't Lyn McNutt a high level administrator at Kauai Community College who handles all the federal grant funding that covers things like Jimmy Trujillo and who knows what else? Now wouldn't that be an interesting investigation into whether federal grant money is being used to promote their anti-GMO / anti-science ideology instead of actual education...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-39485038649093254792014-09-14T20:34:19.399-10:002014-09-14T20:34:19.399-10:00Regarding the elusive "middle ground," K...Regarding the elusive "middle ground," Kauai can take some measure of pride in being the first island to showcase a middle-ground solution: the Kauai Agricultural Good Neighbor program. The big farms wisely agreed to address concerns expressed by many in the community and accept buffer zones, report what pesticides they are using and when, and alert neighbors who opt in for notification about when spraying will take place. And for additional transparency, the farms agreed to post the information on the State DOA website. This is a program that should be codified at the state level, which should please all those with legitimate concerns, although nothing will please the organic-or-nothing group.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-70426131333169825232014-09-13T15:55:08.789-10:002014-09-13T15:55:08.789-10:00Malama Kauai now has the county ok "stewardin...Malama Kauai now has the county ok "stewarding" the 75 acre Ag park in Kilauea. <br /><br />http://www.malamakauai.org/mk/?page_id=1401<br /><br />With Ms Fox as "Director of Operations" and Andrea Brower as a Board member, I'm sure the applicants for the five "conventional" farm plots will get fair and objective treatment...NOT!<br />Any conventional applicants please document your interaction with Malama Kauai for possible legal action on the grounds of prejudicial and illegal discrimination.<br />Dan Hempey, also on the board will be happy to adjudicate these disputes I’m sure.<br /><br />With Malama Kauai “stewarding” this public ag park I doubt any conventional ag will take place. <br />As exemplified by Ms Fox's vendetta against a small conventional flower grower who had the audacity to question the legality and fairness of "the bill" Their acceptance of conventional ag's existence is only to secure ownership of the project with its ultimate exclusion in mind due to their personal agendas, not the public good as a whole.<br />Malama Kauai created by internet millionaire Chris Jaeb and now also partly supported by internet millionaires Bill and Joan Porter have embraced a radical progressive movement that really runs counter to their wealthy entitled positions. They live on a new age "higher plane".<br />Too bad that doesn't include providing decent housing,sanitation and health care for the squatter/worker/lessees that subsist on their acreage, and also in Moloaa. <br />If the "Chem" companies treated their workers the same way as these “Organic Heroes" treated theirs, the injunctions and outrage would fly. <br />Workers living in substandard conditions subsisting on public welfare and food banks, that is the new model of counterculture ag on Kauai. Any cases of Hep 3 or E-coli poisoning lately?<br />Never mind the tax, labor, housing and social security violations, they are on a higher plane not subject to the laws and regulations of regular society.<br />Oh and if a "worker" housing unit is built, it may just be rented by the night to a visitor and the workers will stay under the tents and tarps.<br /><br />What a joke! <br />They stand on the shoulders of conventional ag and gmo production, who provide the bulk of all foods consumed, who if didn't exist, the shortages and pandemonium that would ensue would quickly use up the ten bushels of $5/bunch kale or turnips sold at the various farmers markets that are the standard examples put forward as "food security”.<br />The ideologues have their theories and solutions but these don't exist in the real world.<br />In theory, theory and practice are the same,<br />in practice they are not. <br />These Ag ideologues like Megan Fox, Andrea Brower and Jimmy Trujillo are supported by Government, Grant or Non-Profit sinecures funded by wealthy millionaires or the public payroll <br />Nice work if you can get it. <br />Too bad an acre of organic non gmo taro won’t pay even your wireless bill let alone car payment or rent, but someone else should be doing it…..<br />Leading by example, creating a profitable organic ag enterprise that can pay a living wage in the “real world" and then your theories might be more credible.<br />The "progressive" anti chem/gmo movement has gone from logical positivism to new age religiosity personified by Vendanta Shiva.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-20964037373598415322014-09-13T11:10:04.264-10:002014-09-13T11:10:04.264-10:00Deaths from malnutrition last year....3,000,000
De...Deaths from malnutrition last year....3,000,000<br />Deaths from GMO crops in the last .20 years...0<br />Lives saved by GMO crops in the last 20 years ...1,000,000,000Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-16055395402782023172014-09-13T07:41:19.202-10:002014-09-13T07:41:19.202-10:00@9:14 pm
Yes, Jimmy Trujillo, that's good adv...@9:14 pm<br /><br />Yes, Jimmy Trujillo, that's good advice. You might look to look carefully at the vindictive, dishonest, ugly, deceptive beehavior you bee modeling. Unless, of course, you are simply trying to perpetuate the world we already have.Joan Conrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00172330100788007499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-82114601850813282552014-09-12T21:14:09.264-10:002014-09-12T21:14:09.264-10:00Anonymous said...
and how does a blog allow a comm...Anonymous said...<br />and how does a blog allow a comment that says a councilman should be put down like a sick dog?<br /><br />September 12, 2014 at 4:45 PM<br />Blogger Joan Conrow said...<br />Because I took it metaphorically y and not literally.<br /><br />jaja too funny joan! <br />bee the change you want to see in the world!<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-39957942977735244272014-09-12T19:43:07.636-10:002014-09-12T19:43:07.636-10:00I hope the Chinese guy can bring back a really goo...I hope the Chinese guy can bring back a really good Chinese restaurant like the old Dragon Inn that was in Kapaa. Instead of those garbage number 1 Chinese knock off restaurants.<br /><br />How about a Great China Buffet? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-55909653049144246402014-09-12T17:12:22.870-10:002014-09-12T17:12:22.870-10:00Because I took it metaphorically y and not literal...Because I took it metaphorically y and not literally. Joan Conrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00172330100788007499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-65532417274665766172014-09-12T16:45:03.894-10:002014-09-12T16:45:03.894-10:00and how does a blog allow a comment that says a co...and how does a blog allow a comment that says a councilman should be put down like a sick dog?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-70976637056064776992014-09-12T16:27:21.373-10:002014-09-12T16:27:21.373-10:00I don't think Zuckerburg or the Red Bull distr...I don't think Zuckerburg or the Red Bull distributors will be doing any GMO farming.<br />Say bye bye to any access. Say Hello to the most iron clad property security mechanisms known to man.<br />Gary, Tim, Mason and JoAnn can sleep well, now. <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-72355833706153467032014-09-12T14:37:22.968-10:002014-09-12T14:37:22.968-10:00So what's the latest with CocoPalms? Construct...So what's the latest with CocoPalms? Construction fence partially up, opportunity fire that didn't burn fast enough and the eyesore remains. Wish the Hoos and Timmy would get as worked up over this item that is an embarrasment to the island. Elvis left the building long time ago........Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-51893838275863537082014-09-12T09:12:44.629-10:002014-09-12T09:12:44.629-10:00to the sensible people of Kauai not involved in th...to the sensible people of Kauai not involved in the gmo issue: <br /><br />PLEASE DON'T VOTE FOR HOOSER, BYNUM, YUKIMURA AND CHOCK<br /><br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-80291711826391334652014-09-12T08:50:13.913-10:002014-09-12T08:50:13.913-10:00perfect joan...heres news....FB Zuckerburg suppose...perfect joan...heres news....FB Zuckerburg supposedly bought Pfluegers whole Pila'a cache and moloa'a ranch. This whole wealthy boys club with so much cash, they can buy it without blinking an eye IS the issue facing Kauais future. No longer a simple fight to keep singular easements open, sustain our islands essence, concern for our overall future.... slow erosion is in overdrive now by investment bankers and developers...Omidyar's Ohana realty group fully erect and salivating with their wait and see to get best results for their Hanalei ridge vision,watching the others get their way. The heart of the community is struggling and none of these dainty little purchases benefit anyone locally(except their throw away reps). all these head fakes dilute the true trauma raping our island. for profit , fuck everyone else. we'll throw in a few new valet jobs,bribe kupuna, and add a 10 car lot for your viewing pleasure to gaze in amazement at our achievement. Tax dramas and gmo fiasco are truly damning us as well. they are pertinent in their context. mind blowing to think that fighting the good fight is for nothing all the while knowing that we have to.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-23950529118496742322014-09-12T07:34:07.374-10:002014-09-12T07:34:07.374-10:00Here we go again trying to drag the County into th...Here we go again trying to drag the County into the realm of what is really the States kuleanaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com