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Hawai'i County banned cultivation of GMOs altogether in November 2013.<ref>"[http://www.civilbeat.com/2013/11/hawaii-county-council-passes-gmo-ban-2/ Hawaii County Council Passes GMO Ban]," ''Civil Beat'', November 19, 2013. Accessed November 19, 2014.</ref>
And voters in Maui County passed a ballot referendum establishing a moratorium on growing GMOs in November 2014, despite opponents spending around $8 million against the initiative.<ref>"[http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/story/27275678/results-of-vote-on-maui-county-gmo-initiative Maui County residents vote ‘Yes' on GMO initiative]," ''Hawai'i News Now'', November 5, 2014. Accessed November 19, 2014.</ref><ref name="gmo spend big">Rebekah Wilce, "[httphttps://www.prwatch.org/news/2014/06/12506/pesticide-and-gmo-corporations-spend-big-hawaii Pesticide and GMO Companies Spend Big in Hawai'i]," Center for Media and Democracy, PR Watch, June 11, 2014. Accessed November 19, 2014.</ref>
Monsanto and Dow Agrosciences sued Maui County over the new law in federal court,<ref name="APmaui">Associated Press, "[http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/ap/article-2834249/2-developers-sue-Hawaii-county-halt-GMO-law.html 2 developers sue Hawaii county to halt GMO law]," ''Daily Mail'', November 14, 2014.</ref> just as they threatened to do the day after the election.<ref>Anita Hofschneider, "[http://www.civilbeat.com/2014/11/monsanto-and-dow-to-challenge-maui-county-gmo-farming-moratorium/ Monsanto and Dow to Challenge Maui County GMO Farming Ban]," ''Civil Beat'', November 5, 2014.</ref> The suit "asks a judge to immediately prevent the law from taking effect. It also seeks to invalidate the new law, which voters narrowly adopted during last week's election after an intense campaign featuring $8 million in spending by the seed companies against the initiative," as reported by the Associated Press.<ref name="APmaui"/>
====Monsanto Funding and Shutdown of Organic Farming Research at University of Hawai'i-Manoa====
''Read the article, "[httphttps://www.prwatch.org/news/2015/04/12803/silencing-hector-valenzuela The Silencing of Hector Valenzuela]," by Paul Koberstein and Eliza Murphy, ''Cascadia Times/PR Watch'', May 20, 2015.''
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