Kapu placed on genetic modification of Haloa
John Kimmey and Walter Ritte, the latter who has
been leading the fight against GMO taro research, both have good
letters
in the
Advertiser
today. Ritte comments on the May 24
Advertiser
editorial and the ceremony at UH that day "to recognize, honor and protect
Haloa, our first born in Hawaiian genealogy, who became taro or kalo," and says
it "was a time when we made it perfectly clear that there is a kapu placed on
all genetic modifications of our genealogical brother the taro. It was not a
time for non-Hawaiians to tell us to sacrifice our genetic makeup for the good
of the marketplace."
Posted: Tue - June 7, 2005 at 11:35 AM