Baylen Linnekin: Challenge Highlights Flaws in Hawaii’s Anti-GMO Law

Last week a Hawaii state judge issued an
injunction halting enforcement of a key component of a new anti-GMO
law. The judge ruled after a farmer sued the county government of
the eponymous “Big Island” of Hawaii, seeking to halt enforcement
of the legislation. The law, passed late last year, bans growing
and field testing of nearly all GMO crops. The anonymous papaya
farmer argues that law “sharply conflicts with federal and state
law.” This is an important development, writes Baylen Linnekin,
because Hawaii’s anti-GMO law is dead wrong. It favors the rights
of one set of people over those of another. Whatever your stance on
GMOs, that’s a policy worthy of zealous opposition.

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