- Agricultural and Environmental
Awareness
Day 2006
This
was the second year that we participated in the Agricultural and
Environmental Awareness Day which was held in Hilo and Kauai.
The event was hosted to island 5th graders and created the opportunity
for kids to learn about genetics, look at real DNA, touch tissue-culture
plants, hear the pros and cons of biotech, and gain an understanding
to the importance of agriculture and the environment.
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Every
year Dr. Wieczorek and her students and staff take part in an
annual Farm Fair held in Kauai, Maui, and Hawaii. The farm
fair serves to educate the public about the uses of biotechnology,
its pros and cons, and the influence of biotechnology in agriculture.
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- Agricultural and Environmental
Awareness
Day 2005
Kaua'i
Agricultural Research Center hosted an education day for 5th Graders
from schools around the island. The kids had the opportunity to
attend mini-lectures, as well as view exhibits. Peter Münster
talked to the youngsters about biotechnology in agriculture. How
biotechnology has an influence on their lives, and other issues
relating to the Hawaiian Islands.
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- UH-Day 2005- State Capitol
CTAHR
exhibits at the State Capitol. Legislators and the public were
able to "see DNA" by extracting it themselves from strawberries.
Discussion topics included alternative techniques employed before
researchers turn to biotechnology; the regulatory process; and
the Hawaiian papaya industry. Participants obtained information
about the history of biotechnology, as well as an interactive
GMO-debate explaining the "pros" and "cons"
of this technology.
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- ThinkTechHawaii
- Radio Shows...
... Dr.
Ania Wieczorek and Dr. Robert Paull talk about genetic engineering
in agricultural crops with relation to biotechnology in Hawaii
(12/22/2004).
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... Dr.
Ania Wieczorek and Richard McCormack discuss the risks and benefits
associated with genetic engineering, development of biotechnology
and biotechnological products and the regulatory system (01/12/2005).
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