Lorie Farrell

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Lorie Farrell is a food & agriculture advocate residing on the Big Island, of Hawaii. An avid Social media geek & Roller Derby Freak she spends her time advocating for Hawaii’s food system from farm to fork. Currently working with Hawaii Farmers & Ranchers United, an agriculture alliance committed to supporting all farmers and their Right to Farm in Hawaii.

Her current position allows her accomplish her life’s work of amplifying agriculture’s voice by broadening the conversation about food and agriculture. A coffee buff and certified Ag nerd devoted to serving Hawaii agriculture, farmers and food politics with an intuitive fierce voice.

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Q: What information is available about food spoilage of a GMO farm vs. An independent nongmo or local coop, or organic farm do you have?

Answered By Lorie Farrell - Mar 11, 2015

A: Great question, as reducing the amount of food wasted has significant economic, social and environmental benefits, yet it's not a benefit that most people associate with GMOs and the beginning of our food system. Often when we think of food waste we only consider food waste at the end of our food system, from our refrigerator or our plates. Farmers think of food waste in terms of production and income loss. Unsellable fruit due to disease is a food waste and a direct loss to the producer. Hawaii papaya farmers chose an improved seed variety- a GMO- to provide resistance [...]