.The new director has a vision for community-focused innovative farming.

Kaleo Manuel was given another job in DLNR while officials investigate what happened.

A dispute over whether DLNR balked at releasing water to land owners played out in an exchange of angry letters in the days after the fire.

Of the $3 million allotted to the federal program last year, farmers in Hawaii received over $1.2 million.

The department said it is taking an ‘all-hands-on-deck approach’ to the issue.

Food accounts for roughly 19% of all the trash thrown out in the county, which lacks a municipal composting facility.

Several residents had complained last year about the cloud of dust that occasionally blanketed Central Maui.

For the state, the purchase was a “huge victory” for the environment. For Brendan Balthazar, it was a devastating loss of agricultural land.

The farm says it is hoping to reduce the state’s dependence on imported fertilizer.

The plant is the focus of new studies about its potential therapeutic benefits.