Agriculture

Hawaiʻi DOE Starts Year With Unprecedented School Meal Shortages Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2025

Hawaiʻi DOE Starts Year With Unprecedented School Meal Shortages

The cafeteria managers’ union is concerned the shortages will discourage students from purchasing meals and lead to possible cuts to school lunch staff.

Immigration Raids Throw Long Shadow Over Big Island Coffee Harvest Jeremy Hay/Civil Beat/2025

Immigration Raids Throw Long Shadow Over Big Island Coffee Harvest

As their workers are arrested and deported, flee the country or stay away, coffee farmers are struggling to bring in a bumper crop.

Molokaʻi Residents Fight To Keep Coconut Rhinoceros Beetle Off Their Island Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2024

Molokaʻi Residents Fight To Keep Coconut Rhinoceros Beetle Off Their Island

As the invasive pest shows up on all the other Main Hawaiian Islands, residents of Molokaʻi say the state is not doing enough to ensure they don’t meet the same fate.

With Wild Fish Stocks Dwindling, Congress Considers Backing Aquaculture Courtesy: Jeff Milisen/Ocean Era

With Wild Fish Stocks Dwindling, Congress Considers Backing Aquaculture

After years of fish farmers criticizing the state of Hawaiʻi for overlooking aquaculture, the federal government is offering some hope in new legislation.

East Honolulu’s Last Undeveloped Valley Faces Uncertain Fate Hawaiʻi State Archives

East Honolulu’s Last Undeveloped Valley Faces Uncertain Fate

Kamehameha Schools has yet to release its plan for Kamilonui Valley. But the school’s history of development in the area is stoking fears about what will happen to Hawaiʻi Kai’s last farmlands.

As Mainland Egg Prices Drop, Waialua Fresh Eggs Invests In Hawaiʻi Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2025

As Mainland Egg Prices Drop, Waialua Fresh Eggs Invests In Hawaiʻi

When migratory birds take flight, experts say that could prompt a resurgence in bird flu cases across the country, again spiking prices.

State Boards Must Release Records Showing Hiring Decisions, Judge Says Office of the Auditor

State Boards Must Release Records Showing Hiring Decisions, Judge Says

Newly released executive session minutes finally let the public see why the Agribusiness Development Corp. hired Wendy Gady to run the controversial organization.

Farming Dispute On North Shore Highlights Zoning Challenges Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2025

Farming Dispute On North Shore Highlights Zoning Challenges

Hawaiʻi needs more locally grown food, but plans for a vertical farm and aquaculture operation near Sunset Beach Park violate zoning rules and threaten the community character, critics say.

USDA Cancels $30 Million Grant Intended To Boost Hawaiʻi Food Production Ku‘u Kauanoe/Civil Beat/2021

USDA Cancels $30 Million Grant Intended To Boost Hawaiʻi Food Production

Hawaiʻi program leaders say there are few alternative funding options available to local farmers who want to increase and improve operations.

New UH Agriculture Dean Wants To Help Hawaiʻi Grow More Of Its Own Food Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2021

New UH Agriculture Dean Wants To Help Hawaiʻi Grow More Of Its Own Food

During 16 months on the job, Parwinder Grewal has hired more faculty, secured millions in funding and started setting up a new undergraduate degree in farming.