The loss of plants to invasive species would threaten the island’s food security and calls for more serious action.
Hawaiʻi Grown
Civil Beat is delving deeply into what it would take for Hawaii to decrease its dependence on imported food and be better positioned to grow its own.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Green Tells Hawaiʻi Tea Farmers Not To Worry About New Labeling Law
The governor had put the legislation on his intent-to-veto list, but ended up signing the measure last week.