Small community meetings across the islands will help develop the first state plan to guide local food resiliency and production.
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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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Hawaii Ag Director Plans To ‘Go Big’ If Confirmed
The department’s funding has become cause for concern after losing a special revenue stream. Lawmakers say they are listening, but they expect the next director to ask for more.
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Indigenous Management Of Hawaii’s Fishponds Is Getting A High Tech Upgrade
Climate change has emerged as a modern challenge for the guardians of these traditional food sources.
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Hawaii’s Farms Are Small And Hard To Sustain. Can Tax Incentives Help?
State lawmakers are looking at new subsidies to improve food sustainability and security in the islands while continuing the momentum from last session.
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Half Of Hawaii’s Younger Farmers Battle Depression. Here’s What Researchers Are Doing
Mental health professionals are drumming up new, more diverse ways to help struggling farmers.
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How Philippine Gardening Culture Inspired Efforts To Promote Food Security In Hawaii
A new partnership enabling the planting of food gardens aims to bring sustainable, healthy, free produce and seedlings to 1,000 backyards throughout Hawaii.
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Is Your Cup Of Kona Real? Coffee Growers Want Hawaii To Do More To Protect The Brand
Hawaii farmers plan to ask the Legislature to be more aggressive about laws that support the state’s most valuable cash crops.
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Leeward Community College Has Big Plans For Training A New Generation Of Food Innovators
The Wahiawa facility will support the development of new food products for local and export markets.
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Maui County Considers Leasing Land On Lanai That Larry Ellison ‘Won’t Have A Say In’
The opportunity for a leaseholder change on 100 undeveloped acres could revive long stalled plans for a promised agricultural park on Lanai.