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Oahu Land Crunch Leads Aloun Farms To Expand Acreage On Fertile West Kauai Courtesy: Richard Takase/2023

Oahu Land Crunch Leads Aloun Farms To Expand Acreage On Fertile West Kauai

The family-owned vegetable grower has found better prices on water and land leases.

An Innovative Kauai Farm Project May Depend On Saving A 100-Year-Old Reservoir Brittany Lyte/Civil Beat/2023

An Innovative Kauai Farm Project May Depend On Saving A 100-Year-Old Reservoir

The ag project needs lots of water but the dam that could supply it will be torn down unless the farm can raise millions of dollars to save it.

Reviving Hawaii’s Meat Inspection Program Could Also Take Aim At Axis Deer Nathan Eagle/Civil Beat/2022

Reviving Hawaii’s Meat Inspection Program Could Also Take Aim At Axis Deer

Current rules and regulations have become too onerous for local meat producers.

Oahu Compost Project Expands Participation From Chinatown Restaurants Thomas Heaton/Civil Beat/2023

Oahu Compost Project Expands Participation From Chinatown Restaurants

Larger food waste management plans will be announced soon, the mayor said.

DOE Looking Into Financial Records Of Kailua School Composting Program David Croxford/Civil Beat/2023

DOE Looking Into Financial Records Of Kailua School Composting Program

Proceeds from compost sales to the public are kept by the partner schools.

Pre-Fab Housing May Finally Be A Viable Option For Big Island Farmers Trying To House Workers Courtesy: HPM/2023

Pre-Fab Housing May Finally Be A Viable Option For Big Island Farmers Trying To House Workers

The carpenter's union says that more modular housing is not a "silver bullet."

Matson Commits Another $5 million For Food Banks In Hawaii, Guam and Alaska Courtesy: Matson

Matson Commits Another $5 million For Food Banks In Hawaii, Guam and Alaska

Lower shipping costs have freed up funds for more food supplies, Hawaii Foodbank said.

Pint-Sized Plants Could Be Our Secret Weapon In Fight Against Invasive Beetle David Croxford/Civil Beat/2023

Pint-Sized Plants Could Be Our Secret Weapon In Fight Against Invasive Beetle

Coconut rhinoceros beetles have decimated yields across the Pacific, but there may be a surprising workaround.

Hawaii Families Are On The Edge Of A ‘Hunger Cliff’ Now That Extra Foods Stamps Are Gone Big Island Hunger/2018

Hawaii Families Are On The Edge Of A ‘Hunger Cliff’ Now That Extra Foods Stamps Are Gone

Nearly half of Hawaii recipients of food support are employed but the end of additional federal assistance is going to sting.