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US Rep. Jill Tokuda Invites Farmers To Have Their Say On Federal Farm Bill David Croxford/Civil Beat/2023

US Rep. Jill Tokuda Invites Farmers To Have Their Say On Federal Farm Bill

The congresswoman will hold meetings across the state next week to hear the concerns of farmers and ranchers.

Kona Coffee Farmers, ABC Stores Settle Labeling Lawsuit For $12 Million Civil Beat

Kona Coffee Farmers, ABC Stores Settle Labeling Lawsuit For $12 Million

The settlement this week follows 12 others over misleading labelling of Kona coffee.

The Untimely Death Of Key Hawaii Ag Official Could Set Back Projects Photo Courtesy: ADC

The Untimely Death Of Key Hawaii Ag Official Could Set Back Projects

State officials and stakeholders have suddenly found themselves asking who will carry on the work of the late James Nakatani.

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.

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.

Lawmakers Consider Higher Bar For Labeling Hawaii Coffee David Croxford/Civil Beat/2022

Lawmakers Consider Higher Bar For Labeling Hawaii Coffee

A bill upping the percentage of coffee beans that needs to come from Hawaii to be labeled as such got pushback from some coffee retailers.

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.”