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Despite new legislation requiring public schools to serve student meals with more local ingredients, advocates say they are frustrated by a regression in local food initiatives.

Mounting fines may not mean much to their business, but seed companies might find themselves under more public pressure after pleading guilty to 30 environmental crimes last week.

Hawaii’s products topped more than 200 other entrants at the international Cocoa of Excellence Awards on Tuesday evening.

Cacao has been in Hawaii for at least 190 years, but it’s only been in the last few decades that people are getting interested in making chocolate locally. Agrotourism may hold the answer for future growth.

The avocado lace bug has burst onto orchards, causing reduced yields, smaller fruit size and an increase in blemished fruit that can’t be sold.

A collective of statewide food hubs has a plan to get more crops from small farmers to businesses, institutions and families that want locally grown food.

The multimillion-dollar facility is entirely off the grid. But it still needs to figure out how to produce its own feed and may need GMOs to do so.

The plantations that were so profitable in their heyday had the support of generous government incentives. Experts say today’s farmers must build political muscle to win state support.

The Hawaii Land Use Commission must now make tough choices as many landowners say their property isn’t fit for growing much, if anything.

Six researchers published a study that found two new and promising Hawaiian heritage sweet potatoes that could bring millions back to native people.