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PODCAST: This Kauai Nonprofit Has A Plan For Creating More Demand For Local Food Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2020

PODCAST: This Kauai Nonprofit Has A Plan For Creating More Demand For Local Food

The state’s agriculture park program was set up with the agriculture economy, not local food, in mind. But one nonprofit is flipping that around.

Hawaii Farmers Need Land. State Efforts To Help Aren鈥檛 Working Ku驶u Kauanoe/Civil Beat/2021

Hawaii Farmers Need Land. State Efforts To Help Aren鈥檛 Working

Providing small farmers land is key to producing more local food, but the state’s go-to model isn’t moving the needle.

Hawaii Farmers Need Better Data To Make Decisions Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2015

Hawaii Farmers Need Better Data To Make Decisions

Several market analysis programs have been discontinued in the past decade, including monthly reports on Hawaii produce like bananas and papayas.

Beefing Over Control Of Hawaii’s Meat Processing Industry Claire Caulfield/Civil Beat/2021

Beefing Over Control Of Hawaii’s Meat Processing Industry

A bill scheduled to be heard Wednesday targets an investor who has gained control of 70% of Hawaii’s meat processing capacity.

These 2 Companies Are Putting Big Money Into Hawaii’s Agricultural Future. Will Their Bets Pay Off? Courtesy: Mahi Pono

These 2 Companies Are Putting Big Money Into Hawaii’s Agricultural Future. Will Their Bets Pay Off?

A pair of companies backed by a billionaire and a pension fund are trying to revitalize fallow farmland in the state.

Embattled Agribusiness Corporation Has Powerful Friends Ku驶u Kauanoe/Civil Beat/2021

Embattled Agribusiness Corporation Has Powerful Friends

Lawmakers plan to vote next week on a measure to dissolve the Agribusiness Development Corp.

Lawmakers Must Fix The Agribusiness Development Corporation Office of the Auditor

Lawmakers Must Fix The Agribusiness Development Corporation

Two new reports reveal that the government agency has failed miserably in its critical mission to diversify ag.

PODCAST: What Will It Take For Hawaii To Grow More Of Its Own Food? Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2021

PODCAST: What Will It Take For Hawaii To Grow More Of Its Own Food?

Government funding, private investment or returning to traditional knowledge: which path will help Hawaii reduce its reliance on imported food?

Activists Rally At Capitol To Support Local Farmers Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2021

Activists Rally At Capitol To Support Local Farmers

Participants handed out taro cuttings and called on lawmakers to invest in agriculture.

DLNR Has Transferred More Than 19,000 Acres To Use For Agriculture Cory Lum/Civil Beat

DLNR Has Transferred More Than 19,000 Acres To Use For Agriculture

The Legislature ordered the transfers in the early 2000s to help boost ag production.