Some local companies – including the state’s biggest seller of macadamias – use foreign nuts in some of their products. Local growers and companies that sell only Hawai‘i-grown nuts want a label-of-origin law with added teeth, not the limited version that takes effect Jan. 1.
Pu‘unēnē Mill on Maui was bought by Nan Inc., though much of it may be demolished.
Paepae o He‘eia has spent decades removing mangroves and rebuilding the fishpond wall. The nonprofit is now gearing up to start sustainable fish production.
The new Wahiawā Value-Added Product Development Center rents equipment and space for small businesses to ramp up production.
Hawai‘i organizations were awarded $42.6 million in federal funds to expand the urban tree canopy. Some neighborhoods need it more than others.
At Malolo Farm in Kula, Ali Minney and her family have supplied florists with the winter-blooming flowers for decades.
Innovations such as data sensors, drones and controlled environments make farming easier, more productive and more profitable.
Mālama Kaua‘i’s network increased sales by almost 6% in a year, with one farmer reaching six figures.
The auction at Pier 38 sells up to 90,000 pounds of fish a day and is a key part of the state’s biggest food-producing industry.
