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.
The aquaculture park pumps in ocean water from different depths, allowing innovators to work with both cold and warm water species.
The Army Natural Resources Program has nearly 22.5 million specimens in its seed bank and replants about 2,000 endangered plants each year.
The organizations that sell produce directly to consumers have enjoyed dramatic increases in demand during the pandemic. Much of their produce came from farmers whose sales to restaurants declined.
The company’s new owner plans to expand its dairy products and juices while adding a line of soy milk and other plant-based beverages – all with local ingredients.
Homegrown in Hawai‘i, these noodles are a work of art.
Kupu used stimulus money to protect the ‘āina and provide new opportunities for hundreds of people. Part 9 of a series of stories about resilience during the pandemic.
Five-year-old Makamae perches on Shari Nishikawa’s protected arm at the Honolulu Zoo.
Fires burned more than 30,000 acres of forest and brushland in both 2018 and 2019 – far more than any other year in more than a decade.
Gerry Kaho‘okano used to Tahitian dance with John (Leong, CEO of Pono Pacific Land Management) and he needed help. So he went to work for him as a field laborer.
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