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Farmers Wanted: Hawai‘i Tries To Fix Its Unique ‘Ulu Problem Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2026

Farmers Wanted: Hawai‘i Tries To Fix Its Unique ‘Ulu Problem

Breadfruit advocates from around the Pacific and farther afield are all trying to iron out supply chain issues to get more people eating — and growing — the canoe crop.

Hawaiʻi Must Reframe Its Food Priorities (Thomas Heaton/Civil Beat/2026)

Hawaiʻi Must Reframe Its Food Priorities

Growing more local crops is not enough. As climate risks mount, we need an integrated system of planning and investment in the foods that sustain us.

ʻUlu On The Up: Hawaiʻi Breadfruit Production Keeps Booming Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2025

ʻUlu On The Up: Hawaiʻi Breadfruit Production Keeps Booming

This year’s stormy weather might drive a dip in production. But if longer-term forecasts are accurate, breadfruit could get closer to resuming its status as a Hawaiian staple.

Hawaiʻi Ag Leaders Planned To Oust Official Despite Public Praise Thomas Heaton/Civil Beat/2024

Hawaiʻi Ag Leaders Planned To Oust Official Despite Public Praise

Agribusiness Development Corp. Executive Director Wendy Gady resigned days after the agency’s board celebrated progress.

Olin Lagon: The Government Decided This Food Was Dirty (Courtesy: Olin Lagon)

Olin Lagon: The Government Decided This Food Was Dirty

After a cholera outbreak, it took 100 years to make it legal to sell unregulated and hand-pounded kalo again.

Honolulu And Dole Sued By Residents Over Negligence In Kona Low Floods Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2026

Honolulu And Dole Sued By Residents Over Negligence In Kona Low Floods

They allege an unkempt stream and inadequate drainage from Lake Wilson caused the flooding of their homes.

Hawaiʻi Ranchers Welcome Rain But Endure Weather Whiplash (Thomas Heaton/Civil Beat/2026)

Hawaiʻi Ranchers Welcome Rain But Endure Weather Whiplash

Broken fences, destroyed roads, new gulches, dead cattle and lost land may soon be the price to pay for greener grass as climate change aggravates extreme weather events.

‘Locked Out’: 30-Year Maui Water Lease Back On The Table For Private Company

‘Locked Out’: 30-Year Maui Water Lease Back On The Table For Private Company

As the Board of Land and Natural Resources meets to vote on the lease for Mahi Pono, water advocates bemoan the lost opportunity for county management.

Federal Government Abruptly Cut These Hawaiʻi Markets From Food Stamps Program (Screenshot/2023)

Federal Government Abruptly Cut These Hawaiʻi Markets From Food Stamps Program

USDA moves leave customers who use SNAP with less access to food, and mean that stores can’t buy as much product from the local farmers who supply them.

As Flood Aid Trickles Out For North Shore, Southeast Asian Farmers Are Left Behind Thomas Heaton/Civil Beat/2026

As Flood Aid Trickles Out For North Shore, Southeast Asian Farmers Are Left Behind

For some Thai and Laotian farmers, language barriers and immigration status stand in the way of seeking help they need after the Kona lows.