Agriculture

Hawaii Farmers Unite For More Ag Agency Funding Thomas Heaton/Civil Beat/2024

Hawaii Farmers Unite For More Ag Agency Funding

The Hawaii Farmers Union outlined its priorities for next year during its annual convention.

Coconut Rhinoceros Beetles Deal Fatal Blow To Hawaii Palm Trees Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2022

Coconut Rhinoceros Beetles Deal Fatal Blow To Hawaii Palm Trees

Dozens of infested coconut trees have been marked for removal on Oahu’s North Shore. Will they be replaced?

UH Starts Raising Marine Animals In Manoa To Grow Hawaii’s Aquaculture Industry Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2024

UH Starts Raising Marine Animals In Manoa To Grow Hawaii’s Aquaculture Industry

A new facility researches how to make sea creatures more resilient in Native Hawaiian fishponds.

Hawaii Has Gone Down Under For Invasive Species Advice – Again (Courtesy: Jo Moore/NZ MPI/2024)

Hawaii Has Gone Down Under For Invasive Species Advice – Again

Lawmakers and state workers returned from a five-day tour of New Zealand’s biosecurity facilities armed with lessons on strengthening Hawaii’s defense against beetles and ants.

Hawaii’s Last Dairy Is Under Fire For Allegedly Violating Environmental Law Courtesy: Bahman Saghedi/2024

Hawaii’s Last Dairy Is Under Fire For Allegedly Violating Environmental Law

The Center for Food Safety says that Cloverleaf Dairy on the Big Island has been knowingly polluting the ocean with animal and milk waste for years.

Naka Nathaniel: Hawaii’s Ag System Needs An Overhaul To Promote Food Independence (Naka Nathaniel/Civil Beat 2024

Naka Nathaniel: Hawaii’s Ag System Needs An Overhaul To Promote Food Independence

The state has evolved from a plantation system into another extractive economy: Tourism and luxury homes.

Naka Nathaniel: The Voyage To Becoming The Breadbasket Of The Pacific Jonathan Salvador photo/2024

Naka Nathaniel: The Voyage To Becoming The Breadbasket Of The Pacific

Our Hawaii island sailors have demonstrated food sovereignty is possible.

This Mililani Company Packages Salt From The Mainland And Sells It As Hawaiian. Is That Cheating? Stewart Yerton/Civil Beat/2024

This Mililani Company Packages Salt From The Mainland And Sells It As Hawaiian. Is That Cheating?

Hawaii’s commercial salt producers say bulk salt shipped in from elsewhere and sold as ‘Made in Hawaii’ is hurting their business.

Maui Wildfires Smoldered Underground, Threatening Water For Agriculture Cammy Clark/Civil Beat/2024

Maui Wildfires Smoldered Underground, Threatening Water For Agriculture

Wildfires don’t just burn farmland. They can contaminate the water farmers use to irrigate crops and support livestock.

Naka Nathaniel: Hawaii Needs More Young Farmers David Croxford/Civil Beat/2023

Naka Nathaniel: Hawaii Needs More Young Farmers

My son’s garden was raided by wild pigs, but it wasn’t enough to squelch his farming ambitions. We should encourage young people to help create food security.