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Honolulu Homeowners Turn To Goats, Sheep To Mow Yard Ahead Of Fire Season Thomas Heaton/Civil Beat/2026

Honolulu Homeowners Turn To Goats, Sheep To Mow Yard Ahead Of Fire Season

Flocks of livestock are not a typical city sight. But with wildfire season looming, they’re becoming an increasingly attractive prevention measure.

Beginner Farmers Need Look No Further Than West Kauaʻi Noelle Fujii-Oride/Civil Beat/2026

Beginner Farmers Need Look No Further Than West Kauaʻi

Few instructional opportunities exist for Kaua‘i residents to get into commercial farming, and this program connects participants to a ready market. 

One Of Hawaiʻi’s Most Lucrative Crops Might Surprise You Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2026

One Of Hawaiʻi’s Most Lucrative Crops Might Surprise You

Millions of pounds of Hawaiʻi-grown basil are exported to Canada and the U.S. mainland. The herb is now more profitable than some of the state’s most iconic crops.

Oʻahu’s North Shore: Where The Buffalo Roam? Courtesy of Ian Nelson/2018

Oʻahu’s North Shore: Where The Buffalo Roam?

If the state Board of Agriculture and Biosecurity approves, American bison from Montana will soon be on a plane to Hawaiʻi.

Honolulu’s Right To Food, A Trailblazing Proposal, Faces The Axe Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2025

Honolulu’s Right To Food, A Trailblazing Proposal, Faces The Axe

More than a dozen groups are calling on the Honolulu Charter Commission to disregard recommendations to kill a proposal to make food an inalienable right.

How To Stop Your North Shore Farm From Flooding? Move, Developer Says David Croxford/Civil Beat/2023

How To Stop Your North Shore Farm From Flooding? Move, Developer Says

Waialua farmers were flooded again last weekend, the fifth time since February. A local developer says it’s time to look for new land, but for many that’s unfathomable.

Wahiawā Dam Takeover: State Signs Off On Acquisition Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2024

Wahiawā Dam Takeover: State Signs Off On Acquisition

The state is one step closer to acquiring the dam, which has a price tag for repairs in excess of $60 million.

Palm-Killing Beetle Found On Molokaʻi For First Time, Rediscovered On Maui Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2024

Palm-Killing Beetle Found On Molokaʻi For First Time, Rediscovered On Maui

The beetle has become emblematic of the state’s decades-long struggle to contain and mitigate the impacts of invasive species throughout the islands.

Toxic Mud? North Shore Flooding Likely Diluted Pesticide Risk Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2026

Toxic Mud? North Shore Flooding Likely Diluted Pesticide Risk

Residents are worried the mess they are wading through is contaminated by chemicals sprayed on farms upstream. Test results are pending.

Neglected North Shore Plantation Waterways Fueled Damaging Floods Satellite image ©2026 Vantor

Neglected North Shore Plantation Waterways Fueled Damaging Floods

Sugar and pineapple acreage was sold off over the years, divided into hundreds of smaller plots for farming and housing. After the deluge, everyone is pointing fingers.