Agriculture

Hawaiʻi Launches New Online Data Portal About Invasive Species Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2023

Hawaiʻi Launches New Online Data Portal About Invasive Species

Lawmakers called on the agriculture department to create the dashboard so the public can keep an eye on what it’s doing to stem the spread of pests.

Hawai‘i Farmers Are Investing In Tech To Protect Property And Livestock Thomas Heaton/Civil Beat/2025

Hawai‘i Farmers Are Investing In Tech To Protect Property And Livestock

Local farmers and ranchers are eager to invest more in technological solutions to their real world problems, according to U.S. Department of Agriculture data.

More Hawaiʻi Residents Are Going Hungry, New Statewide Report Shows Ronen Zilberman/Civil Beat/2020

More Hawaiʻi Residents Are Going Hungry, New Statewide Report Shows

The report was produced at a time when food security was bad in Hawaiʻi. But now, advocates say, it’s even worse.

Young Brothers Wins 25% Rate Hike But Faces Stricter Oversight Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2018

Young Brothers Wins 25% Rate Hike But Faces Stricter Oversight

The increase is expected to generate an extra $26 million in revenue, which the interisland barge service says will still leave it operating at a loss next year.

This Hawaiian Fishpond Is Nearly Restored. All That’s Missing Is Fresh Water Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2025

This Hawaiian Fishpond Is Nearly Restored. All That’s Missing Is Fresh Water

The Heʻeia Fishpond relies on fresh water to create the right conditions to raise fish for the community, but the stream that feeds into it was diverted 85 years ago.

Another Destructive Beetle Is Spreading, Killing Hawaiʻi’s Trees Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2025

Another Destructive Beetle Is Spreading, Killing Hawaiʻi’s Trees

Big Island farmers want the state to tackle the Queensland longhorn beetle before it spreads to the rest of the state and wreaks havoc like the coconut rhinoceros beetle.

A Deep Well May Bring Kunia Village’s Toxic Water Legacy To An End Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2025

A Deep Well May Bring Kunia Village’s Toxic Water Legacy To An End

The former Del Monte pineapple plantation camp’s water sources have been tainted by forever chemicals and crop fumigants.

Data Dive: Farmworkers Earn Well Over Minimum Wage But Not Enough For Hawai‘i Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2025

Data Dive: Farmworkers Earn Well Over Minimum Wage But Not Enough For Hawai‘i

Farm and ranch workers made almost $22 an hour on average last year but still fell just below the state’s survival wage.

Hawai‘i Food Banks And Farmers Are In ‘Real Trouble’ With Federal Cuts Ronen Zilberman/Civil Beat/2020

Hawai‘i Food Banks And Farmers Are In ‘Real Trouble’ With Federal Cuts

Funding for food stamp programs and food banks are under threat, grants to boost farming have been slashed and, now, the state might step up to help.

Hawaiʻi DOE Wants Another $30M For A Facility That Hasn’t Been Built Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2025

Hawaiʻi DOE Wants Another $30M For A Facility That Hasn’t Been Built

The Department of Education is pinning its local food buying goals on a central facility, and the budget is getting bigger and bigger.