David Croxford/Civil Beat/2025
Will Bailey: A Quiet Redesign Helped Hawaiʻi Farms Get Past The Paperwork
The system wasn’t broken. It was built for someone else.
City and County of Honolulu photo
Kirstin Downey: Food Shortages In Hawaiʻi? A Lesson From World War I
A nearly forgotten piece of Hawaiʻi history can help us in the debate over how to keep our food supply flowing to the islands.
Courtesy: Uki family
Makana Eyre: Kalihi Noodle Company Spreads Its Ramen Worldwide
Hidehito Uki started Sun Noodle in Honolulu on a shoestring more than 40 years ago.
Patti Epler/Civil Beat/2025
Makana Eyre: They May Call It Poke, But It Doesn’t Come Close To Ours
A traditional Hawaiian dish has been appropriated around the world, but in name only.
Catherine Toth Fox/Civil Beat/2023
Kirstin Downey: 6 Land Conservation Projects Win Approval For State Funds
The money is part of the state’s decades-old Legacy Land Conservation Program.
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.
Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2022
AgTech Is Hawaii’s Ticket To Diversification
Our farmers need better tools to make agriculture an industry that is financially realistic.
Kalany Omengkar/Civil Beat/2021
5 Ways To Help Hawaii Farmers In 2022
If Hawaii wants more affordable local food it needs to make a more serious investment in farmers today.
Courtesy: Hawaii Cattlemenʻs Council
The Need To Move Hawaii Ag Lands Out From DLNR And Into The Ag Department
The requirement to transfer leased agricultural and pasture lands to the Department of Agriculture has been in place for decades. The state needs to finally do just that.
State Government Should Be Doing Its Part By Buying Local
The state is the single-largest purchaser of food in Hawaii. How it directs its dollars has a huge impact.