Agriculture

Maui Land & Pineapple Company has planted 25 acres of its upcountry land with agave in a new venture to produce spirits.

Kāwika Lewis and his ʻohana are the land stewards at ʻĀina University, which perpetuates traditional cultural practices, aiming to bring the ahupuaʻa system back. HPR's Hannah Kaʻiulani Coburn has more.

Another segment of the Honolulu Skyline opens to the public next week; Author Russell Fielding traces the global history of breadfruit

For more than 100 Hawaiian Homes beneficiaries on Maui, a decades-long wait is over. HPR’s Catherine Cluett Pactol reports on the first Department of Hawaiian Homelands’ agricultural lease awards in more than 20 years.

The map was made as part of a collaboration between the University of Hawaiʻi and the U.S. Department of Agriculture, which provided $270,000 for the project. Researchers used Google Earth Engine and Google’s DeepMind, an artificial intelligence system, to do the work.

Claire Sullivan, CEO of Farm Link Hawaiʻi, and Bahman Sadeghi, the president of Meadow Gold, spoke to The Conversation's Catherine Cruz about Hawaiʻi's dairy industry.

Farm Link Hawaiʻi's Claire Sullivan on the recent announcement that it will be carrying fresh milk from Hawaiʻi's last dairy farm, Cloverleaf Dairy, on Hawaiʻi Island; Bahman Sadeghi, who bought the Meadow Gold processing plant on Hawaiʻi Island five years ago, discusses the history of Hawaiʻi's dairy business.

Graeme Blair, co-director of the Deportation Data Project, talks about how President Donald Trump's immigration policies are being felt across the country and in Hawaiʻi; Nancy Holman, Kalaupapa National Historical Park superintendent, discusses what to expect as the park reopens for public tours this week

Kaimukī High School teacher Chu Hong advises students in the KHS W.O.R.M.S. Club, where they learn about sustainability, agriculture, and entrepreneurship. The Conversation's Laura Dux has more.

University of Hawaiʻi climate scientist Matthew Widlansky develops a new AI tool to help researchers explore complex data; Kaimuki High School teacher Chu Hong shares what her students are cultivating in WORMS club