Farming

Vince Kimura, of Leeward Community College’s Future Harvest, talks about an upcoming five-week program to foster career skills for farmers.

Vince Kimura, of Leeward Community College’s Future Harvest, talks about a new program to foster career skills for farmers; HPR’s Audrey McAvoy reports on a general election ballot that could address Hawaiʻi’s housing shortage.

The 2025-2030 Food & Nutrition Security Plan establishes direct, tangible guidelines to ensure that all residents across Maui, Molokaʻi and Lānaʻi have access to affordable, nutritious and culturally appropriate food.

About 1.08 million eggs from Hickman’s Family Farms in Arizona will be distributed to communities across Hawaiʻi over the next two months as a result of a civil lawsuit against artificial price inflation by the farms earlier this year.

Hurricane Lala's impacts on macadamia nut farmers in Hawaiʻi come after years of compounding issues.

Dozens of local producers across the state have reported more than $3 million in losses from Hurricane Lala.

The Honolulu City Council is making significant changes to its LUO through Bill 64, and last week it tackled proposed changes to farming. Those will likely impact housing on farms, raising livestock, beekeeping, agritourism and many other facets of farming operations.

Joe McGinn, an Oʻahu farmer and farming instructor, says he’s recently seen an increase in the theft of ʻulu, or breadfruit. He spoke to The Conversation about why he thinks thieves specifically target the fruit, and how increased community agricultural efforts could help eliminate the need for stealing.

Researchers say Hawaiʻi has the potential to support a domestic garlic production industry despite climate challenges and import competition from the U.S. mainland.

The Windward O‘ahu farmers market was most recently located in the parking lot of Pali Lanes but it closed last month after property owner Alexander & Baldwin did not renew the lease with the bowling alley.