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For the first time since the pandemic shutdown, key players in our food network will gather at a conference to reflect on our response to the COVID shutdown because our vulnerabilities — our food insecurities — were exposed.

COVID-19 emergency payments for food assistance will be extended through the middle of November. Governor David Ige has signed an emergency proclamation that lengthens the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program's disaster emergency relief period.

The nonprofit Waipā Foundation began hosting an annual “Makana Waipā: Eat the Invasives” in 2017. But it was canceled for the past two years due to the pandemic. It returns this weekend. HPR's Jayna Omaye has more.

A former HPR producer now living in London shares the mood of the city as mourning for Queen Elizabeth II draws to a close; the Healthcare Association of Hawaii addresses the shutdown of an air ambulance company and Hawaiʻi's healthcare worker shortage; HPR reporter Casey Harlow talks to Honolulu's new DPP director; and Seabury Hall's creative arts center turns 10

A former HPR producer living in London shares the mood of the city as mourning for Queen Elizabeth II draws to a close; Healthcare Association of Hawaii addresses the shutdown of an air ambulance company and Hawaiʻi's health care worker shortage; HPR reporter Casey Harlow talks to Honolulu's new DPP director; and Seabury Hall's creative arts center turns 10

Researchers from the School of Travel Industry Management at UH Mānoa asked visitors about their willingness to pay more for locally-grown ingredients at a restaurant or hotel dining room.

Hawaiʻi’s first Chick-fil-A restaurant opened Thursday in Kahului on Maui. The company says it plans on opening several locations across the state in the next five years.

Food inflation is hitting the prices of everything from fresh fruits and vegetables to meat. It’s also affecting the price of instant noodles — especially in the Asia Pacific. HPR’s Bill Dorman has an update on that story in this Asia Minute.

Papua New Guinea’s prime minister has announced his cabinet. And the positions include two that are believed to be the world’s first – ministers for coffee and palm oil. With the Pacific News Minute, HPR’s Derrick Malama reports.

A statistic most people in Hawaiʻi know is that 85% to 90% of our food is imported. To help Hawaiʻi families shake their dependence on imported staples like rice, the Hawaiʻi ʻUlu Cooperative is working to provide recipe-ready packs of locally grown staples like ‘ulu or breadfruit. HPR's Kuʻuwehi Hiraishi has more.