Food

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.

The Food Basket and Hawaiʻi County’s Department of Research and Development announced a $500,000 grant program to fight the island’s food insecurity issue.

The annual Daniel K. Akaka ALA Hawaii Food Show is a gateway for local businesses to sell their products in military commissaries and exchanges. We get more on that story from Pacific Business News Editor in Chief Janis Magin.

The state Department of Education has updated its school breakfast and lunch menus to feature more locally sourced foods in public school meals.

Opening a restaurant in Hawaiʻi is an expensive proposition. Rents are high, and so are labor costs. Permitting can drive those costs even higher. The state and the counties are both starting to reform the permitting process. We get more on that story from Pacific Business News Editor-in-Chief Janis Magin.

The purpose of the network is to allow local entrepreneurs to capitalize on “made in Hawaiʻi” branding by supporting the production of value-added products, like ʻulu chips or poi with a longer shelf life.

The nonprofit held its largest yearly event Saturday at six sites across Oʻahu during what the organization has called a “critical” time — referring to the growing cost of living in Hawaiʻi, and unprecedented federal cuts in food and medical programs meant for low-income households.

Leeward Community College is showcasing a machine that can preserve food without heat or preservatives. HPR’s Mark Ladao reports on how it works, and how it can benefit local food production.

On Wednesday, the University of Hawaiʻi’s College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resilience unveiled the new green onion variety and allowed attendees to harvest the plants.

A popular Vietnamese restaurant is set to open its new location in Honolulu's Kaimukī neighborhood next month. HPR's Cassie Ordonio spoke to the owner of The Pig and the Lady about his bittersweet goodbye to Chinatown.