Food

Economic group Groundwork Collaborative reports on the rising price of Halloween candy and why it continues to climb.

Diamond Bakery, a staple in pantries across the Hawaiian Islands, marks its 105th birthday with a community celebration.

Question 1 on Oʻahu's ballot this year will ask voters if they're for or against establishing a new Special Fund that would dedicate 0.5% of real property tax revenue to a Food Security Fund.

HPR heads to Waialua to meet Jourdan Simmonds, a food truck owner keeping the manapua man tradition alive.

With travel prices rising and tourism numbers falling, Omnitrak President Chris Kam tracks the state of Hawaiʻi’s visitor industry; HPR heads to Waialua to meet Jordan Simmons — a modern-day Manapua man.

The state could receive up to $45 million in a new settlement with the Monsanto Company and its affiliates for making and selling polychlorinated biphenyls, chemicals that have leaked into and contaminated Hawaiʻi’s natural resources.

Through a partnership with the Hawaiʻi Island Community Health Center and the Food Basket, the initiative provided 25 patients with weekly food boxes that are completely locally sourced to measure how regular access to healthy, local foods would impact their overall health.

Mānoa Chocolate founder Dylan Butterbaugh shares how his business has fared with this year’s storms and tourism decline.

There's an increasing demand in Hawaiʻi for ʻulu, also known as breadfruit — resulting from years of public awareness campaigns and buy-in from many in the state.

Kaʻala Souza talks about his organization, Māpunawai, and its goal to promote digital literacy across the state; HPR ponders the popularity of POG that’s propagating across the Pacific.