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Lettuce Joins Short List Of Local Ingredients Served In Public Schools

Lettuce Joins Short List Of Local Ingredients Served In Public Schools

May 6, 2022 (Civil Beat) by Brittany Lyte "Local lettuce will augment the short list of Hawaii-grown food products incorporated into...public schools next year."
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7 Farm-Friendly Bills in the 2022 Legislature

7 Farm-Friendly Bills in the 2022 Legislature

Policy plays an important role in shaping our food systems & your voice can help shape Hawaiʻi’s current policies. Learn about our 2022 priority bills here. 

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Waipahu Teachers Partner With Chef Hui To Extend High School Food Drive

Waipahu Teachers Partner With Chef Hui To Extend High School Food Drive

In April 2020, eight teachers from Waipahu High School joined forces with Chef Hui to further their mission of feeding those in need during the pandemic.
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Hawaii Schools Are Buying Less Local Food During The Pandemic

Hawaii Schools Are Buying Less Local Food During The Pandemic

December 19, 2021 (Civil Beat) Despite new legislation requiring public schools to serve student meals with more local ingredients, advocates say they are frustrated by a regression in local food initiatives.
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Mending Hawaii’s Lack of Food Security Through Breadfruit

Mending Hawaii’s Lack of Food Security Through Breadfruit

DEC 10, 2021 (Modern Farmer) Hawai'i ‘Ulu Cooperative is investing in the nutritious indigenous crop as one way to address the islands’ broken food system.
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Honolulu Civil Beat’s IDEAS Live: Food and DA BUX with Jesse Cook, Dana Shapiro & Kristin Frost Albrecht

Honolulu Civil Beat’s IDEAS Live: Food and DA BUX with Jesse Cook, Dana Shapiro & Kristin Frost Albrecht

Co-op manager Dana Shapiro joined IDEAS Live with Kristin Frost Albrecht of The Food Basket & Jesse Cooke of Ulupono Initiative to discuss DA BUX Double Up Food Bucks.
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Kamehameha Schools to invest $10M in Hawaii food systems

Kamehameha Schools to invest $10M in Hawaii food systems

November 24, 2021 (bizjournals.com) Kamehameha Schools has created a new $10 million Food Systems Fund. $300,000 has gone in an investment to the Hawaii Ulu Cooperative to scale its business operations.
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‘Ulu for all: Co-op closer to expanding operations

October 20, 2021 (West Hawaiʻi Today) by Laura Ruminski The Hawaii ‘Ulu Cooperative is one step closer to expanding operations that will increase production 10-fold at the Honalo facility.The co-op,...
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Can ʻUlu Help Save Us?

Can ʻUlu Help Save Us?

October 12, 2021 (FLUX Magazine) by Jackie Oshirio "When we see parallels between the events portrayed in moʻolelo and Hawaiʻi’s modern-day issues, it may be wise to listen to what the...
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