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Small Farmers Are Finding Innovative Ways To Get Their Food To Market

Small Farmers Are Finding Innovative Ways To Get Their Food To Market

May 24, 2022 (Civil Beat)  Shop local, support small farmers, double food production by 2030 – the messaging around increasing Hawai‘i’s self-sufficiency in food sounds strong. But the obstacles in...
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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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Ahava ʻAina to Host Passover Seder in Hilo

Ahava ʻAina to Host Passover Seder in Hilo

April 17, 2022 (Big Island Now) Ahava ‘Aina invites everyone to come together and celebrate not only Passover, but the journey to a new future. The nonprofit, on a mission...
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Empowered Hawaiʻi: Sprouting New Solutions

Empowered Hawaiʻi: Sprouting New Solutions

May 24, 2022 (KHON2) Despite Hawaiʻi’s long history of self-sufficiency, 90% of what we eat today comes by boat or plane. On this episode of Empowered, we’ll explore how local...
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How community cardboard shredding in Hawaiʻi is helping residents, businesses and the environment

How community cardboard shredding in Hawaiʻi is helping residents, businesses and the environment

March 24, 2022 (World Economic Forum) In Hawaii, while some cardboard inevitably ends up in overstuffed landfills, most cardboard is packaged and sent thousands of miles to Asia due to a lack...
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Elemental Excelerator opens applications for eleventh cohort

Elemental Excelerator opens applications for eleventh cohort

March 8, 2022 (Pacific Inno) Project funding for Elemental's programming has increased to $600,000 to include $100,000 for community partner engagement, and a preference toward projects deployed in Hawaiʻi and...
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Tipping the scales at 50 pounds, this Kona-grown kalo might set a new world record

Tipping the scales at 50 pounds, this Kona-grown kalo might set a new world record

March 2, 2022 (Hawaiʻi News Now) Big Island farmer Clarence Medeiros has grown taro for 50 years. At his Aina Ahiu farm in Kona, he consistently harvests big kalo from the...
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Hawaiʻi Entrepreneur Awards 2022: Lauren Nahme and Kāʻeo Duarte Kamehameha Schools

Hawaiʻi Entrepreneur Awards 2022: Lauren Nahme and Kāʻeo Duarte Kamehameha Schools

March 1, 2022 (Hawai‘i Business) Kamehameha Schools, the state’s largest private landowner, established the $10 million Hawai‘i Food Systems Fund in November as part of a “holistic approach” to aligning its...
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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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