David Croxford/Civil Beat/2024
Carol Okada had been sidelined at the Department of Agriculture because of personality clashes and her relationship with nurseries.
Nathan Eagle/Civil Beat/2023
The voter-created department officially launched in mid-2022 to increase food production across the county.
David Croxford/Civil Beat/2023
The interim rule has been signed by the Department of Agriculture in a bid to curb the spread of the stinging ants on Oahu.
Nick Grube/Civil Beat/2014
The Department of Education has been planning to build a "mega kitchen" that would eventually go to the Agribusiness Development Corp. But it has yet to pay the security deposit.
Courtesy: Kohala Ditch Co-Op/2006
The Kohala Ditch was built in the early 1900s to water sugarcane fields, then it fed ranches and small farmers' operations. But it has languished since breaking in 2021.
Kuʻu Kauanoe/Civil Beat/2020
The U.S. Department of Agriculture census paints a sorry picture for Hawaii's goals of increasing food production.
Courtesy: Blue Ocean Mariculture
The state has significant potential for tropical aquaculture production but the industry needs more investment and less bureaucratic red tape.
Honolulu Department of Parks and Recreation
There are more than 600 people on the waiting list to get a plot at one of the city’s community gardens.
Thomas Heaton/Civil Beat/2024
An innovative recycling plant also hopes to provide a process to turn invasive weeds and grasses into something more useful.
Courtesy: Peter Savio Realty
The Legislature is poised to pay the settlement along with dozens of others totaling more than $13 million.
