Maui County has gotten tough with illegal vacation rentals. Aware of the growing number of illegal rentals intruding into residential and agricultural areas, the county Planning Department began aggressively enforcing zoning laws in early 2007 and shut down a number of operators. Deputy Planning Director Ann Cua said the department gave illegal operators a...
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A One of a Kind Experience: The Grown on Maui Bus Tour
This tour will start at the University of Hawaii Maui Campus Culinary Academy for a “Behind the Scenes Tour” of the State of the Art facility and continental breakfast of locally sourced products. Once you’ve satisfied your appetite the tour will continue to the Hali’imaile Pineapple Company, where the staff shares a brief history...
Continue readingKauai may allow agriculture land vacation rentals By Associated Press
LIHUE>> A Kauai County Council bill that would legalize hundreds of existing vacation rentals on agricultural lands is gaining ground. The new bill received a county Planning Commission stamp of approval in April. It sailed through a first hearing at the county council last month. The bill proposed by Councilman Tim Bynum would give...
Continue readingWithering loans – Hawaii Business – Starbulletin.com
Hawaii farmers find that loans are fewer, smaller and more difficult to obtain in this economic slump By Allison Schaefers POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Aug 23, 2009 Wall Street is as far as you can get from the 8-acre Steelgrass Farm in Kauai where the main attraction is chocolate, but the trickle-down impacts have...
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Here is the PDF file for the *Hawaii Ag-Tourism* Report. agtour012808.pdf Please visit the website for more information: http://www.nass.usda.gov/hi/ ————————————————————- Contact Information: Mark E. Hudson, Director USDA NASS Hawaii Field Office 1421 South King Street Honolulu, HI 96814-2512 Office: (808) 973-9588 / (800) 804-9514 Fax: (808) 973-2909 ————————————————————- Hawaii?s ag-tourism valued at $38.8 million...
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Just a reminder, the AgTourism Association meeting will have a polycom linkup from the Kahului Extension office.? You are all invited to attend if you’re interested in this.? I have heard from a couple of people who are interested. I’m sending what I was sent via email, below.? You don’t have to respond to...
Continue readingHawaii’s ag-tourism valued at $33.9 million in 2003
Hawaii Agricultural StatisticsFact finding for agriculture HAWAII DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTUREU.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE1428 S. KING STREETHONOLULU, HI 96814-2512(808) 973-9588FAX: (808) 973-2909 Hawaii Ag-Tourism Released: October 18, 2004 Hawaii’s ag-tourism valued at $33.9 million in 2003 The value of Hawaii’s ag-tourism related activities (see definition below) is pegged at $33.9 million for 2003, up 30...
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