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Barge shipment delay results in no burgers, pet food
The Garden Island By Sabrina Bodon Burger King ran out of burgers, and Kentucky Fried Chicken ran out of mashed potatoes. These were just some of the effects of a barge shipment delayed due to crew members contracting COVID-19, setting off a small chain reaction on the island. “We are frustrated because we are...
Homesteaders eye dispute between Fevella, Aila
Hawaii Tribune-Herald By JOHN BURNETT “I understand the frustration, because there’s nothing the department has created except controversy.” Keaukaha Community President Patrick Kahawaiolaa was referring to a letter sent Monday by state Sen. Kurt Fevella, the Senate minority leader, to U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland and Interior Secretary Deb Haaland requesting a federal investigation...
Ways and Means Committee visits Kaua‘i
The Garden Island BY Dennis Fujimoto Earlier this month, the state Senate’s Ways and Means Committee visited several sites on Kaua‘i, identifying issues, resource needs and potential solutions to address regional and statewide economic development, develop curriculum and career technical education pathways for a local workforce, analyze efficient space utilization of State facilities, and...
Deer overpopulation eating into Maui ranchers’ resources and profits
KITV4 – Dozens of Maui ranchers and farmers are struggling to stay afloat because of a massive overpopulation of deer. By some estimates, there are about 80,000 axis deer on the island. Ranchers say the animals are eating away resources and profits. Longtime rancher Jerry Thompson of Thompson Ranch has a big problem. “We...
Community Policing Meeting to Address Agricultural Theft in Honomū
Big Island Gazette UPDATE: A community meeting focusing on agricultural theft in the Honomū area scheduled for Monday, August, 9, 2021, from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m., will take place online via Zoom instead of in person at the Honomū Gym as previously announced. The event, hosted by Hawaii County Council Member Heather Kimball, will...
USAJOBS Daily Saved Search Results for Agriculture jobs in Hawaii for 7/28/2021
Program Support Assistant – Department: Department of Agriculture – Agency: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service – Number of Job Opportunities & Location(s): 1 vacancy – Kahului, Hawaii Salary: $36,363.00 to $47,274.00 / PA Series and Grade: GS-0303-5 Open Period: 2021-07-28 to 2021-08-03 Position Information: Permanent – Full-time Who May Apply: Career transition (CTAP,...
Can solar and farming co-exist? Dutch trial hopes to prove a perfect match
Renew Economy by Sophie Vorrath Swedish multinational power company Vattenfall has unveiled plans to carry out a four-year pilot project in the Netherlands, looking at how a specially designed solar farm can be combined with Dutch strip farming practices. The trial was announced by Vattenfall last week, off the back of the news that...
Farmers tackle new threat to island coffee trees
The Garden Island By Scott Yunker The most-destructive disease known to the coffee plant has arrived on Kaua‘i, putting local growers on high alert. Less than one year after the state’s first reported case of coffee leaf rust occurred in Maui, the blight’s presence has now been established on all major Hawaiian islands. Coffee...
To Promote Competition, Deregulate
Project Syndicate by ANNE O. KRUEGER In a sweeping new executive order, US President Joe Biden has called on regulators to push for greater competition across a wide array of sectors and industries. But sometimes regulation itself is a big part of the problem. US President Joe Biden recently issued an executive order calling...
Sweet potato protection! CTAHR team joins nationwide effort
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa CTAHR will use a new grant to study ‘Okinawan’ sweet potato When a virus or virus-like agent infects a vegetatively propagated crop, the negative consequences can go far beyond a disappointing yield, appearance, taste and plant longevity. If the difficult-to-find disease goes undetected inside the propagation material, the problem...
Millennium Investment & Acquisition Co. Inc. Provides Corporate Update
Currently, MILC has invested in operating companies with two areas of focus: 1) Sustainable cultivation of Cannabis in Greenhouses through Millennium Cannabis 2) Sustainable production of Activated Carbon through Millennium Carbon Millennium Cannabis MillCann has identified greenhouse cultivation as the sustainable method for growing cannabis in a cost-effective manner with a lower carbon footprint...
USAJOBS Daily Saved Search Results for Agriculture jobs in Hawaii for 7/26/2021
Customs Entry Officer – Department: Department of Homeland Security – Agency: Customs and Border Protection – Hiring Organization: Office of Field Operations Number of Job Opportunities & Location(s): Many vacancies – Multiple Locations Salary: $43,683.00 to $69,462.00 / PA Series and Grade: GS-1894-7/9 Open Period: 2021-07-26 to 2021-07-30 Position Information: Permanent – Full-time Who...
Congress Is Working To Protect All Legal Cannabis States
GreennEntrepreneur States With Legal Cannabis Are Finding Protection From Congressional Legislators A revised measure has now surfaced to protect all states and tribal programs from federal penalties. This new bill has 15 cosponsors following its bipartisan advocates spreading a letter to develop support this week Yet a Republican who stands in opposition to cannabis...
Charter school receives $48,000 grant for farm-to-school program
Hawaii Tribune-Herald By KELSEY WALLING Connections Public Charter School in Hilo will grow its farm-to-school programs with the help of federal grant. The U.S. Department of Agriculture recently awarded $12 million in Farm to School grants to 176 recipients. Connections Public Charter School and Community Based Education Support Services, the school’s board, received $48,253....
Why Capturing Renewable Natural Gas Has Legs in the Climate Conversation
RealClear Energy By Mike Butler When many people think of renewable energy, they think of modern wind, solar and hydropower resources. When they think of natural gas, they think of it as a traditional, finite source of energy – something that’s used and then gone. But there’s another form of renewable energy that many...
Pesticide Rotation on Onion Thrips and Onion Variety Trial in Bulb and Green Onion Crops Webinar
This free webinar is open to all growers in Hawaii The webinar discussion will cover: Pesticide rotations to control onion thrips: yield and pest pressure Variety trials of green and bulb onions...
House Panel Subpoenas Land Fund, Agriculture Agency
Civil Beat By Blaze Lovell Both agencies were the targets of recent critical examinations by State Auditor Les Kondo. A Hawaii House of Representatives investigation of the Agribusiness Development Corp. and a state land and development fund is starting to ramp up on the heels of audits critical of the two state agencies. On...
Help is on the way: Funding to assist ranchers in battling two-lined spittlebug
West Hawaii Today – By Laura Ruminski – Help is on the way for Big Island ranchers fighting an invasive bug decimating pasture land in North and South Kona. Franny Brewer of the Big Island Invasive Species Committee said the two-lined spittlebug (TLSB) could fit easily on a fingernail, looking innocuous and almost pretty...
Long-awaited water allocation for Molokai homesteads approved
Maui News The state water commission unanimously approved a long-standing request to allocate more than half a million gallons of water per day to supply new and existing uses of Hawaiian homelands on Molokai. The decision will increase the state Department of Hawaiian Home Lands’ Hoolehua Water System pumping allocation to 595,000 gallons per...
USAJOBS Daily Saved Search Results for Agriculture jobs in Hawaii for 7/21/2021
Conservation Planner Department: Department of the Interior Agency:Interior, US Fish and Wildlife Service Number of Job Opportunities & Location(s): Many vacancies – Multiple Locations Salary: $65,056.00 to $112,659.00 / PA Series and Grade: GS-0401-11/12 Open Period: 2021-07-21 to 2021-08-03 Position Information: Permanent – Full-time Who May Apply: Career transition (CTAP, ICTAP, RPL), Competitive service,...
Kula Country prepares for pumpkin season
Maui News Kula Country Farms staffer Tom Koch paints a section of bandstand Thursday while preparing for the upcoming Pumpkin Patch. The popular annual event at the farm on Kula Highway is set to run the month of October. Koch said he didn’t know how many pumpkins are currently growing at the farm other...
Federal judge orders Maui County to get Clean Water Act permit for wastewater injection wells
Star Advertiser – A federal judge has ruled Maui County must get permits to operate injection wells that environmental groups said are polluting the ocean. – Several environmental groups filed a lawsuit in 2012 over the injection wells, saying effluent from the Lahaina Wastewater Reclamation Facility was entering the the ocean and damaging coral...
USAJOBS Employment on Maui for 7/16/2021
Visitor Use Assistant (Fee Collection) GS-0303-05 – Duty Location: Haleakala National Park- 1 vacancy at Kula, 1 vacancy at Kipahulu – Type of appointment: Permanent Full Time – Who may apply: Kula- Open to all US Citizens, ICTAP/CTAP/RPL & veterans Kipahulu – Open to all US Citizens, ICTAP/CTAP/RPL, veterans & Contiguous-to-Area those individuals who...
Sweetpotato Varietal Trial Field Day Enormous Success
For this trial 12 varieties of Sweetpotato were measured for the Marketable Yield and Weevil damaged per variety. The participants of the Field Day provided information on each varieties appearance, taste, and texture - yes, each participant was provided with cooked samples of each variety! This Trial was to help growers make decisions to...
Following critical audit, lawmakers to begin investigation of agribusiness agency
Hawaii News Now By Jolanie Martinez State lawmakers investigating the Agribusiness Development Corporation will have their first meeting Wednesday to establish the rules of its probe. Members hope to follow up on the auditor’s report by requesting documents and even subpoenaing witnesses. An audit found the Agribusiness Development Corporation has done little to diversify...
USAJOBS Daily Saved Search Results for Agriculture jobs in Hawaii for 7/13/2021
Lead Human Resources Specialist (Recruitment & Placement) – Department: Department of Agriculture – Agency: Forest Service – Number of Job Opportunities & Location(s): MANY vacancies – Forest Service Locations, United States Salary: $77,488.00 to $100,739.00 / PA Series and Grade: GS-0201-12 Open Period: 2021-07-13 to 2021-07-19 Position Information: Permanent – Full-time Who May Apply:...
Bovine tuberculosis detected in a cow for the first time in 25 years on Molokai
Star Advertiser – By Star-Advertiser Staff – Bovine tuberculosis, a contagious disease in animals that can infect humans, has been detected in a cow on Molokai for the first time in 25 years, according to the state Department of Agriculture. The DOA said in a news release today that the cow came from a...
Sweetpotato Varietal Trial Field Day
This field day is open to all growers in Maui and will cover: Yield and pest damage of twelve sweetpotato varieties....
2021 Interim Maui Diamondback Moth Pesticide Resistance Management Program
by Rosemary Gutierrez-Coarite and Ronald Mau - Maui Diamondback Moth Pesticide Resistance Management Program, insecticide spray schedule for the second half of the 2021 calendar year. The insecticide spray schedule is from July through December, based on insecticide bioassay results conducted in May, 2021. On Maui, the bioassay test results showed an increased resistance...
Hawaiian ‘Uala Varieties – Online Research Presentation
Hawaiian ‘Uala (Sweet Potato) varieties have not been extensively characterized since E.S. Handy’s archipelago-wide collections from Hawaiian farmers in the early 20th century, and the conservation status of what was likely well over 100 Hawaiian cultivars remains unclear today. A recent study titled Characterizing the Diversity of Hawai‘i Sweet Potatoes published in the Journal...
Hawaii Agriculture News
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Hawaii Agriculture Jobs
- Lecturer, CC (Sustainable Agriculture) - Fall 2024/Spring 2025/Summer 2025Ag Jobs. Hawaii Salary: See Position DescriptionLocation : Maui County, HIJob Type: Part-Time TemporaryJob Number: 2024-00903Department: University of Hawai'i Maui CollegeOpening Date: 04/23/2024Closing Date: 5/2/2024 4:30 PM HawaiiPosition Number:: 2024-00903Description Title: Lecturer, CC... Salary: $salary. Date posted: 04/25/2024
- Kitchen Support Worker - Smoothie (S) Food Production - Kitchen, 19hrs, TBDAg Jobs. Hawaii Students may only have 5 open job applications at a time.Department NameFood Production - KitchenPosition ScopePrepping food for the line.Cleans kitchen surfaces, equipment, walls and floors.Wash pots, pans and other... Salary: $salary. Date posted: 04/25/2024
- Research Assistant - AgronomyAg Jobs. Hawaii, Waimea DescriptionWho We Are and What We Do:At Corteva Agriscience, you will help us grow what's next. No matter your role, you will be part of a team that is building... Salary: $salary. Date posted: 04/22/2024
- Assistant Extension Specialist (Agricultural Economics) (#85336)Ag Jobs. Hawaii, Hilo Location : Hilo, HIJob Type: Full-Time PermanentJob Number: 2024-00755Department: University of Hawai'i at Manoa - College of Tropical Agriculture and Human ResourcesDivision: Natural Resources and Environmental ManagementOpening Date: 03/28/2024Closing Date:... Salary: $salary. Date posted: 04/22/2024
- FOOD SAFETY SPECIALIST I AND II - LIHUE, KAUAIAg Jobs. Hawaii Salary: See Position DescriptionLocation : Island of KauaiJob Type: VariousJob Number: 24-0229Department: HealthOpening Date: 04/20/2024Closing Date: ContinuousRecruitment Information Recruitment Number 24-0229The Department of Health has ONE (1) urgent vacancy located... Salary: $salary. Date posted: 04/22/2024
- FOOD SAFETY SPECIALIST III AND IV - LIHUE, KAUAIAg Jobs. Hawaii Salary: See Position DescriptionLocation : Island of KauaiJob Type: VariousJob Number: 24-0224Department: HealthOpening Date: 04/20/2024Closing Date: ContinuousRecruitment InformationRecruitment Number 24-0224The Department of Health has ONE (1) urgent vacancy located in... Salary: $salary. Date posted: 04/22/2024
- Farm ForepersonAg Jobs. Hawaii, Koloa THE CLUB AT KUKUI`ULAOur name "Kukui`ula" is the place name of our location on Kauai's southern shore, near world-famous Poipu Beach. Kukui`ula comes from two Hawaiian words: kukui, or candlenut... Salary: $salary. Date posted: 04/21/2024
- Food Processing StaffAg Jobs. Hawaii, Honolulu Koha Foods is one of Hawaii's largest Asian and specialty food distributors supplying local vendors, restaurants, supermarkets and other stores with a wide array of food items and products, including... Salary: $salary. Date posted: 04/20/2024
- Lecturer, CC (Sustainable Agriculture) - Fall 2023/Spring 2024/Summer 2024Ag Jobs. Hawaii Location : Various Locations, HIJob Type: Part-Time TemporaryJob Number: 2020-00694Department: Leeward Community CollegeDivision: General Natural ScienceOpening Date: 02/08/2024Closing Date: ContinuousPosition Number:: 0002LECDescription Title: Lecturer, CC (Sustainable Agriculture) - Fall 2023/Spring... Salary: $salary. Date posted: 04/20/2024
- Junior Extension Agent (Livestock, Hawai'i County) (#85516T)Ag Jobs. Hawaii, Hilo Location : Hilo, HIJob Type: Full-Time TemporaryJob Number: 2024-00753Department: University of Hawai'i at Manoa - College of Tropical Agriculture and Human ResourcesDivision: Human Nutrition, Food, and Animal SciencesOpening Date: 03/25/2024Closing... Salary: $salary. Date posted: 04/19/2024
- Junior/Assistant Extension Agent (Livestock Maui County) (#84918)Ag Jobs. Hawaii, Kahului Location : Kahului, HIJob Type: Full-Time PermanentJob Number: 2023-02211Department: University of Hawai'i at Manoa - College of Tropical Agriculture and Human ResourcesDivision: Human Nutrition, Food, and Animal SciencesOpening Date: 03/25/2024Closing... Salary: $salary. Date posted: 04/19/2024
- Soil TechnicianAg Jobs. Hawaii, Kamuela PRIMARY LOCATION: Waimea, Hawai'i Island and remote on-islandFLSA STATUS: Full time, ExemptREPORTS TO: 'Āina-based Agricultural Practices Specialist & Climate-Smart Commodities Project Manager The soil technician works directly with the Hawai'i-based... Salary: $salary. Date posted: 04/19/2024