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USAJOBS Daily Saved Search Results for Agriculture jobs in Hawaii for 8/17/2021
Supervisory Civil Engineer (Direct Hire) – Department: Department of Agriculture – Agency: Natural Resources Conservation Service – Number of Job Opportunities & Location(s): vacancies – Honolulu, Hawaii Salary: $95,012.00 to $123,516.00 / PA Series and Grade: GS-0810-13 Open Period: 2021-08-17 to 2021-08-23 Position Information: Permanent – Full-time Who May Apply: Career transition (CTAP, ICTAP,...
NPS releases short film on endangered Hawaiian honeycreepers
Maui News – The National Park Service has released a new short film called “Drawing Connections: Haleakala National Park,” which sheds light on how climate change is impacting the park’s most critically endangered species, Hawaiian honeycreepers. With only 17 species remaining, some with fewer than 500 individuals left, honeycreepers are a unique group of...
$1 trillion infrastructure deal heads to House, Hawaii expected to receive $2.8 billion if passed
KHON2 An estimated $2.8 billion of a $1 trillion infrastructure deal passed by the Senate on Tuesday might be headed to Hawaii sooner than later. The Senate gave approval to the $1 trillion infrastructure plan that will fund the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act after weeks of back and forth talks, paving way to...
USAJOBS Daily Saved Search Results for Agriculture jobs in Hawaii for 8/10/2021
Biological Science Laboratory Technician Department: Department of Agriculture Agency: Agricultural Research Service Number of Job Opportunities & Location(s): 1 vacancy – Hilo, Hawaii Salary: $40,534.00 to $52,694.00 / PA Series and Grade: GS-0404-6 Open Period: 2021-08-10 to 2021-08-19 Position Information: Term – Full-time Who May Apply: Career transition (CTAP, ICTAP, RPL), Open to the...
Kualoa Ranch uses oysters to organically clean its fishpond and newspapers with banana and coconut leaves to grow taro with less weeding
Kealakai – By Anna Stephenson – Farmers and researchers are using oysters in a more than 800-year-old loko ia, or fishpond, on Kualoa Ranch, blending Hawaiian heritage and today’s innovation to overcome problems pre-contact Hawaiian farmers did not have to face. The problems include not having enough fish to eat pond algae and a...
USAJOBS Daily Saved Search Results for Agriculture jobs in Hawaii for 8/9/2021
Interdisciplinary Ecologist and Soil Scientist – Department: Department of Agriculture – Agency: Natural Resources Conservation Service – Number of Job Opportunities & Location(s): Many vacancies – Multiple Locations Salary: $64,649.00 to $103,875.00 / PA Series and Grade: GS-0408/0470-11/12 Open Period: 2021-08-09 to 2021-08-13 Position Information: Permanent – Full-time Who May Apply: Internal to an...
Na Wai ‘Eha ruling prioritizes sustainability and culture
Maui News Shane M. Sinenci After over 20 years of legal proceedings, the Hawaii Commission on Water Resources Management issued a decision and order on June 28 prioritizing sustainable water resource management and Hawaiian culture for Na Wai ‘Eha, which encompasses all waters from Waihee, Waiehu, Wailuku and Waikapu. The landmark decision establishes the...
Hirono co-introduces legislation to fund ag research
The Garden Island WASHINGTON — There’s an estimated backlog of $11.5 billion in deferred maintenance and modernization needed at various agricultural-research facilities, including the University of Hawai‘i’s College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources in Manoa and the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Research Service facilities. Earlier this week, U.S. Sens. Mazie K. Hirono...
Spicing up farming in N.C.: Professors work to make ginger a profitable, predictable crop choice
News & Record by Lydian Bernhardt Averitt GREENSBORO — Foodies and health advocates have long known about the benefits of ginger. Now, two researchers in the College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences at N.C. A&T State University are working to bring North Carolina farmers to the table. Drawing on their knowledge of the public...
Cabinet Kala: Who Gets Campaign Cash From Top State Officials
Civil Beat By Blaze Lovell Gov. David Ige has received $103,000 from his current and former cabinet members, who have also donated more than $86,000 to state and county lawmakers. High-ranking state officials in Gov. David Ige’s cabinet have donated generously to their boss’s campaign and to the campaigns of local officials and state...
Food availability depends on agricultural imports and exports
Agri Live Today Texas A&M agricultural economists look at agricultural trade benefits to consumers, economy Economic activity related to the importation and exportation of agricultural products benefits consumers and helps stimulate both the Texas and U.S. economy, according to experts from the Department of Agricultural Economics in the Texas A&M College of Agriculture and...
Senate infrastructure bill sets stage for massive effort to make broadband more available and affordable
Washington Post By Tony Romm and Cat Zakrzewski Senate Democrats and Republicans are inching closer to adopting more than $14 billion to help Americans who are struggling to pay for high-speed Internet, part of a package of digital initiatives that together amount to the largest one-time investment in broadband in U.S. history. The debate...
Urban agriculture in Honolulu
UH News Hawaiʻi’s heavy reliance on imported goods and the future impact of climate change on food production are just two of the reasons why a UH Mānoa global environmental science senior focused her project on urban agriculture (vertical farming, community gardens, hydroponics and greenhouses) in Honolulu. In this public impact research project, Seraphina...
Agri-Business Workshops for Farmers
Molokai Dispatch UHCTAHR Molokai Extension News Release Whether you are an experienced farmer, an up and coming market gardener, or find yourself anywhere in between, then this is the workshop series for you! There will be four free workshops offered throughout August and September that will focus on the business side of agriculture and...
Nitrogen study could help farmers and protect water, ecosystems
UH News Nitrogen is the unsung hero of food production—an essential nutrient for plant growth and health. Nitrogen is found in the chlorophyll needed for photosynthesis, the amino acids that form proteins, the adenosine triphosphate compounds that release energy, and the DNA that codes all plant life. Yet, because nitrogen leaks from agricultural systems,...
Court Limits A&B East Maui Stream Diversion
Civil Beat By Chad Blair A Hawaii judge has ordered Alexander & Baldwin to significantly reduce the amount of water it diverts from East Maui streams for agricultural, domestic and industrial purposes. Judge Jeffrey Crabtree of Hawaii’s Environmental Courts said in a written order Friday that A&B — a major real estate company in...
Record wildfire burns at least 40,000 acres on Hawaii’s Big Island, sets up mudslide danger
Washington Post By Paulina Firozi A brush fire that scorched at least 40,000 acres on Hawaii’s Big Island is the largest ever on the island, officials said, and the area burned may pose a risk for mudslides if there are heavy downpours in coming months. Mandatory evacuations forced residents in three communities out of...
DLNR News Release: Apply Now For Wildland Mitigation And Landscape Scale Restoration Funding
The DLNR Division of Forestry and Wildlife (DOFAW) is seeking applicants for two new U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service competitive grant programs: wildland-urban interface and landscape scale restoration grants. Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) grants provide funds to mitigate risk from wildland fire. Funds are awarded through a competitive process with emphasis on hazard...
Golden opportunity: Beekeepers turn hobby into a honey-maker
West Hawaii Today By Colleen Schrappen St. Louis Post-Dispatch (TNS) DES PERES, Mo. — A vegetable garden was first on Tom Millis’ to-do list when he bought his home in the St. Louis suburb of Des Peres a decade ago. Then he and his now-wife, Elsa Stuart, added native flowers to their 2-acre property....
How This Group Hopes To Change Hawaii’s Agricultural Landscape
Forbes by Esha Chhabra “Hawaii’s food system is broken,” says Constanze Niedermaier of Common Ground, a new platform to find regeneratively grown Hawaiian foods. The islands export 80% of their crop, and import 90% of their food products, despite being a fertile land which has the potential to grow an abundance of its own...
Hemp is legal again. Congress should make it easier to farm
Los Angeles Times By DOUG FINE Climate change got personal for my family in 2013, when a refugee bear fleeing a nearby wildfire scaled my goat-corral fence and killed most of the herd in front of our eyes. Milk providers, yoga partners and friends Natalie Merchant, Bette Midler and Stevie Nicks were lost that...
How To Thank Hawaii’s Immigrant Essential Workers
Civil Beat By Bennette E. Misalucha, Henry J. C. Aquino Give them access to state services, because far too many have not been supported as they should be. Perhaps it took a pandemic, but Hawaii is only just starting to recognize the contributions of its essential immigrant workers: the people who care for us...
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...
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Hawaii Agriculture Jobs
- Inventory & Waste Mgmt SpecBayer. Hawaii, Kunia At Bayer we're visionaries, driven to solve the world's toughest challenges and striving for a world where, Health for all, Hunger for none' is no longer a dream, but a... Salary: $salary. Date posted: 03/30/2023
- Field Crew MemberBayer. Hawaii, Kihei At Bayer we're visionaries, driven to solve the world's toughest challenges and striving for a world where ,Health for all, Hunger for none' is no longer a dream, but a... Salary: $salary. Date posted: 03/30/2023
- Livestock ManagerAg Jobs. Hawaii, Kaneohe Join a company that is involved in many diverse operations in one of the most beautiful places in Hawai'i. Kualoa Ranch Hawai'i has enjoyed a proud past and looks forward... Salary: $salary. Date posted: 03/29/2023
- Facilities & Maintenance ManagerBayer. Hawaii, Kaunakakai- Molokai At Bayer we're visionaries, driven to solve the world's toughest challenges and striving for a world where ,Health for all, Hunger for none' is no longer a dream, but a... Salary: $salary. Date posted: 03/27/2023
- Farm Gardener (Full-time)Ag Jobs. Hawaii, Koloa The Farm Gardener is responsible for performing intermediate and advanced level propagation, garden planning, maintenance and project work. Farm and Landscape tasks include: seed propagation, garden bed maintenance, mowing, weed-eating,... Salary: $salary. Date posted: 03/25/2023
- $18.50/hr | Sprout Grower Processor | START ASAPAg Jobs. Hawaii, Honolulu Position: Sprout Grower ProcessorLocation: Honolulu, HIExperience: Farming and/or food manufacturing experience preferred, but not required; Forklift experience preferredEducation: High School Diploma or equivalent is requiredType: Full-time; Temp-to-Hire, ASAP - 6... Salary: $salary. Date posted: 03/25/2023
- Seed TechnicianBayer. Hawaii, Kunia At Bayer we're visionaries, driven to solve the world's toughest challenges and striving for a world where ,Health for all, Hunger for none' is no longer a dream, but a... Salary: $salary. Date posted: 03/23/2023
- Health, Safety, and Environmental TechnicianBayer. Hawaii, Kihei At Bayer we're visionaries, driven to solve the world's toughest challenges and striving for a world where ,Health for all, Hunger for none' is no longer a dream, but a... Salary: $salary. Date posted: 03/22/2023
- Security Officer IIBayer. Hawaii, Kihei At Bayer we're visionaries, driven to solve the world's toughest challenges and striving for a world where ,Health for all, Hunger for none' is no longer a dream, but a... Salary: $salary. Date posted: 03/22/2023
- Production Research Data ManagerBayer. Hawaii, Residence Based At Bayer we're visionaries, driven to solve the world's toughest challenges and striving for a world where ,Health for all, Hunger for none' is no longer a dream, but a... Salary: $salary. Date posted: 03/21/2023
- Aquaculture Op R&D and QA InternshipAg Jobs. Hawaii, Kailua About Blue Ocean BarnsBlue Ocean Barns, Inc. (BOB) is a Delaware Public Benefit Corporation on a mission to solve the climate impact of cattle by working with farmers and food... Salary: $salary. Date posted: 03/19/2023
- Agronomic Rsrch Spec IIIBayer. Hawaii, Kunia At Bayer we're visionaries, driven to solve the world's toughest challenges and striving for a world where ,Health for all, Hunger for none' is no longer a dream, but a... Salary: $salary. Date posted: 03/18/2023