Hawaii Agriculture

May 11, 2021 Post a Comment

USAJOBS Daily Saved Search Results for Agriculture jobs in Hawaii for 5/11/2021

Supervisory Civil Engineer 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: 2021-05-11 to 2021-05-17 Position Information: Permanent – Full-time Who May Apply: Career transition (CTAP, ICTAP, RPL), Competitive service, Land & base...

May 6, 2021 Post a Comment

USAJOBS Daily Saved Search Results for Agriculture jobs in Hawaii for 5/6/2021

Wildlife Biologist Department: Department of Agriculture Agency:Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Number of Job Opportunities & Location(s): 1 vacancy – Honolulu, Hawaii Salary: $45,043.00 to $58,558.00 / PA Series and Grade: GS-0486-7 Open Period: 2021-05-06 to 2021-05-12 Position Information: – Full-time Who May Apply: Career transition (CTAP, ICTAP, RPL), Open to the public...

May 3, 2021 Post a Comment

State Legislature Takes Significant Steps To Improve Broadband Service In State

Hawaii Public Radio by CASEY HARLOW Nearly 3,000 bills were proposed this past legislative session. But only a few hundred were passed by both the House and Senate last week. Among those that were approved, are measures that could improve the state’s broadband infrastructure. The 2021 legislative session adjourned last week, ending a four-month...

May 3, 2021 Post a Comment

USAJOBS Daily Saved Search Results for Agriculture jobs in Hawaii for 5/3/2021

Financial Resources Specialist Department: Department of Agriculture Agency:Natural Resources Conservation Service Number of Job Opportunities & Location(s): vacancies – Honolulu, Hawaii Salary: $66,662.00 to $103,875.00 / PA Series and Grade: GS-0501-11/12 Open Period: 2021-05-03 to 2021-05-10 Position Information: Permanent – Full-time Who May Apply: Career transition (CTAP, ICTAP, RPL), Competitive service, Individuals with disabilities,...

April 29, 2021 Post a Comment

House Creates Panel To Probe Land Fund, Agriculture Agency

A resolution to create the special investigative committee cites audits of the DLNR’s land and development fund, and the Agribusiness Development Corp. Civil Beat By Kevin Dayton In a rare move on the last day of session, House lawmakers voted Thursday to create an investigative committee to delve into the findings of state audits...

April 29, 2021 Post a Comment

USAJOBS Daily Saved Search Results for Agriculture jobs in Hawaii for 4/29/2021

Biological Science Technician Department: Department of Agriculture Agency:Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Number of Job Opportunities & Location(s): 1 vacancy – Kaneohe, Hawaii Salary: $45,043.00 to $58,558.00 / PA Series and Grade: GS-0404-7 Open Period: 2021-04-29 to 2021-05-05 Position Information: Permanent – Full-time Who May Apply: Career transition (CTAP, ICTAP, RPL), Open to...

April 28, 2021 Post a Comment

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg buys 600 more acres on Kauai

Pacific Business News By Janis L. Magin – Senior Editor Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan have acquired nearly 600 more acres of land on Kauai for $53 million from a nonprofit established by a local family whose roots go back to the days of the Hawaiian kingdom, bringing the Facebook CEO’s land holdings in...

April 27, 2021 Post a Comment

Fred Baldwin Memorial Foundation grant supports outdoor service learning with seed storage and propagation

Maui Nui Botanical Gardens was granted $7,000 from the Fred Baldwin Memorial Foundation in support of high school and college student outdoor service learning in native Hawaiian seed storage and plant propagation. Garden staff will train and supervise volunteers in preparing wild collected seeds for drying and propagating native plants from the Garden’s plant...

April 25, 2021 Post a Comment

Hawai’i Sheep and Goat Associations Film Imu Demonstration Video

Big Island Now Hawai’i State agricultural nonprofit, the Hawai’i Sheep and Goat Association teamed up with the Men of PA’A to stage and produce a unique imu demonstration video. Filmed on location in Puna District, Big Island, the video includes a step by step on how to build and utilize an imu. The video...

April 25, 2021 Post a Comment

Tropical Turkey Hunting

NewsDome – Gobble Aloha – Though I’ve been hunting birds for many many years, the chance to hunt a turkey had thus far eluded me until this year. Though there is turkey hunting in my home state, I live in a zone that holds so few birds that its closed to hunting. In order...

April 23, 2021 Post a Comment

How Hawaii Squandered Its Food Security — And What It Will Take To Get It Back

Honolulu Civil Beat – Hawaii’s reliance on food imports began in the 1960s. To achieve self-sufficiency again, experts say it will take old values and new tools. – By Brittany Lyte – Nearly 2,500 miles from the nearest continent, Hawaii spends up to $3 billion a year importing more than 80% of its food...

April 23, 2021 Post a Comment

USAJOBS Daily Saved Search Results for Agriculture jobs for 4/23/2021

Fishery Management Specialist, ZP-0401-2 (DE/CR) – Department: Department of Commerce – Agency:National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration – Number of Job Opportunities & Location(s): 2 vacancies – Honolulu, Hawaii Salary: $45,043.00 to $78,881.00 / PA Series and Grade: ZP-0401-2 Open Period: 2021-04-23 to 2021-05-03T00:00:00Z Position Information: Permanent – Full-time Who May Apply: Career transition (CTAP,...

April 22, 2021 Post a Comment

Agritourism Showcased in New Hawaii Farm Trails App

Big Island Now Information on Hawai‘i’s agritourism operations can now be accessed in the palm of your hand. Hawaii Farm Trails (HFT) launched a new smartphone app that provides statewide information on not only agritourism but local farmer’s markets and ways to give back to the community through ‘āina-based activities. “The Hawaii Farm Trails...

April 21, 2021 Post a Comment

USAJOBS Daily Saved Search Results for Agriculture jobs for 4/21/2021

Management and Program Analyst Department: Department of Agriculture Agency:Agriculture, Rural Development Number of Job Opportunities & Location(s): Many vacancies – Multiple Locations Salary: $53,433.00 to $84,049.00 / PA Series and Grade: GS-0343-9/11 Open Period: 2021-04-21 to 2021-04-27 Position Information: Permanent – Full-time Who May Apply: Career transition (CTAP, ICTAP, RPL), Family of overseas employees,...

April 19, 2021 Post a Comment

Hawai’i Sheep & Goat Association

The Hawaii Sheep and Goat Association’s mission is to support, improve and strengthen Hawaii’s sheep and goat community by providing a network, coordinating educational and promotional events and serving as a unified voice to represent sheep and goat producers in Hawaii. The focus of our educational and promotional work to foster and encourage the...

April 12, 2021 Post a Comment

USAJOBS Daily Saved Search Results for Agriculture jobs for 4/9/2021

Supervisory Integrated Resource Management Chief – Department: Department of the Interior – Agency: National Park Service – Hiring Organization: Haleakala National Park – Number of Job Opportunities & Location(s): vacancies – Kula, Hawaii Salary: $95,012.00 to $123,516.00 / PA Series and Grade: GS-0401/0408-13 Open Period: 2021-04-09 to 2021-04-15 Position Information: Permanent – Full-time Who...

April 8, 2021 Post a Comment

HDOA Looks to Grow Local Ag Through New Financial Initiative

Big Island Now – The Hawai`i Department of Agriculture (HDOA) is now accepting proposals for the Grow Hawai`i Agriculture Initiative 2021, an initiative to quickly scale up commercial agricultural production including the production of value-added products with the goal to increase the contribution of agriculture to the state’s gross domestic product (GDP). The GDP...

April 8, 2021 Post a Comment

USAJOBS Daily Saved Search Results for Agriculture jobs for 4/8/2021

Supervisory Loan Specialist – Department: Department of Agri -culture – Agency: Farm Service Agency Number of Job Opportunities & Location(s): 1 vacancy – Honolulu, Hawaii – Salary: $79,901.00 to $103,875.00 / PA Series and Grade: GS-1165-12 Open Period: 2021-04-08 to 2021-04-22 Position Information: Permanent – Full-time Who May Apply: Internal to an agency Supervisory...

April 6, 2021 Post a Comment

Case study casts doubt over ESG claims of Canadian pension fund PSP’s major agriculture investment on Maui

farmlandgrab.org Case study casts doubt over ESG claims of Canadian pension fund PSP’s major agriculture investment on Maui, calls for greater scrutiny into the community impact of investments Responsible Markets today published a case study of an approximately $600 million investment that the $135.59 billion Public Sector Pension Investment Board (PSP) is making in...

April 6, 2021 Post a Comment

PSP and Trinitas Accused of Greenwashing Hawaiian ESG Investment

Institutional Investor – by Julie Segal – A Canadian pension fund and its private equity partner come under fire. – Canada’s PSP Investments, which invests for the Public Sector Pension Investment Board, is under fire for greenwashing a sustainable investment in Hawaii. – Responsible Markets, a 20-year-old consulting firm in Hawaii focused on the...

April 5, 2021 Post a Comment

USAJOBS Daily Saved Search Results for Agriculture jobs for 4/5/2021

Import Specialist – 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: $53,433.00 to $69,462.00 / PA Series and Grade: GS-1889-9 Open Period: 2021-04-05 to 2021-04-09 Position Information: Permanent – Full-time Who...

April 4, 2021 Post a Comment

Maui small businesses have no choice but to change

Maui News By Kehaulani Cerizo Despite the many uncertainties Maui County residents face amid a global pandemic, perhaps two things have remained the same: strawberry and pineapple guri-guri. Iconic mom-and-pop business Tasaka Guri-Guri — which dates back more than a century — is still going strong, and its flavors are produced with the same...

April 2, 2021 Post a Comment

USAJOBS Daily Saved Search Results for Agriculture jobs for 4/2/2021

Tractor Operator – Department: Department of Agriculture – Agency: Agricultural Research Service – Number of Job Opportunities & Location(s): 1 vacancy – Hilo, Hawaii – Salary: $51,022.40 to $59,529.60 / PH Series and Grade: WG-5705-6 Open Period: 2021-04-02 to 2021-04-08 Position Information: Permanent – Full-time Who May Apply: Career transition (CTAP, ICTAP, RPL), Open...

April 1, 2021 Post a Comment

A Fifth of Food-Output Growth Has Been Lost to Climate Change

Bloomberg Green – By Breanna T Bradham – Climate change has been holding back food production for decades, with a new study showing that about 21% of growth for agricultural output was lost since the 1960s. That’s equal to losing the last seven years of productivity growth, according to research led by Cornell University...