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Curated Hawaii Agriculture News
Hamakua Macadamia Nut Co. offers locally grown nuts in unique flavors
If you’re looking for a local, healthy snack that tastes great too, look no further than Hamakua Macadamia Nut Company! HI Now hosts Kanoe Gibson and Kainoa Carlson are doing a blind taste test to see if they can identify the company’s unique flavors. Please CLICK to watch the complete segment. Sponsored by Hawaii...
GOFARM HAWAII: @ Kaua’i AgCurious Webinar Thursday, 9/10/20 – 5:30 – 7:30 pm via ZOOM
Register today at www.gofarmhawaii.org Mahalo, Nora Rodli GoFarm Hawai’i Statewide Coordinator www.gofarmhawaii.org...
Under Mounting Pressure, Jones Act Lobby Claims the Law Is Cost‐Free to Hawaii
Cato Institute By Colin Grabow Jones Act supporters in Hawaii can be forgiven for feeling a bit on edge these days. Last December Rep. Ed Case (D-Hawaii), citing the Jones Act’s impact on the state’s cost of living, introduced three bills aimed at reforming the law. A May poll of state residents, meanwhile, found...
States with the most farmland
Greater Fort Wayne Business Weekly Ken Levy Aug 23, 2020 Stacker explores states with the most and least farmland. The U.S. has roughly 2 million farm households, but which American regions have the most acreage devoted to farming? Stacker analyzed the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Major Land Uses Survey, then ranked each state and...
FARMERS MARKET COALITION: Webinar: Unique COVID Farmers Market Models / Thursday, September 3rd @ 6:30 am HST
FMC and Ecology Center have teamed up and are excited to present the webinar Thinking Inside the Box- Making Healthy Food Accessible with Curbside/Drive-Thru (Contactless) Models at Farmers’ Markets During COVID-19. Join us on September 3 at 12:30 PM ET to learn from 4 passionate and innovative farmer market managers who have implemented drive-thru/curbside/box...
STATEWIDE: CTAHR Hawaii Livestock Needs Assessment/Survey
Aloha all: This is just a friendly reminder to please complete our Hawaii livestock industry survey. I know many surveys have been sent around lately so we greatly appreciate you taking the time to complete ours. This is a statewide survey for all livestock owners and producers (including aquaculture and apiaries). Due to the...
What’s next 2020? The answer: Turkey Dinner Candy Corn It’s sweet and savory
Hawaii News Now By Ed Payne (Gray News) – The folks at Brach’s have come up with something new that may – or may not – tempt your taste buds this Thanksgiving. The candy maker is coming out with Turkey Dinner Candy Corn. And, yes, it’s just what it sounds like. “Brach’s Turkey Dinner...
Additional Commodities Eligible for Coronavirus Food Assistance Program
Farm Service Newsletter U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced an initial list of additional commodities that have been added to the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP), and that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) made other adjustments to the program based on comments received from agricultural producers and organizations and review of market...
Webinar Tree Care for Birds and Wildlife
Conference Description: (4.5 CEUs) August 27, 2020 @ 8:00 am – 9:30 am COST:$40.00 Tree Care for Birds is hosting an online workshop on the Wildlife Best Management Practices. Arborists have a unique connection with nature and wildlife in the urban forest. This workshop will focus on the best practices to act responsibly around...
Lāʻau Lapaʻau: Five Important Medicinal Hawaiian Plants
Big Island Pulse 1.) NONI (MORINDA CITRIFOLIA) As far as medicinal Hawaiian plants go, this one is iconic. Known as Indian mulberry, beach mulberry, and cheese fruit, the noni plant is a fruit-bearing tree that is hardy enough to survive near beaches, on lava rock, and through drought, which makes it perfectly at home...
Hemp, Inc. Praises The Advancement of Industrial Hemp Legalization in Hawaii
Las Vegas, NV, July 13, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — via NEWMEDIAWIRE — Hemp, Inc. (OTC PINK: HEMP) a global leader in the industrial hemp industry with bi-coastal processing centers, including the 85,000 square foot multipurpose industrial hemp processing facility on 9 acres in Spring Hope, NC, a 55,000 square foot state of the art...
APHIS-Trained Canines are Ready for their Close-ups: Dogs Featured on Disney+’s It’s a Dog’s Life with Bill Farmer
Posted by Aaliyah Essex, Public Affairs Specialist in Animals Jul 10, 2020 A few of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) affiliated canines are showing off their “sniffs” and talents to the world in the Disney+ weekly series, “It’s a Dog’s Life with Bill Farmer”. The 10-episode series...
How To Grow Your Own Moringa (Kalamungay) Tree
KuliKuli Foods Moringa, the famous “miracle tree,” has many nutritional benefits and is one of the most efficient and influential plants out there. It grows best in tropical and sub-tropical regions, but many climates can support a moringa tree. This article is for anyone considering growing their own moringa tree. Moringa trees can be...
Turkeys: Number Raised by State, US
United States Department of Agriculture National Agricultural Statistics Service ~ Providing Timely, Accurate and Useful Statistics in Service to U.S. Agriculture ~ Turkeys Raised by State Million Head, 2019 U.S. Total: 229.0 Million Head...
10 Reasons To Eat Moringa Everyday
KuliKuli Foods Moringa has gained recognition from grocery stores and celebrities across the country. Recently, Naomi Campbell and Martha Stewart both cited moringa as a powerful way to nourish and energize the whole body, as well as support greater immune health. Eating moringa everyday might be the new change your routine needs. HERE ARE...
REITs: Own A Piece Of Hawaiian Paradise
Seeking Alpha Summary We believe that some of the unique challenges for the market are exactly what makes Hawaii an attractive place to invest. In particular, the difficulty of developing new commercial real estate and housing keeps a lid on new commercial real estate supply, thus giving an advantage to current landlords. While tourism...
Tea industry could ignite economic resurgence
The Sunday Observer – By Rohan Fernando – The tea industry must be looked at from a different perspective, as two distinct industries, tea growing/manufacturing and tea marketing, to make use of the opportunities rampant in the world consumer preferences and to meet such demands by producing quality controlled products at profitable and competitive...
Growing Delicious Tomatoes on NYC’s Fifth Avenue; Infinite Acres and Priva are Featured in Guggenheim Exhibition
Infinite Acres, a full-service, global solutions provider to the indoor horticulture and agriculture industries, and Priva, a globally active developer of high-tech solutions for climate control and process automation, are part of the new Countryside, The Future exhibition at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York City, which opened on February 20. Infinite...
He ʻuala ka ʻai hoʻōla koke i ka wī
Ka Wai Ola By Claire Kuʻuleilani Hughes, Dr. PH., R.D. He ʻuala ka ʻai hoʻōla koke i ka wī He kilo ʻāina noʻeau ka mahiʻai Hawaiʻi. Ua kilo ka mahiʻai i ka lā a me ka ua, ka maikaʻi o ka lepo a me ka momona e hoʻoulu ai i nā mea kanu. Ua...
4 Can’t-Miss Pumpkin Patches in Hawaii You’ll Fall For
HAWAI’I MAGAZINE These events—three on Oahu, one on Maui—feature food, hayrides, pumpkins and tons of photo ops for your Instagram feed. BY CATHERINE TOTH FOX OCT 17, 2019 The one thing I miss about living on the Mainland is the fall season: the leaves turning shades of red and gold, the crisp air, the...
Hawaii Deptment of Agriculture News
- Honolulu Retail Egg Price Data Released January 30, 2025January 30, 2025 NR25-03 HONOLULU – The Hawai‘i Department of Agriculture (HDOA), Market Analysis and News Branch (MANB) has released data on retail egg prices in Honolulu, comparing prices between December 2021 and 2024. (https://hdoa.hawaii.gov/add/files/2025/01/Honolulu-Egg-Prices-2021-to-2024final.pdf) The data indicates that between 2021 and 2024, the price for a dozen locally produced eggs rose by 28.4% from […]Janelle
- Increased Biosecurity Urged to Protect Birds from Avian Influenza January 17, 2025Jan. 17, 2025 NR25-02 HONOLULU – The Hawai‘i Department of Agriculture (HDOA) Animal Industry Division (AID) is again urging commercial poultry operations and backyard bird owners to increase biosecurity measures to protect their flocks from avian influenza. Earlier this week, the Hawai‘i Department of Health (DOH) reported very low-level detections of H5 influenza in wastewater […]Janelle
- Opossum Trapped at Store in Kona January 8, 2025January 7, 2025 NR25-01 HONOLULU – An opossum was caught at a big-box store in Kona over the weekend. The store contacted the Hawai‘i Department of Agriculture (HDOA) at about 11:00 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 4, and reported that they had trapped an opossum in an animal trap. An agriculture inspector from the Plant Quarantine […]Janelle
- Avian Influenza Information December 23, 2024 Jason Azus-Richardson
- Opossum Trapped at Store in Iwilei December 19, 2024Dec. 18, 2024 NR24-39 HONOLULU – A third opossum has been captured in Honolulu this year. Hawai‘i Department of Agriculture (HDOA) plant quarantine inspectors trapped the opossum overnight at a big-box store in Iwilei. The Plant Quarantine Branch received a report of an opossum on Thursday afternoon, Dec. 12, from a passerby who saw an […]Janelle
- State Agencies Respond to Avian Flu with Voluntary 90-Day Bird Movement Pause December 13, 2024Dec. 13, 2024 NR24-38 HONOLULU – In response to the detection of the avian flu virus in Hawai‘i’s wastewater and wild birds, state agencies are urging the public to voluntarily pause the interisland movement of poultry and other bird species for 90 days, effective immediately. This recommendation follows the suggestion of Moloka‘i State Senator and […]Janelle
- $2.6 Million Awarded for Grants to Support Food System Infrastructure Projects December 5, 2024Dec. 4, 2024 NR24-37 HONOLULU – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has announced awards for 17 Hawai‘i projects totaling $2.6 million under the Resilient Food System Infrastructure (RFSI) program. The RFSI program is aimed at strengthening middle-of-the-supply chain operations and local food systems by supporting processing, manufacturing, storing, transportation, wholesaling and distribution of agricultural […]Janelle
- Avian Influenza Confirmed in Wild Duck on North Shore of O‘ahu November 26, 2024Nov. 25, 2024 NR24-36 HONOLULU – The National Veterinary Services Laboratories today confirmed highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in a wild duck on O‘ahu’s North Shore. USDA-Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Wildlife Services (USDA-APHIS-WS) reports that the bird, a hybrid duck (part mallard), was among 10 wild bird samples collected from the North Shore. […]Janelle
- News Releases 2025 November 24, 2024Jan. 30, 2025 – NR25-03 Honolulu Egg Price Data Released Jan. 17, 2025 – NR25-02 Increased Biosecurity Urged to Protect Birds from Avian Influenza Jan. 7, 2025 – NR25-01 Opossum Trapped at Store in KonaJanelle
- DOH Investigates Human Contacts to Infected H5N1 Flocks – No Humans in Hawaiʻi Tested Positive for Avian Influenza November 22, 2024Nov. 21, 2024 The Hawaiʻi State Department of Health (DOH) is investigating human contacts to the flock infected with H5N1. No humans in Hawaiʻi have tested positive for avian influenza at this time. To date, 54 individuals have been investigated for potential exposure. Of those, 34 were offered testing because of unprotected exposure (meaning without […]Janelle
Hawaii Agriculture News
- Egg prices in Honolulu increase because of concerns about avian flu - Spectrum NewsEgg prices in Honolulu increase because of concerns about avian flu Spectrum News
- Hawaii public schools regress in farm-to-plate program - Hawaii Tribune-HeraldHawaii public schools regress in farm-to-plate program Hawaii Tribune-Herald
- State lawmakers grill Hawaii agriculture officials over funding, contracts - KITV HonoluluState lawmakers grill Hawaii agriculture officials over funding, contracts KITV Honolulu
- State Sen. Lynn DeCoite discusses agriculture priorities, Mokulele Airlines service - Hawaii News NowState Sen. Lynn DeCoite discusses agriculture priorities, Mokulele Airlines service Hawaii News Now
- Enjoy a Coffee Tasting, Tour and Brunch at Oʻo Farm on Maui - Hawaiimagazine.comEnjoy a Coffee Tasting, Tour and Brunch at Oʻo Farm on Maui Hawaiimagazine.com
- Opossum trapped at a big-box store in Kona - Spectrum NewsOpossum trapped at a big-box store in Kona Spectrum News
- Hawai‘i Needs To Get More Serious About Food Security - Honolulu Civil BeatHawai‘i Needs To Get More Serious About Food Security Honolulu Civil Beat
- Opossum trapped at a big-box store in Iwilei - Spectrum NewsOpossum trapped at a big-box store in Iwilei Spectrum News
- Honolulu City Council overhauls land use rules for housing, agriculture and business - HawaiipublicradioHonolulu City Council overhauls land use rules for housing, agriculture and business Hawaiipublicradio
- 6 invasive animals that snuck into Hawaii in 2024 - Spectrum News6 invasive animals that snuck into Hawaii in 2024 Spectrum News
- Ag Crime Is More Than Stolen Fruit. For Some, It's Life And Death - Honolulu Civil BeatAg Crime Is More Than Stolen Fruit. For Some, It's Life And Death Honolulu Civil Beat
- DHHL AWARDS AGRICULTURAL LOTS ON HAWAIʻI ISLAND - Department of Hawaiian Home LandsDHHL AWARDS AGRICULTURAL LOTS ON HAWAIʻI ISLAND Department of Hawaiian Home Lands
- ‘Something is wrong.’ Kaimuki resident alerts agriculture officials after mystery bird deaths - Hawaii News Now‘Something is wrong.’ Kaimuki resident alerts agriculture officials after mystery bird deaths Hawaii News Now
- Christmas tree shipment in Hawaii contains slithery, alarming surprise - For The WinChristmas tree shipment in Hawaii contains slithery, alarming surprise For The Win
- Snake found in a shipping container of Christmas trees - Spectrum NewsSnake found in a shipping container of Christmas trees Spectrum News
- Hawaii reports first avian flu outbreak in poultry as surge continues on California farms - University of Minnesota Twin CitiesHawaii reports first avian flu outbreak in poultry as surge continues on California farms University of Minnesota Twin Cities
- As state investigates possible bird flu case, farmers worry about impact to local agriculture - Hawaii News NowAs state investigates possible bird flu case, farmers worry about impact to local agriculture Hawaii News Now
- DHHL makes largest agricultural lot offering since the late 1980s - Hawaii Tribune-HeraldDHHL makes largest agricultural lot offering since the late 1980s Hawaii Tribune-Herald
- Glut? Shortage? Hawaii Farmers Navigate A Tricky Taro Market - Honolulu Civil BeatGlut? Shortage? Hawaii Farmers Navigate A Tricky Taro Market Honolulu Civil Beat
- Department of Agriculture encourages residents to turn in any illegal animals - Hawaii News NowDepartment of Agriculture encourages residents to turn in any illegal animals Hawaii News Now
Hawaii Agriculture Employment
- Farm General Manager - Organic Outdoor FarmAg Jobs. Hawaii About Us: Our organic farm in Haiku is committed to sustainable agriculture and regenerative practices. We aim to create a thriving ecosystem through promoting both compassion and innovation while providing... Salary: $salary. Date posted: 02/06/2025
- Lecturer (Agricultural Business)Ag Jobs. Hawaii, Hilo Salary: See Position DescriptionLocation : Hilo, HIJob Type: Part-Time TemporaryJob Number: 2024-02600Department: University of Hawai'i at HiloDivision: College of Agriculture, Forestry & Natural Resource ManagementOpening Date: 11/26/2024Closing Date: ContinuousPosition Number::... Salary: $salary. Date posted: 02/06/2025
- Fuel Farm Technician - LIH - Part TimeAg Jobs. Hawaii, Lihue Job DescriptionPersons employed as a Fuel Farm Technician is expected to:Receive/dispatch jet fuel, gasoline, diesel fuel, avgas and glycol via pipeline and/or trucks. Sample and test products for quality control,... Salary: $salary. Date posted: 02/06/2025
- Operations GuideBayer. 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: 02/05/2025
- Farm Machinery & Equipment SpecialistAg Jobs. Hawaii, Waianae Reports To: Director of Farm Operations & Farm General ManagerLevel: WaenaOrganization:MA'O Organic Farms (MA'O), located in Lualualei Valley, Wai'anae, is a social enterprise of the Wai'anae Community Re-Development Corporation (WCRC),... Salary: $salary. Date posted: 02/05/2025
- Women's Health Specialist - O'ahu, HIBayer. Hawaii, Honolulu Women's Health Specialist - O'ahu, HI PURPOSE Bayer is expanding in its efforts to advance its mission "Health for All, Hunger for None." The Women's Health Specialist (WHS) will be... Salary: $salary. Date posted: 02/04/2025
- RA Agronomy-IPMAg Jobs. Hawaii, Waimea The Research Associate Integrated Pest Management (IPM) will be responsible for IPM activities as a part of Agronomy team at Corteva Agriscience Hawaii, to successfully deliver high quality research productions... Salary: $salary. Date posted: 02/04/2025
- Freight Farm Manager - MauiAg Jobs. Hawaii, Lahaina Mission & About UsHale Kipa provides opportunities and environments that strengthen and encourage youth, their families and communities to actualize their potential and social responsibility.Since 1970, Hale Kipa has championed... Salary: $salary. Date posted: 02/02/2025
- Assistant Extension Agent (Urban Horticulture)(0082139)Ag Jobs. Hawaii, Kahului Location : Kahului, HIJob Type: Full-Time PermanentJob Number: 2024-02370Department: University of Hawai'i at Manoa - College of Tropical Agriculture and Human ResilienceDivision: Tropical Plant and Soil SciencesOpening Date: 10/24/2024Closing Date:... Salary: $salary. Date posted: 02/01/2025
- Fuel Farm Technician- OGGAg Jobs. Hawaii, Kahului Job DescriptionPersons employed as a Fuel Farm Technician is expected to:Receive/dispatch jet fuel, gasoline, diesel fuel, avgas and glycol via pipeline and/or trucks. Sample and test products for quality control,... Salary: $salary. Date posted: 02/01/2025
- Fuel Farm Technician - LIHAg Jobs. Hawaii, Lihue Job DescriptionPersons employed as a Fuel Farm Technician is expected to:Receive/dispatch jet fuel, gasoline, diesel fuel, avgas and glycol via pipeline and/or trucks. Sample and test products for quality control,... Salary: $salary. Date posted: 02/01/2025
- Landscaper on a lush Certified Organic Farm in East MauiAg Jobs. Hawaii Are you passionate about gardening in paradise? Join our team in our certified organic and beautiful retreat center (haleakua.org)here in East Maui where your expertise in mowing, weeding, mulching, planting,... Salary: $salary. Date posted: 01/31/2025