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University of Hawaii lab helps sweet Hamakua Coast sweet potato farmers
3+ day, 15+ hour ago (731+ words) Sweet potato plants are held in the UH College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resilience Hilo facility. GRACE INEZ ADAMS / HAWAII TRIBUNE-HERALD Researchers at the University of Hawaii at Manoa lab are helping Hawaii farmers preserve local sweet potato growth....
Applications open for FY2027 Agriculture Farm Expansion Grant program
1+ week, 4+ day ago (256+ words) The Garden Island Applications open for FY2027 Agriculture Farm Expansion Grant program LIHUE — The County of Kauai Office of Economic Development is now accepting proposals for the Fiscal Year 2027 Agriculture Farm Expansion Grant program, which invests in projects that expand commercial…...
UH Hilo tapped to help boost US seafood supply
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (615+ words) An aerial image of the UH Hilo Pacific Aquaculture and Coastal Resources Center. The University of Hawaii at Hilo will play a key role in a new national effort to strengthen America’s seafood supply and expand sustainable aquaculture. The National…...
Researchers use growing arsenal to fight spread of rapid ohia death
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (1006+ words) “SPLAT Verb” being applied to a tree. Rapid ohia death is seen in a forest near Puna. In 2012, Robert Hauff and other researchers noticed something unusual about the ohia trees they were studying in Puna. The canopy of the trees…...
Celebrating Waimea High School ag projects
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (328+ words) Rep. Dee Morikawa, left, and Senate President Ron Kouchi, right, congratulate Waimea High School graduates Ashtin Kinimaka-Aranio and Ikaika Miyashiro on their agricultural senior projects on Thursday, May 28, 2026, ahead of a legislative update at the Kauai Community College Performing Arts…...
ISLAND HISTORY: Keith Robinson and early Hawaiian farming practices
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (371+ words) Courtesy of Hank Soboleski Keith Robinson, the co-owner of Niihau with his brother, Bruce, is an expert amateur botanist, unique in his field, who remains dedicated to successfully propagating and preserving — as no one else has been able — a number…...
Hawaii Island Seed Bank helps build climate resilience
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (659+ words) Seeds being prepared for storage in the Hawaii Island Seed Bank There is an off-grid, solar-powered storage container just north of Kailua-Kona filled with millions of seeds. Containing mostly native plants and some food crops, the Hawaii Island Seed Bank…...
EDITORIAL: Overrun farmers can’t afford aid lag
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (675+ words) Jamm Aquino / Star-Advertiser Paul “Pano” Nihipali, owner of Kaio Farms, stands on the area of what used to be the loi—now reduced to a puddle—on his property, Friday, April 24, 2026, in Laie. The farming sector in Hawaii faces so…...
Orchids blooming: Garden Island Orchid Society hosts two-day exhibit and sale
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (498+ words) A former gift phalaenopsis, or Moth, orchid is triggered to bloom by the recent inclement weather. Phalaenopsis orchids will be among the exhibited, and sold specimens at the Garden Island Orchid Society Spring Show and Sale. HANAPEPE — The Garden Island…...
Pest inspection policies at ports questioned at briefing
3+ mon, 15+ hour ago (1021+ words) Hawaii Attorney General Anne Lopez Department of Agriculture and Biosecurity officials admitted during a legislative briefing on Wednesday that an internal policy allowing inspectors to use discretion when evaluating goods at ports of entry for pests was contrary to state…...