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Farm bureau elects officers, hands out scholarships
3+ day, 18+ hour ago (582+ words) Congresswoman Jill Tokuda gets some Kauai omiyage from Glenna Ueunten as Rachel Secretario, Laurie Ho and Gary Ueunten watch on Saturday, Aug. 1, 2026, during the Kauai County Farm Bureau Membership Meeting held at the Kauai Philippine Cultural Center in Lihue. Kauai…...
Kona-based company bringing aquaculture to Florida
6+ day, 18+ hour ago (442+ words) Ocean Era’s previous aquaculture demonstration project off the Kona Coast. Kona-based company Ocean Era recently received approval for a first-of-its-kind aquaculture pilot project off of the Gulf Coast of Florida. Titled the Velella Epsilon project, it will be located in…...
Crop seed producer Bayer plans layoffs in Hawaii
1+ week, 5+ day ago (353+ words) WOLFGANG RATTAY / REUTERS / AUG. 9, 2019 Bayer AG’s logo and flags are seen outside a plant of the German pharmaceutical and chemical maker in Wuppertal, Germany, in 2019. A Bayer subsidiary plans to lay off 76 employees in Hawaii. One of Hawaii’s major crop…...
University of Hawaii lab helps sweet Hamakua Coast sweet potato farmers
2+ week, 3+ day 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
3+ 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, 3+ 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, 3+ 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
2+ mon, 1+ 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
2+ mon, 1+ 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, 3+ 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…...