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MEDIA RLEASE A free 58-page guide entitled, Adding Value to Locally Grown Crops in Hawaii: A Guide for Small Farm Enterprise Innovation is now available. Because of the high cost of labor, land, and materials in Hawaii, family farms are only economically sustainable if they can produce high-quality products that are valued above cheap imports. [...]

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MEDIA RELEASE Hawaii Community College is offering new agriculture classes designed for people with a wide range of horticultural interests and goals. Whether you want to develop an agriculture business, gain the knowledge needed to offset your monthly food bill, or simply grow your gardening skills, the noncredit classes will be practical and enriching, Hawaii [...]

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MEDIA RELEASE Hometown hospitality — complete with a bottomless cup of coffee — is on tap at the fifth Ka’u Coffee Festival April 26-May 5 at several Ka‘u venues. The Miss Ka‘u Coffee Pageant kicks off the festival April 26, followed by Simply Elegant: the Ka‘u Farmers Table on April 27. The Triple C Recipe [...]

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MEDIA RELEASE Partially filmed in Hawaii, “The Fruit Hunters” move premieres at the 2013 Spring Showcase of the Hawaii International Film Festival. Appearing in the award-winning film is the Big Island’s Ken Love, executive director of the Hawaii Tropical Fruit Growers. The Hawaii premiere is 6 p.m. Wednesday, April 10 at Regal Dole Cannery Stadium [...]

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MEDIA RELEASE Bring your ideas, concerns and questions for a talk story session with agriculture and industry experts at 5:30 p.m. Friday, March 22 at the Pahoa Community Center. “Food is a basic necessity that many struggle to obtain. Cultivating sustainable farming and encouraging agricultural development is necessary for our community, our island, to not [...]

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MEDIA RELEASE Value-added and specialty foods consultant Lou Cooperhouse will present “Food Business Basics: Getting Started and Finding Your Niche in the Specialty Foods Business” workshops March 11-13 in Hilo, Honokaa, and Pahala. The workshops are designed for farmers seeking to develop their raw product into a value-added product and bring it to market, entrepreneurs [...]

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MEDIA RELEASE The Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) Division of Forestry and Wildlife (DOFAW) has documented extensive defoliation of large sections of mature koa forest on Hawaii Island, which scientists believe is the result of a natural but sudden proliferation of a native moth. Koa trees in the Hilo and Hamakua regions, between [...]

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MEDIA RELEASe The North Kohala Eat Locally Grown Campaign host a free Seed Saving Workshop 9 a.m. – noon Saturday, Feb. 16 at Wishing Well (55-230 Hoea Road) in Hawi. This Sustainable Saturday event is the first in an ongoing series of Home Gardening Workshops co-sponsored by North Kohala Eat Locally Grown and Sustainable Kohala. [...]

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Photos from Kona Outdoor Circle’s annual Pua Plantasia plant sale at the Makaeo Pavillion in Kailua-Kona.

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MEDIA RELEASE Gov. Neil Abercrombie has been sent a petition asking for his support in repealing Hawaii’s 10% Coffee Blend Labeling Law (HRS 486-120.6). One hundred fifty-three coffee farmers and coffee consumers signed the petition Jan. 25 during the Kona Coffee Farmers Association’s 6th Annual Kona Coffee Exposition. The petition reads: Dear Gov. Abercrombie: This [...]

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Some farms finding success; Kona brand still threatened by destructive pest

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This year, the HTA is funding 18 events for the island, including the Hilo Grown Ag-Tour, Ka‘ū Coffee Festival, and Hula Arts at Kilauea in Hawai`i Volcanoes National Park, providing even greater diversity to Hawai‘i’s tourism profile for Hawai‘i Island.

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