Agriculture

Four years ago, the state acquired 1,200 acres of farmland....

Every once in awhile, some of them will piece the information together....

...agriculture can be held back by regulation, politics, and policies....

...what’s happening on our farms....

...report on the seed industry in Hawaii produced by Dr. Paul Brewbaker for the Hawaii Crop Improvement Association....

...it needs to be mandatory for every policymaker to come and work on the farm before they can even talk about what policies they want to make....

...there are more than 8 million visitors annually....

...This increase is the first in the industry since the 2011- 12 crop year....

...“food oppression is a difficult concept for many to embrace because of the powerful rhetoric regarding personal choice that is endemic in the United States”....

...A Caucasian woman came up to my dad as he was working on the field and started yelling at him that he was poisoning her....

Suddenly biomass is not clean energy?

"...The content of the CD1 stunned us; it was passed without a single public hearing.  There clearly was no justification....”

...hemp-based electrodes for supercapacitors....

...HB2501 provides time to transition to a process that ensures water is distributed fairly in accordance with the public trust doctrine....

...filing an official rulemaking petition demanding that the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)  remove industrial hemp from the federal drug schedules....

...It's unclear how much was spent paying people to collect signatures, or where the money came from, because those loudly demanding transparency don't practice it themselves....

The focus away from pesticides as the primary driver runs counter to the narrative shaped over the past few years by high profile advocacy groups....

The findings of the Draft EIS demonstrate that Hawaii Dairy Farms will be protective of the environment and serve as a model for sustainable agriculture in the Islands.....

One of the new rules requires farmers to track their product from “seed to sale.”....

A new report has been released by the Grassroot Institute titled 10 Free Market Solutions for Agriculture in Hawaii....

"...the consequences to landowners even for inadvertent violation can be crushing...."

Petition the President of the United States to Not expand the outer boundary of the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Moument from 50 nautical miles out to 200 nautical miles....

...many arguments are put forth on why GMOs are “bad” and should be avoided. However, many of these arguments are not about GMOs, but rather, are issues that we’re facing in modern agriculture and in our economy....

...the unanimous Hawaii Supreme Court threw out the conviction of the farmer, tagged by Officer Fuiava of Five-O for transporting a load of cabbage uncovered....

...despite having secured state funding since 2012, the chairperson of the Board of Agriculture has neither re-established nor filled the branch’s program manager and inspector positions....

...the lawsuit was meritless and the plaintiffs' post-settlement claims are inaccurate....

If this credit does indeed become law, expect to see a lot of begging and pleading....

"...most likely symbolic, as it is apt to be uncollectable...."

...Senate Bill 2659 passed with a unanimous vote in both Chambers....

...GoFarm Hawaii director Steven Chiang and host Keli`i Akina discuss how a new generation of farmers is being equipped to succeed....

Renewable fuel proponents took another shot this year at enacting a renewable fuels credit....

...When Zika makes it to Hawaii and destroys the tourism industry, remember the environmentalists and organic pseudo-farmers who refused to allow spraying....

... HB2501 Conference Committee meets today at 2pm, do the math ....

I have been so dismayed seeing the activists once again playing the “these people are immigrants so their jobs aren’t needed” card....

A large crowd attended and listened as Mayor Alan Arakawa, Councilwoman Elle Cochran, and Grassroot President Keli'i Akina, Ph.D. discussed the future of farming on Maui....

...the "agricultural lands" section of the Hawaii Constitution isn't self-executing....

...Hawaii legislators received the largest compensation for any part-time or hybrid legislature in the nation....

...Mayor Alan Arakawa, Councilmember Ellie Cochran, Grassroot Institute President Kelii Akina....

...dozens of Hawaii County organic farmers are refusing access to State and County mosquito-eradication workers....

"It's not a question of if, it's a question of when Zika comes here to this island, and we have a very unique opportunity right now to squash it."

...over 4,500 people in Maui, Hawaii have signed a petition supporting industrial hemp in Maui....

The JFF group has released its Draft Final Report for public comments....

Combined with a regulatory scheme that allows the county to intrude on property rights by requiring approval of the "economic feasibility" of a farmer's planned use for his or her land....

...a new digital GIS layer to identify commercial agricultural crops grown in the state....

...three sectors that are key to future sustainability in Hawai‘i - energy, agriculture and natural resource management....

In a few hours, there will be lots of people gathering at the legislature in downtown Honolulu to talk about farmers.  They are miles away from any farm but many have an opinion about it....

Whether it be the fire ants or dengue fever, that is or no concern to them.  They continue to manipulate people’s fears around pesticides and GM technology.....

Real farming, not those 2 acres of various things you’re growing....

I don’t know whether or not I want to cry or scream today....