Though Often Behind the Scenes, These Specialists Play a Major Role in Hawai‘i’s Agricultural Industry

Share: Cooperative Extension Cooperative Extension provides non-formal, science-based education to enrich the lives and livelihood of farmers, consumers and families in Hawaiʻi. As the outreach component of UH Mānoa’s College of Tropical Agriculture and Human...

East Maui Residents Hope to See Control of Their Region’s Water Return to Public Hands

Share: ‘Aha Wai O Maui Hikina Also known as the East Maui Regional Community Board, ‘Aha Wai O Maui Hikina is concerned with the Nāhiku, Ke’anae, Honomanū and Huelo license areas and shall investigate, acquire, manage and control water collection and delivery...

Inside Hawai‘i’s Small but Persisting ‘True Tea’ Industry

Share: Tea Hawaii & Company Founded by husband and wife team Chiu Leong and Eva Lee, Tea Hawaii & Company grows tea in a temperate rainforest on the summit of Kīlauea Volcano. Website Ami Mei A Native Hawaiian-owned tea and wellness boutique based in Honolulu that...

12 Years In: How Hawai‘i is Still Working to Curb the Coconut Rhinoceros Beetle

Share: CRB Response A grant-funded organization managed through the University of Hawai‘i that provides education, awareness, detection, prevention and treatments to protect Hawai‘i from the threats and impacts of CRB. Website Mālama Learning Center A nonprofit that...

How to Help Hawai‘i Contain the Coconut Rhinoceros Beetle

Share: CRB Response A grant-funded organization managed through the University of Hawai‘i that provides education, awareness, detection, prevention and treatments to protect Hawai‘i from the threats and impacts of CRB. Website Big Island Invasive Species Committee A...