
A New Year at the Legislature
The 2022 Legislative Session has opened, but the State Capitol is still closed. With virtually every other place of public accommodation...

Can We Save Ag Land?
A new working group has been formed to review subdivision and condominium laws relating to agricultural lands. As we all know, there is...

Resources for New and Small Farms
There are more farms operating in Hawaii today than there were 20 years ago, when some people prematurely declared agriculture dead. The...

Affordable Agricultural Housing
Twenty years after the closing of the last sugar plantation and a decade after the end of Del Monte’s pineapple plantation on Oahu, Kunia...

Oahu is Hawaii’s Breadbasket
Most people in Hawaii have heard we import approximately 90% of our food, yet many people may not realize the vast majority of...


Pesticides – The Label is the Law
“No Farms, No Food,” says a bumper sticker on the back of a car in a local parking lot. “Keep the Country COUNTRY!” implores another...