Hawaiʻi Youth Food Council (HYFC) is thrilled to announce that we are hosting We Grow Hawaiʻi: A Youth Food Summit, a free, youth-led conference for youth, featuring food producers, policymakers, and statewide food system change makers, in late April. Please…
Are you interested in learning more about policy, advocacy and the legislative process? The Maui Nui Food Alliance (MNFA) and the Hawaiʻi Public Health Institute (HIPHI) are hosting a policy training, mid-session legislative recap, and Q&A on Tuesday, March 28th…
Hawaiʻi is the most isolated populated landmass in the world, with 90% of its food imported, resulting in food costs that are 82% higher than the national average. Combined with a high cost of living and poverty rate, a compounding…
When Dr. Susan Mercado accompanied her adolescent son from the Philippines to Hawaii in late 2020, she noticed a vacancy for a food systems and resiliency director at the Hawaii Public Health Institute. A former undersecretary of the Philippine health…
How Did We Get Here? In 2015, the Hawai‘i Farm to School Hui led a successful campaign at the Hawai‘i State Legislature to establish a Farm to School Program and Coordinator position within Hawaiʻi Department of Agriculture (HDOA). Passage…
