In 2017, the Hawaiʻi’s Food System: Food for All report was completed after an analysis of state-wide economic data, a review of literature, and dozens of interviews with food system practitioners and stakeholders from the main islands in Hawaiʻi. The…
The University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa (UHM) College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources’ (CTAHR) Farm to School Program seeks to promote health by addressing nutrition and food access at a community food system level, by addressing community-level needs for…
How a school garden in one of Hawaiʻi’s most remote, isolated communities is supporting kūpuna (elders) with fresh fruits and vegetables Anyone familiar with Maui’s beautiful, long, and winding road to Hāna can appreciate many of the challenges this remote…
August 15, 2020 marked the official launch of this year’s Hawai‘i Youth Food Council (HYFC). Six newly selected high school youth have joined four returning members from last year’s inaugural council (launched February 2020) to form the ten-member team, which…
Pandemic Jumpstarts Hawaiʻi Farm to School and Food Access Programs When schools closed across the nation in March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Hawai‘i Farm to School Hui leaders sprang into action in service to communities across Hawai‘i. “The…
Pandemic Jumpstarts Hawaiʻi Farm to School and Food Access Programs When schools closed across the nation in March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Hawai‘i Farm to School Hui leaders sprang into action in service to communities across Hawai‘i. “The…
Pandemic Jumpstarts Hawaiʻi Farm to School and Food Access Programs When schools closed across the nation in March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Hawai‘i Farm to School Hui leaders sprang into action in service to communities across Hawai‘i. “The…
By Julia Barzilai, Hawai‘i Youth Food Council Member The Hawai‘i Youth Food Council distributed a School Food Survey during the Spring 2020 semester to collect data about high school students’ school food experiences. Survey responses were collected digitally (with the…
Kōkua Harvest, an island-wide food rescue project on Big Island, works towards eliminating food waste at its source: our farms and gardens. By being invited onto these properties, Kōkua Harvest has the ability to collect surplus produce for distribution through…
Hawaiʻi imports about 85 to 90 percent of its food to support a population of 1.35 million statewide, with just over 166,000 in Maui County. With an additional 3 million annual visitors on Maui alone, these numbers start becoming hard…
NOTE: The state legislature has gone on hiatus as of March 16, 2020 in response to COVID-19. The recess will go on indefinitely until the state House and Senate leaders decide when the session should reconvene. The content in this…
Over 120 participants enjoyed five HIPHI Perspectives Trips on O‘ahu and Maui during October 2019, in celebration of National Farm to School Month. The trips were organized by the Hawai‘i Farm to School Hui (a program of HIPHI) and partners…