Farm-Friendly Bills in the 2026 Legislature

Policy plays an important role in shaping our food systems and you can help shape Hawaiʻi’s current policy by using your voice.

New Hawaii products unveiled at food industry event

July, 2017 A wealth of new Hawaii products was unveiled at the recent Hawaii Lodging, Hospitality & Foodservice Expo at Blaisdell Center.

Farm owned, ‘aina grown: Co-op makes ‘Ulu comeback

June, 2017 As The Kohala Center continues to support efforts to increase local food production and security, we often look to the indigenous agriculture practices that provided abundance in these islands for centuries.

The upside of ulu: Big Island breadfruit growers

February 20, 2017 It was hot with the faintest hint of breeze as Ethan Doctor drove a pickup truck down a bumpy road on his family’s 215-acre ranch in Kalapana. In one of the paddocks, a few dozen cows rested in the shade of a tall Hawaiian ulu (breadfruit) tree.

It’s Time: Embrace Breadfruits nutrition and value

September 20, 2016 How Hawaii chefs and scientists are introducing the superfood to the world

Denby Fawcett: Breadfruit can feed a hungry world

August 2016 We should learn to love the messy green fruit that sometimes seems more like a nuisance — or a weapon — than a source of nutrition.

Can breadfruit save the world?

June 2016, At last, he found what he'd come for: three green, softball-size dinosaur eggs. Breadfruit...