Thomas Heaton

Pacific neighbors are fighting back against the coconut rhinoceros beetle, and there are lessons for Hawaii.

The importance of nutritional assistance like SNAP was apparent during a recent statewide tour.

The hemp industry is poised for a legislative win after several years of negotiation.

Farmers and ranchers see an opportunity for ongoing collaboration.

Hawaii will receive close to $420,000 in federal funds to update wildfire defense plans, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced Monday. Five projects on Big Island and Kauai will receive funds as part of the USDA’s Community Wildfire Defense Grant program, to update wildfire protection plans that were last updated up to eight years ago. […]

The department is focused on centralizing food operations, arguing the current model is ineffective when it comes to getting local food into schools

State agencies and local hotels and restaurants are on the hunt for more Hawaii-grown produce, but only a small number of our farms conform to USDA guidelines.

State lawmakers are asked to find a little more funding now to save a lot more money later in order to protect the islands’ fragile ecosystems and ag lands.

While broadly welcoming new funding, the deaths of previous UXO contractors have left locals with concerns.

Earthquakes, storm surges and other natural disasters could mean environmental catastrophe if oil and other hazardous material spill out. Soon after the Solomon Islands was rocked by a 7.0 magnitude...

The people of the South Pacific nation, the site of several battles, were integral to the Allied war effort, rescuing hundreds of servicemen behind enemy lines.

As China and the U.S. jockey for control of the Pacific, little attention is being paid to the bombs that litter the island nation. Coconut crabs roast atop a sheet of roofing iron, heated by a fire...

A 2019 law aspired to help farmers grow large amounts of food indoors or in greenhouses by providing savings on electricity. But critics say the current proposal falls short.

Gov. David Ige wants to nix the program because there is a soil survey in the works. But supporters say it’s like comparing apples and oranges.

Farmers and ranchers feel investing in agriculture has become more of a buzzword than an actual concern for the executive branch.

But the Legislature has once again only approved a fraction of what the Department of Agriculture requested.

Agricultural technologists descended upon Hilo to discuss innovation, as well as the many hurdles Hawaii faces as it tries to increase food production.

University of Hawaii Manoa’s head of the agriculture department is retiring after nearly five years in the job. College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources Dean Nicholas Comerford announced his retirement in a speech at the Tropical AgTech Conference in Hilo on Wednesday Comerford joined UH…

Planting crops that adapt, cutting back on workers, even harvesting fog are ideas being put into action on Maui and Molokai.

Event organizers say a conference later this month could be the next step in making the islands a proving ground for farming technologies.