By IVY ASHE Hawaii Tribune-Herald “People are hungry for local food,” Emily Taaroa said on a bright Saturday morning as she walked between homemade chicken pens on 5.5 acres of Keaau land. Grass between the pens was mowed close to the ground, the better to discourage...
Environmentalists and honey producers have long suspected a link between the pesticide and rapidly declining bee populations. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced on Wednesday that a preliminary risk assessment of the pesticide imidacloprid shows that...
HAWAII ISLAND — Jim Reddekopp and his wife Tracy moved to the Big Island from Oahu 18 years ago because, he says, that island got “too busy.” “My wife and I had dreams of raising our children in a rural environment,” he says. “The Big...
, Hawaii (AP) — Farmers on Hawaii's Big Island are worried after a disease affecting banana plants was found north of Hilo despite a quarantine effort. The banana bunchy top virus, which stunts the growth of banana plants and deforms their fruit, was first found on...
In the early 1980s, Saudi Arabia embarked upon a bold project: It began to transform large swaths of desert landscape into wheat farms. Now, “desert agriculture” isn't quite the oxymoron it might sound like. These arid zones offer ample sunlight and cool...
