Under a new pilot program, Hawaii farmers have until July 13 to submit their bids to sell fresh fruit and vegetables to various public schools around the state. The state Department of Education is working together with the state Department of Agriculture on...
KEAAU, Hawaii — The trucks roll in and out of the plant at a business park nestled near papaya farms and a forest preserve on the Big Island here, an operation that transforms waste cooking oils, animal fats, fruit and seeds into biodiesel fuel, nearly 13,000 gallons...
VOLCANO, Hawaii — For centuries, a species of crow possessed of a large bill, a piercing stare and a raucous caw was revered by Hawaiians as a “family god” that would guide spirits of the dead into the afterlife. But modernity has been brutal to the alala, and none of...
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...
