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Agriculture Resources
Key Resources
- USDA, Agricultural Resource Service, Pacific Basin Agriculture Research Center - Leading edge research in tropical and subtropical agriculture for production, marketing and post harvest handling.
- USDA Rural Development - Financial and technical support in energy, housing and cooperative organizational development.
- USDA Natural Resource Conservation Service - Financial and technical support in soil and water conservation initiatives and irrigation development and restoration of systems and watersheds.
- USDA Farm Service Agency - Loans, emergency disaster payments and conservation programs.
- USDA Risk Management Agency - Crop insurance and other risk management services.
- USDA Market Services - Farmers market development, organic programs, market development and standards, and grades.
- USDA Forest Service - Crop production research within tropical ecosystems, invasive species and assessments.
- Hawai‘i Agricultural Statistics Service - Continuous statistical gathering and reporting on crops, plants, livestock and animals, demographics, economics and the environment.
- Hawai‘i Department of Agriculture - Importing/exporting animals and plants, financial assistance, market and business development, quality assurance, plant pest and disease control, aquaculture development, land and water.
- UH-Mānoa College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources - Research, education and extension outreach in production, market and business development, processing and handling and economics.
- Hawai‘i Department of Land and Natural Resources - Lease lands available and offshore leases for aquaculture.
Genetic Modification (GMO)
Food Sovereignty for Hawai‘i and a More Concentrated Effort to Buy Local
- Economic impacts of increasing Hawai‘i's food self-sufficiency - A dollar spent locally can result in $2 reinvested locally.
- Buy Fresh Buy Local Campaign - Statewide campaign to encourage the purchase of locally grown products.
- Hawai‘i Island Food Systems Report - A business systems approach with a focus on natural systems.
- Farmers Markets - List of local farmers markets.
- Mala‘ai - School garden provides a cultural, hands-on, place-based learning experience that teaches students how to act as stewards of the land, to collaborate with others and to enjoy first-hand the outcomes of their work.
County's Agriculture Plan and Related Water Plan
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