Founded in 1895, the Hawaiian Sugar Planters’ Association (HSPA), dedicated to improving the sugar industry in Hawaii, has become an internationally recognized research center. Its name change in 1996 to Hawaii Agriculture Research Center (HARC) reflects its expanding scope to encompass research in forestry, coffee, forage, vegetable crops, tropical fruits, and many other diversified crops […]
Food & Power in Hawaii – Visions for Food Security
Krisna Suryanata and Aya Hirata Kimura are both University of Hawaii Professors, in collaboration with a series of authors, who have recently released the book titled “Food & Power in Hawaii: Visions of Food Democracy” We will be talking with the two authors about the series of essays that discuss land use policies, biotechnology, access […]
Hawaii – The Future of Agriculture
Paul Brewbaker discusses his recent report with TZ Economics on the condition of agriculture in Hawaii. Despite the general declIine of agriculture in Hawaii, Brewbaker has identified some promising trends for a future approach to growing the industry. ThinkTech Hawaii streams live on the Internet from 11:00 am to 5:00 pm every weekday afternoon, Hawaii […]
Let Them Eat Houses! Choosing Between Development or Food Security
Ho’opili is moving ahead after years in planning. It’s the largest single residential development in Oahu’s history and setting a precent on rezoning of agricultural land to residential. This project will have a significant impact on land, food, water, community, traffic, and thus is an important living example of where development is taking Oahu. ThinkTech […]
Housing in Hawaii What’s Holding it Up
Jay Fidel and Duke Oishi highlight a conference put on by Think Tech, Hawaii Venture Capital Association and Pacific New Media covering housing in Hawaii. A range of topics concerning housing were discussed by the members of the conference, who include Christine Camp of Avalon Hawaii, David Callies of the UH Law School, Robert Harris […]