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Touring Kauai Coffee Company

ThinkTech Hawaii streams live on the Internet from 11:00 am to 5:00 pm every weekday afternoon, Hawaii Time, then streaming earlier shows through the night. Check us out any time for great content and great community. Our vision is to be a leader in shaping a more vital and thriving Hawaii as the foundation for […]

Catch Up with Bike Share Hawaii, Oahu Fresh, Oahu Food Hub and Baby Baba

Justine Espiritu brings us up to speed with the exciting happenings of Bikeshare Hawaii with its upcoming launch in just a couple weeks. Matt Johnson updates us on the new happenings at Oahu Fresh, a multiple farm CSA and restaurant supplier of local produce, as well as Oahu Food Hub, a shared use certified kitchen […]

Celebrating the [UN]cultivated

[UN]cultivated Inc. is an international nonprofit organization that works with communities to help them build regenerative food systems through the integration of traditional knowledge, scientific research, and technology. Their mission is to preserve indigenous knowledge while cultivating food systems in harmony with nature. Hawaii Food and Farmers Series co-hosts Justine and Matt talk to President […]

Delicious Creations with the Chocolate Flavormeister

Madre Chocolate has a quest to make truly amazing chocolate and they are driven by a passion to inspire greater appreciation among consumers for the rich cultural heritage and ecological diversity surrounding cacao. They aim for their selection of organic, fair trade chocolate bars to connect chocolate-eaters directly to the source, and in doing so […]

Dreams and Schemes of a Bibliophile

Justine Espiritu shares a taste of her passion for book clubs and offers book recommendations with special guest, Mark Watkins of The Hawaii Project. ThinkTech Hawaii streams live on the Internet from 11:00 am to 5:00 pm every weekday afternoon, Hawaii Time, then streaming earlier shows through the night. Check us out any time for […]

Ag Research and Renaissance in the Kunia Corridor

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 […]

Agrofood Initiatives.. What’s the Point?

Mary Mostafanezhad and Eli Litzelman of the University of Hawaii’s Department of Geography, along with Dr. Krisna Suryanata, collaborate on a research project that examines the proliferation of agro-food initiatives (AFIs) in Hawai‘i. Through this research, they ask: How and to what extent do AFI participants contribute to the viability of local agriculture economies in […]

Can Conservation and Agriculture Co-exist?

Conservation and agriculture sometimes conflict with each other, however they can actually work very well together!  The Soil and Water Conservation Districts are local units of government established under State law to carry out natural resource management programs at the local level.  Districts work with millions of cooperating landowners and operators to help them manage […]

Organic Certification and Education

Oregon Tilth is a leading nonprofit certifier, educator and advocate for organic agriculture and products since 1974. Their mission is to make our food system and agriculture biologically sound and socially equitable. Their work focuses on certification, conservation, social equity, policy and the marketplace. Diane Hennelly is a Senior Certification Officer and Inspector at Tilth […]

Little Tomatoes, Big Ambitions – Little Tomato Farms

Robert and Tasha Wilson are graduates from the second cohort of the GoFarm Hawaii Program. They founded Little Tomato Farms and lease land from Kamehameha Schools within the Punalu’u Ahupua’a Farms. Robert and Tasha serve on the Board of the Friends with Farms Cooperative. Today we will hear from Robert and Tasha how their two […]

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- Liam Stack, Aaron Boxerman and Eric Nagourney
Fighting Flares Anew in Gaza as Hamas Regroups

The U.S. secretary of state warned that Israel’s victories over Hamas may not be “sustainable.” [...]

- Paul Sonne and Anton Troianovski
Putin Replaces Defense Minister in Rare Cabinet Shake-up

Mr. Putin shifted Sergei Shoigu to run the security council, and nominated an economist to run the defense ministry. [...]

- Jeffrey Gettleman and Constant Méheut
Russian Forces Push Deeper Into Northern Ukraine

With Ukrainian troops outnumbered, exhausted and now in retreat near Kharkiv, many Ukrainians wonder if the war has taken a significant turn for the worse. [...]

- Ben Protess, Jonah E. Bromwich, Jonathan Swan, Maggie Haberman and William K. Rashbaum
Michael Cohen’s Testimony Will Shape Trump’s Hush Money Trial

Mr. Cohen once called himself Donald J. Trump’s “designated thug.” Will he help bring about the ex-president’s downfall? [...]

- Campbell Robertson and Maureen Farrell
Gov. Jim Justice Faces Heavy Business Debts as He Seeks Senate Seat

The Justice companies have long had a reputation for not paying their debts. But that may be catching up to them. [...]

Maternity care overhaul needed, birth trauma inquiry finds

Changes in postnatal care are also required, MPs say after hearing "harrowing" evidence from UK women. [...]

I lost my mum, dad and baby sister to HIV in infected blood scandal

Families torn apart by the infected blood scandal break their silence to BBC Panorama. [...]

Top Boy and Happy Valley triumph at TV Baftas

The final seasons of Top Boy and Happy Valley were among the big winners at the Bafta TV Awards. [...]

Best of Baftas 2024 TV Awards... in 86 seconds

Our recap of this year's 2024 Bafta TV Awards. [...]

Putin set to move Shoigu from defence minister post

Sergei Shoigu, a close ally of the president, has played a key role in Russia's hugely costly war in Ukraine. [...]

After winning the Eurovision Song Contest in Malmo, Sweden, Nemo arrived at Zurich Airport to a hero's welcome. [...]

Two refugees were secretly traveling under a coach in the state of Bavaria as one of them fell onto a motorway. Both men suffered minor injuries and were taken to [...]

Incumbent Gitanas Nauseda declared victory in the first round but will face a run-off vote against Prime Minister Ingrida Simonyte. The election was marked by security concerns amid the war [...]

Spain's Socialists won the largest share of the vote in Catalan elections, as separatist parties are set to lose their majority after more than a decade in power in the [...]

Students from China and Hong Kong living in Europe and North America are being repressed by the government in Beijing, according to a new Amnesty International report. Students in Germany [...]

- The Associated Press
Catalan separatists lose majority as Spain's Socialists win regional elections

Catalonia's separatist parties are in danger of losing their hold on power in the northeastern region after the pro-union Socialist Party scored a historic result in Sunday's election. [...]

- Emma Bowman
The first person to receive a genetically modified pig kidney transplant has died

Richard Slayman died almost two months after the historic procedure, the Boston hospital where he had the transplant said Saturday. At 62, he had the transplant to treat his end-stage [...]

- The Associated Press
Putin replaces his defense minister as he starts his 5th term in office

Putin proposed Andrei Belousov, who until recently served as the first deputy prime minister, to replace Sergei Shoigu in a Cabinet shakeup. [...]

- John Helton
There's still a chance to see the Northern Lights from lower latitudes

The solar storm that's pushing sightings of the Northern Lights to lower latitudes is forecast to continue into the coming days, but its impact has likely peaked. [...]

- Rebecca Rosman
Student protests caused mostly minor disruptions at several graduation ceremonies

From California to North Carolina, students staged chants and walkouts over the weekend in protest of Israel's ongoing military offensive in Gaza. [...]

- Jerome Pugmire | AP

Kylian Mbappé‘s relationship with Paris Saint-Germain started with great fanfare and celebration but is ending amid ongoing tensions [...]

- Rachel Pannett

Secretary of State Antony Blinken says Israeli success in Rafah is “not sustainable” without a postwar plan for Gaza. The Palestinian death toll rose over 35,000. [...]

- Moriah Balingit | AP

Despite pro-Palestinian protests roiling some U.S. college campuses this spring, graduation ceremonies are going off largely peacefully so far [...]

- Miriam Berger, Niha Masih, Leo Sands, Claire Parker
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