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Hawaii local food production sales reached $84.4 million, according to the 2015 Local Foods Marketing Practices Survey report released by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS). To view the NASS news release for Hawaii stats, click here. To access the full Local Foods Marketing Practices dataset go to: https://www.agcensus.usda.gov/Publications/2012/Online_Resources/Local_Food/index.php It is the ...
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Joint News Release from Hawaii Department of Agriculture and Hawaii Department of Health December 14, 2016 HONOLULU — Several projects initiated by the Hawaii Department of Agriculture and the Hawaii Department of Health to address ongoing concerns raised by residents about restricted-use pesticide exposure in Hawaii are now underway and many are expected to be ...
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Ohia Quarantine Rules Become Permanent

Posted on Dec 7, 2016 in Main

NR16-17 Dec. 7, 2016 HONOLULU – Administrative rules prohibiting the movement of ohia and soil from Hawaii Island became permanent last week. The rules impose permanent quarantine restrictions on the intrastate movement on ohia and other material that may spread rapid ohia death (ROD), also known as ohia wilt, which is destroying the native ohia ...
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