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 $1.9 million available under program NR21-05 March 8, 2021 HONOLULU – The Hawai`i Department of Agriculture (HDOA) is now accepting applications for the Micro-Grants for Food Security Program, which provides support for small-scale gardening, herding and livestock operations to help produce food in areas that are insecure. In August 2020, the U.S. Department of Agriculture ...
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NR21-10 March 30, 2021  HONOLULU – Two free webinars have been scheduled in April to help inform Hawai`i coffee growers on the potential use of a fungicide to combat the coffee leaf rust (CLR). Earlier this month, the Hawai`i Department of Agriculture (HDOA) filed a request for emergency exemption with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ...
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NR21-09 March 25, 2021 HONOLULU – Hawai`i has been awarded $430,600 to help strengthen the state’s specialty crop industry through a federal block grant program. The Hawai`i Department of Agriculture (HDOA) has approved 10 project proposals under the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Specialty Crop Block Grant Program, which aims to enhance the competitiveness of ...
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NR21-08 March 23, 2021 HONOLULU – The Hawai`i Board of Agriculture (Board) today approved the expansion of coffee quarantine areas to include the islands of O`ahu and Lana`i due to the coffee leaf rust (CLR), a fungus that threatens Hawai`i’s important coffee industry. CLR was first detected in the state in October 2020 on Hawai`i ...
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Board of Agriculture to Consider Expanding Coffee Quarantine to More Islands NR21-07 March 16, 2021 HONOLULU – The Hawai`i Department of Agriculture (HDOA) today filed a request for a specific exemption from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to allow Hawai`i coffee growers to use a fungicide to help manage coffee leaf rust (CLR), a ...
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Proposed Administrative Rules

Posted on Mar 15, 2021 in Main

January 16, 2024 Posted in the Honolulu Star-Advertiser on Dec. 27, 2023 NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Hawaii Department of Agriculture Plant Quarantine Branch Proposed Amendments to Title 4, Subtitle 6, Chapter 72, Hawaii Administrative Rules (HAR), entitled “Plant and Non-Domestic Animal Quarantine Plant Intrastate Rules” to, Among Other Things: Implement Quarantine Restrictions on the Coconut ...
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NR21-06 March 9, 2021 HONOLULU – The U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, Thomas J. Vilsack, has approved Gov. David Ige’s request for a Secretarial Agricultural Disaster Designation for the drought emergency in Maui County. Gov. Ige requested the federal disaster declaration due to the prolonged drought conditions in the county which began in March 2019. In ...
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News Releases 2022

Posted on Mar 9, 2021 in Main

Dec. 29, 2022 – NR22-15 $2.7 Million in Grants Awarded for Small-Scale Agriculture Dec. 12, 2022 Gov. Josh Green Appoints Hurd as HDOA Chair and Atta as Deputy Nov. 18, 2022 Governor Ige Extends Emergency Disaster Relief for Maui Axis Deer Crisis into January Nov. 9, 2022 – NR22-14 Grant Available for Limu Production Oct. ...
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MISWUA Board Meetings 2018

Posted on Mar 1, 2021 in Main

Nov. 15, 2018 Agenda Draft Minutes Oct. 23, 2018 Agenda Draft Minutes Sept. 25, 2018 Agenda Draft Minutes Aug. 13, 2018 Agenda Draft Minutes July 24, 2018 Agenda Draft Minutes

MISWUA Board Meetings 2019

Posted on Mar 1, 2021 in Main

Dec. 12, 2019 Agenda Minutes Oct. 2, 2019 Agenda Minutes Aug. 30, 2019 Agenda Draft Minutes July 24, 2019 Agenda Draft Minutes June 12, 2019 Agenda Draft Minutes Jan. 8, 2019 Agenda Draft Minutes