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NR22-02 March 24, 2022 The Hawai`i Department of Agriculture (HDOA) is administering a federal Seafood Processors Pandemic Response and Safety Block Grant Program. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) program is designed to provide relief to seafood processors who incurred costs due to the COVID-19 pandemic. “Like many of Hawai`i’s industries, the seafood industry has had ...
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NR22-01 March 8, 2022 HONOLULU – The Hawai`i Department of Agriculture (HDOA) has released an update to the 2020 Agricultural Land Use Baseline Study which summarizes agricultural land use in the state. The newly released study adds new agricultural land use data for Maui County and now completes the 2020 baseline report. The first 2020 ...
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State Veterinarian, Dr. Isaac Maeda, comments on COVID-19 in animals in the March 3rd issue of the Department of Health’s COVID-19 Community Bulletin. As of publication, there have been no confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Hawaii pets.  However, two lions at the Honolulu Zoo did contract the virus and one died. View the community bulletin ...
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