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NR17-19 Dec. 11, 2017 HONOLULU – Hawaii entomologist, John McHugh, PhD, has been appointed as the new program manager of the Pesticides Branch of the Hawaii Department of Agriculture. His duties will include overseeing the program compliance office, chemical analysis section, registration and education section, case preparation section and statewide enforcement offices of the pesticides ...
Read More McHUGH APPOINTED PESTICIDES BRANCH MANAGER
NR17-18 Oct. 17, 2017 HONOLULU — The Hawaii Department of Agriculture (HDOA) has begun airing a series of three public service announcements (PSAs) promoting agricultural food safety in our community. One PSA encourages farmers to follow good agricultural practices (GAP) and have their farms become GAP certified. GAP certification involves a voluntary audit that verifies ...
Read More HDOA Runs PSAs on Agricultural Food Safety
NR17-17 Oct. 4, 2017 HONOLULU — Hawaii has awarded 11 projects to eligible non-profit and for-profit entities totaling about $427,000 through the 2017 Specialty Crop Block Grant Program (SCBGP) of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). The federal program, funded by the Farm Bill, provides grants to state departments of agriculture to fund projects ...
Read More Hawaii Receives 7,000 in Federal Grants for Agriculture
NR17-16 Sept. 8, 2017 (*REVISED Sept. 14, 2017) Farmers and Home Gardeners Encouraged to Attend HONOLULU – A series of three informational meetings on rat lungworm disease (RLWD) has been scheduled on Oahu this month. The meetings are being coordinated by the Hawaii Department of Agriculture (HDOA), Hawaii Department of Health (DOH) and the University ...
Read More Informational Meetings on Rat Lungworm Disease Scheduled Around Oahu
NR17-15 Aug. 24, 2017 HONOLULU – A live three-foot snake was found in a shipment of household goods and other cargo by workers at a Honolulu shipping company this morning. A shipping company worker spotted the snake as they were unloading a pallet from a container that arrived from California and used a stick and ...
Read More Live Snake Found in Shipping Container
NR17-14 August 22, 2017 HONOLULU – Hawaii Department of Agriculture (HDOA) today approved an aerial application permit allowing the Department of Land and Natural Resources to begin work on the Lehua Island Restoration Project Partnership. The HDOA has worked closely with State Senator Ron Kouchi and State Representative Dee Morikawa in addressing the Kauai community’s ...
Read More Aerial Application Permit Approved for Lehua Island Project
NR17-13 August 3, 2017 HONOLULU – A small live bat was found Tuesday morning, Aug. 1st, on a container ship that arrived at Honolulu Harbor from San Diego. The crew aboard the Pasha Hawaii ship was able to capture the bat and the company called inspectors from the Hawaii Department of Agriculture (HDOA) at about ...
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Aug. 2, 2017 Gov. Ige, along with the Department of Health and the Department of Agriculture announced at a news conference, a coordinated effort to prevent rat lungworm disease in Hawaii and to increase public awareness. To view the Governor’s news release and video of the news conference, click here
NR17-12 June 30, 2017 HONOLULU – A jogger came across a dead snake on her morning jog today along Kuhio Highway in Haena, Kauai. The woman who found the snake is an intern with the Limahuli Garden & Preserve, which is near to where the snake was found. Another employee from the preserve retrieved the ...
Read More Dead Snake Found on Kauai