The public is ivited to help sew lei to honor our veterans for the upcoming Memorial Day. HDOA’s Plant Quarantine Branch will open its facility for a huge lei-making event: Saturday, May 25th from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Plant Quarantine Branch, 1849 Auiki Street (Click here for map)Free parking! HDOA will provide locally ...
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If you are interested in aquaponics, don’t miss this Aquaponics in Hawaii Conference on May 25, at Windward Community College. The conference will feature the most progressive aquaponics entrepreneurs who are finding their niche in the growing sustainable industry. From backyard to commercial operations, this opportunity to share and exchange information will be valuable to ...
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Hawaii News Now reporter Keoki Kerr asked to see how cargo inspections are conducted with the a crew of HDOA Plant Quarantine inspectors at Honolulu International Airport. Mahalo to inspectors Rex Haraguchi, Carrie Itoman, Nathan Paracuelles and Glenn Sakamoto for helping to inform the public about the important work HDOA does. Here is a link ...
Read More Plant Quarantine Inspectors Featured on Hawaii News Now!
Mahalo to the compassionate and generous HDOA staff, who made donations to the Hawaii Foodbank. According to preliminary totals, HDOA raised $2,119.40, well over the Foodbank’s goal of $813! Also donated were 13 boxes of food and five bags of rice! Special shout-out to the Foodbank fundraiser volunteers who planned and executed three fundraising events ...
Read More HDOA Staff Far Exceeds Foodbank Fundraising Goal!!!
The current issue of Hana Hou!, the inflight magazine for Hawaiian Airlines, features an article on HDOA’s Plant Quarantine Branch and the work they do to intercept and capture invasive species. Also in the issue is an article on well-known Big Island beekeeper Garnett Puett, that discloses a little-known talent that keeps him busy. To ...
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The Laotian Farmers Association, UH-College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources, Farm Service Agency, the State Department of Health and the Hawaii Department of Agriculture will jointly hold a Farmers Resource Workshop on Saturday, April 6th from 3:00 to 6:00 p.m. at You Soukaseum’s Farm in Kahuku. The workshop is free and will cover ...
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NR13-03March 11, 2013 HONOLULU – The Hawaii Department of Agriculture (HDOA) is currently accepting applications for a new round of organic certification cost-share assistance to organic farmers and organic livestock operators. Renewed federal funding totaling up to $65,000 has been allotted to help Hawaii organic farmers with the cost of organic certification through a cooperative ...
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NR13-04 March 11, 2013 HONOLULU – The Hawaii Department of Agriculture (HDOA) will hold an informational meeting on Maui to present plans for the release of a natural enemy of the fireweed, a plant that is toxic to most livestock and which has infested hundreds of thousands of acres of Maui pasture land. The meeting ...
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HDOA’s Craig Kaneshige was awarded Kauai’s MVP award during Hawaii Invasive Species Awareness Week . A ceremony at the State Capitol Auditorium was held on Monday, March 4th. Craig is the only Noxious Weed Specialist working in the Plant Pest Control Branch on Kauai. He has been instrumental in controlling coqui, little fire ants, ...
Read More Kauai’s Kaneshige Wins MVP Award!
HDOA’s exploratory ent0mologist, Dr. Mohsen Ramadan, was interviewed by Howard Dicus on this morning’s Hawaii News Now Sunrise morning show regarding the newly released biocontrol for fireweed. Fireweed is an invasive and toxic plant to cattle and horses which have taken over hundreds of acres of pasture lands, mainly on Maui and Hawaii Island. ...
Read More HDOA’s Exploratory Entomologist interviewed on Sunrise