For the third episode of Regenerating Paradise, we had the pleasure of chatting with Will Kusch from Maui's rapidly growing ag start-up, TerViva. With offices in HawaiÊ"i, California, and Florida, TerViva grows a hardy orchard crop called pongamia.

As we look forward to a more climate friendly, food secure Hawaiʻi, we must also look back.

The solutions to climate problems lie in our soils. Regenerating Paradise is a new four-part video series by the Hawaiʻi Center for Food Safety. Ep. 1 features soil experts David Johnson and Rebecca Ryals who elegantly explain how regenerative farming will help us get to one third of our climate change goals by 2030! The time is now.

Lawsuit challenges industrial dairy’s illegal discharge of animal waste under the federal Clean Water Act

Community groups Kupale Ookala and Center for Food Safety sued the Idaho"‘based dairy company Big Island Dairy, LLC, owned by Steven and Derek Whitesides, this Wednesday, June 28, 2017, for violating the federal Clean Water Act by continuously discharging animal urine an.

Hawai’i is home to untold biodiversity and some of the most beautiful landscapes on Earth.

Listen in on our GMO and Pesticide Litigation webinar to learn more about what's happening in Hawaii.

Hawai'i Center for Food Safety Director, Ashley Lukens, PhD, shares the key findings from our groundbreaking report Pesticides in Paradise: Hawai‘i’s Keiki and ‘Ä€ina at Risk.

Talk Story at Mamiya Theatre with Dr. Vandana Shiva, Andrew Kimbrell, Alika Atay, and Representative Kaniela Ing. Moderated by Ashley Lukens of Hawaii Center for Food Safety.

What’s Happening?

Hawaii is ground zero for the outdoor experimentation of pesticide-promoting plant technologies, genetically engineered to withstand heavy spraying of toxic chemicals.

On Oahu, Kauai, Maui, and Molokai, chemical and biotechnology companies like Monsanto, Syngenta, Dupont, Dow Chemical, Bayer, and BASF are using prime agricultural land, taking a.