November 15, 2021 (West Hawaii Today)—Kamehameha Schools is partnering with the Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement and The Kohala Center to strengthen Hawaii’s food system through Mahi‘ai Match-Up, a business plan competition that provides food-focused entrepreneurs from across the pae ‘aina with an opportunity to farm agricultural land or develop a business in a commercial space.
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November 7, 2021 (BigIslandNow.com)—Kamehameha Schools (KS) is partnering with the Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement (CNHA) and The Kohala Center (TKC) to strengthen Hawai‘i’s food system through Mahi‘ai Match-Up, a business plan competition that provides food-focused entrepreneurs from across the pae ‘āina with an opportunity to farm agricultural land or develop a business in a commercial space.
November 4, 2021 (Pacific Business News)—The Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement, or CNHA, KuHana Business Development program is now accepting applications for its newest cohort of agriculture and business professionals, the nonprofit announced Thursday.
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October 5, 2021 (West Hawaii Today)—Wai is the Hawaiian word for water. Waiwai means wealth or prosperity. Around these thoughts and what it means to protect and manage watersheds, and deliver safe, potable water at a time when climate change-induced drought, storms and wildfires all seem to be upon us (on top of a pandemic), water will be the focus of Waimea Community Association’s next Virtual Town Meeting from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Thursday [October 7, 2021].
September 12, 2021 (Honolulu Civil Beat)—We have both been thinking a lot lately about the next generation and wondering what Hawaii will be like for them in 10 or 20 years.
In our communities we are witnessing unprecedented changes — the extreme weather we’ve been watching elsewhere in the world has arrived.
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September 10, 2021 (Hawaii Tribune-Herald)—The Center for Biological Diversity announced Thursday a coalition of 60 community leaders, conservation organizations, businesses, elected officials and academics has petitioned the federal government to ban three harmful, coral-killing chemicals from sunscreens and other personal care products. The petition cites scientific studies on the dangers to Hawaii’s coral reefs and coastal ecosystems posed by oxybenzone, octinoxate and octocrylene.
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KĀKOU – Hawai‘i’s Town Hall (PBS Hawai‘i, September 4, 2021)—Hawai‘i’s visitor count has come roaring back much quicker than experts predicted from the nearly empty days during the past year of the COVID-19 pandemic. The resurgence of visitors has raised concerns from the community to limit the number of tourists. Join us for KĀKOU: Hawaiʻi’s Town Hall where we’ll discuss what the possible next steps are for our number one industry.
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July 30, 2021 (Hawai‘i Public Radio)—In the 1970s and 80s, there were land struggles, assertions of indigenous rights, and attempts to figure out alternative ways of doing things. Cooperatives were one answer — business ownership, supply and demand, could be shared by forming agricultural cooperatives, electric cooperatives, retail or housing cooperatives, even credit unions.
Teresa Young started working at the Northwest Coop Development Center in Washington in 2005, then in 2016, she moved to Waimea on Hawaiʻi Island to work for The Kohala Center. Young is their rural cooperative business development specialist, offering advice and resources to cooperative business ventures.
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July 11, 2021 (Honolulu Civil Beat)—Hawaii wants better tourism management, but what immediate actions do residents most support? And is the Hawaii Tourism Authority the best management agency for the long term or should management fall to some other entity?
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July 9, 2021 (Hawaii Tribune-Herald)—The number of surf schools allowed to operate and students in the water at Kahaluu Bay would be spread throughout the day under draft rules proposed by the state Department of Land and Natural Resources.
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Partners collaborate in new Mahi‘ai Match-Up to help farmers, food system entrepreneurs grow
/in Laulima News /by adminNovember 15, 2021 (West Hawaii Today)—Kamehameha Schools is partnering with the Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement and The Kohala Center to strengthen Hawaii’s food system through Mahi‘ai Match-Up, a business plan competition that provides food-focused entrepreneurs from across the pae ‘aina with an opportunity to farm agricultural land or develop a business in a commercial space.
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Mahi‘ai Match-Up to Build Resilient Economies
/in Laulima News /by adminNovember 7, 2021 (BigIslandNow.com)—Kamehameha Schools (KS) is partnering with the Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement (CNHA) and The Kohala Center (TKC) to strengthen Hawai‘i’s food system through Mahi‘ai Match-Up, a business plan competition that provides food-focused entrepreneurs from across the pae ‘āina with an opportunity to farm agricultural land or develop a business in a commercial space.
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KuHana Business Development program opens applications for sixth cohort
/in Laulima News /by adminNovember 4, 2021 (Pacific Business News)—The Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement, or CNHA, KuHana Business Development program is now accepting applications for its newest cohort of agriculture and business professionals, the nonprofit announced Thursday.
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Water tops Waimea Virtual Town Meeting
/in KWP News /by adminOctober 5, 2021 (West Hawaii Today)—Wai is the Hawaiian word for water. Waiwai means wealth or prosperity. Around these thoughts and what it means to protect and manage watersheds, and deliver safe, potable water at a time when climate change-induced drought, storms and wildfires all seem to be upon us (on top of a pandemic), water will be the focus of Waimea Community Association’s next Virtual Town Meeting from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Thursday [October 7, 2021].
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Op-Ed: It’s Time For The DOE To Take The Lead On Food And Education
/in HPSI News, Laulima News /by adminSeptember 12, 2021 (Honolulu Civil Beat)—We have both been thinking a lot lately about the next generation and wondering what Hawaii will be like for them in 10 or 20 years.
In our communities we are witnessing unprecedented changes — the extreme weather we’ve been watching elsewhere in the world has arrived.
»Read more
Petition seeks ban to coral-killing chemicals in sunscreens
/in KBEC News /by adminSeptember 10, 2021 (Hawaii Tribune-Herald)—The Center for Biological Diversity announced Thursday a coalition of 60 community leaders, conservation organizations, businesses, elected officials and academics has petitioned the federal government to ban three harmful, coral-killing chemicals from sunscreens and other personal care products. The petition cites scientific studies on the dangers to Hawaii’s coral reefs and coastal ecosystems posed by oxybenzone, octinoxate and octocrylene.
»Read more
How Much Tourism Is Too Much, and Who Decides?
/in KBEC News /by adminKĀKOU – Hawai‘i’s Town Hall (PBS Hawai‘i, September 4, 2021)—Hawai‘i’s visitor count has come roaring back much quicker than experts predicted from the nearly empty days during the past year of the COVID-19 pandemic. The resurgence of visitors has raised concerns from the community to limit the number of tourists. Join us for KĀKOU: Hawaiʻi’s Town Hall where we’ll discuss what the possible next steps are for our number one industry.
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The Conversation: Cooperative Business Models Flourish in Hawaiʻi
/in Laulima News /by adminJuly 30, 2021 (Hawai‘i Public Radio)—In the 1970s and 80s, there were land struggles, assertions of indigenous rights, and attempts to figure out alternative ways of doing things. Cooperatives were one answer — business ownership, supply and demand, could be shared by forming agricultural cooperatives, electric cooperatives, retail or housing cooperatives, even credit unions.
Teresa Young started working at the Northwest Coop Development Center in Washington in 2005, then in 2016, she moved to Waimea on Hawaiʻi Island to work for The Kohala Center. Young is their rural cooperative business development specialist, offering advice and resources to cooperative business ventures.
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People Must Have A Real Voice In The Future Of Hawaii Tourism
/in KBEC News /by adminJuly 11, 2021 (Honolulu Civil Beat)—Hawaii wants better tourism management, but what immediate actions do residents most support? And is the Hawaii Tourism Authority the best management agency for the long term or should management fall to some other entity?
»Read more
BLNR to mull proposed Kahalu‘u Bay surf school rules
/in KBEC News /by adminJuly 9, 2021 (Hawaii Tribune-Herald)—The number of surf schools allowed to operate and students in the water at Kahaluu Bay would be spread throughout the day under draft rules proposed by the state Department of Land and Natural Resources.
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