{"id":217212,"date":"2025-06-05T13:49:17","date_gmt":"2025-06-05T23:49:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=217212"},"modified":"2025-06-05T16:05:18","modified_gmt":"2025-06-06T02:05:18","slug":"cutting-edge-food-tech-high-pressure-processing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2025\/06\/05\/cutting-edge-food-tech-high-pressure-processing\/","title":{"rendered":"Discover cutting-edge food tech at high-pressure processing summit"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>
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Hiperbaric processors<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Leeward Community College is hosting two unique workshops at the Wahiaw\u0101 Value-Added Product Development Center (WVAPDC<\/abbr>), home to the only High Pressure Processing (HPP<\/abbr>) machine in Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>.<\/p>\n

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Wahiaw\u0101 Value-Added Product Development Center<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A public event on July 17 and a University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Community College summit on July 18 will showcase how UH<\/abbr>, local producers and entrepreneurs can collaborate with WVAPDC<\/abbr> to build a more resilient local food system using state-of-the-art preservation and processing technology.<\/p>\n

Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> High Pressure Processing Summit—July 17<\/h2>\n

Open to the UH<\/abbr> community and the public, the state\u2019s first HPP<\/abbr> Summit will introduce attendees to this breakthrough preservation method that enhances food safety, extends shelf life and supports development of minimally processed, preservative-free products.<\/p>\n

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Hiperbaric processors<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Presented with global HPP<\/abbr> leader Hiperbaric, the event includes live demos, packaging and regulatory sessions, business case studies, and networking with industry experts.<\/p>\n

“As the only facility in Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> equipped with an HPP<\/abbr> machine, we are thrilled to open our doors and share how this technology can revolutionize the way our food is made, packaged and preserved,” said Chris Bailey, WVAPDC<\/abbr> manager.<\/p>\n

Speakers include Bailey, Leeward CC<\/abbr> Chancellor Carlos Pe\u00f1aloza, State Sen. Donovan M. Dela Cruz, and Hiperbaric experts Mario Gonz\u00e1lez-Angulo and Daniela Soto Castro.<\/p>\n

“This summit highlights Leeward\u2019s commitment to equipping Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>\u2019s food innovators with state-of-the-art technology that enables them to expand into new markets with an extended shelf-life and premium offering,” said Pe\u00f1aloza.<\/p>\n

Tickets for July 17 are $100 before June 15 and $200 after. Register online<\/a>.<\/p>\n

UH<\/abbr> Community College Product Development Summit—July 18<\/h2>\n

This invite-only session for UH<\/abbr> Community College faculty, staff and leadership will focus on how other campuses across Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> will support value-added food innovation initiatives with educational programs and processing equipment, with WVAPDC<\/abbr> as a resource hub for the larger effort.<\/p>\n

It includes sessions on food concepts, equipment, regulatory pathways and shared resources.<\/p>\n

A notable example is ʻ\u0100ina to M\u0101keke<\/a>—a 12-week food business course that equips participants with the skills to scale home recipes into market-ready food products. To date, 75 local small businesses have completed the program, and many have expanded their locally sourced products to shelves in major retailers.<\/p>\n

—by Devon Bedoya<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>‘s food future gets a boost with hands-on tech, training and entrepreneurial support.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[222,734,65,73,71],"class_list":["post-217212","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","tag-agriculture","tag-entrepreneurship","tag-leeward-community-college","tag-sustainability","tag-uh-community-colleges","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217212","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=217212"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217212\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":217219,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217212\/revisions\/217219"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=217212"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=217212"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=217212"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}