{"id":225700,"date":"2025-11-18T14:06:43","date_gmt":"2025-11-19T00:06:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=225700"},"modified":"2025-11-18T18:42:22","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T04:42:22","slug":"boost-food-sustainability","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2025\/11\/18\/boost-food-sustainability\/","title":{"rendered":"UH<\/abbr> partners to boost food sustainability, innovation at new Central O\u02bbahu food hub"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minute<\/span><\/span>
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(Photo credit: ADC and UH<\/abbr> Community Design Center)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> is a key partner in the new Central Oʻahu<\/span> Agriculture and Food Hub that broke ground in Wahiawā on November 14. Led by the state Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism (DBEDT<\/abbr>) and the Agribusiness Development Corporation (ADC<\/abbr>), the project brings together the UH<\/abbr> Mānoa College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resilience<\/a> (CTAHR<\/abbr>) and the UH<\/abbr> Community College System with other state agencies.<\/p>\n

“The food hub is an important step on the path to Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>\u2019s food self-sufficiency and we are honored to contribute,” said CTAHR<\/abbr> Dean Parwinder Grewal. “It will be helping farmers and entrepreneurs manufacture their innovative food products from local fruits, vegetables, and proteins.”<\/p>\n

The Whitmore Village complex will serve as an innovation base to provide manufacturing and industry services at a commercial scale, boost local food sustainability, and enable local entrepreneurs to export globally.<\/p>\n

“From Kona to Kekaha, and Hilo to Hāna, the Food and Product Innovation Network can strengthen Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>\u2019s local food systems and economy for generations to come,” said Senate Ways and Means Chair Donovan Dela Cruz.<\/p>\n

Other partners in the complex include the Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Department of Education (HIDOE<\/abbr>) and the Department of Law Enforcement.<\/p>\n

As part of the complex in Whitmore Village, HIDOE<\/abbr> is constructing a Central Oʻahu<\/span> Regional Kitchen on ADC<\/abbr>–owned land. The facility will serve as a statewide model for regional hubs that connect local farms to school cafeterias as part of the state\u2019s farm–to–school initiative.<\/p>\n

First Lady Jaime Kanani Green noted how the Central Oʻahu<\/span> Agriculture and Food Hub and HIDOE<\/abbr> kitchen concepts will provide healthy affordable meals to all public school students.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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