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2 weeks ago | 
standard-journal.com | Thomas Heaton
Strings of cages are submerged in the slightly salty waters at Ron Weidenbach's North Shore fish farm, each home to 100 growing tilapia destined for Oʻahu restaurants and tanks in Chinatown fish stores. For copyright information, check with the distributor of this item, Honolulu Civil Beat.
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2 weeks ago | 
apnews.com | Thomas Heaton
Strings of cages are submerged in the slightly salty waters at Ron Weidenbach’s North Shore fish farm, each home to 100 growing tilapia destined for Oʻahu restaurants and tanks in Chinatown fish stores. On a recent morning, students from Waipahu High School cleaned tanks and dropped juvenile fish into the farm’s large pond as the 77-year-old talked to them about the power of aquaculture to help feed Hawaiʻi.
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2 weeks ago | 
civilbeat.org | Thomas Heaton
Hawaiʻi Department of Agriculture will soon invite the public to weigh in on what farmers should be allowed to do on land they lease from the state. Strings of cages are submerged in the slightly salty waters at Ron Weidenbach’s North Shore fish farm, each home to 100 growing tilapia destined for Oʻahu restaurants and tanks in Chinatown fish stores.
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2 weeks ago | 
pinalcentral.com | Thomas Heaton
Strings of cages are submerged in the slightly salty waters at Ron Weidenbach’s North Shore fish farm, each home to 100 growing tilapia destined for Oʻahu restaurants and tanks in Chinatown fish stores. kAm~?
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2 weeks ago | 
milescitystar.com | Thomas Heaton
Strings of cages are submerged in the slightly salty waters at Ron Weidenbach’s North Shore fish farm, each home to 100 growing tilapia destined for Oʻahu restaurants and tanks in Chinatown fish stores. On a recent morning, students from Waipahu High School cleaned tanks and dropped juvenile fish into the farm’s large pond as the 77-year-old talked to them about the power of aquaculture to help feed Hawaiʻi. kAmqFE H9:=6 (6:56?3249 CF?D 9:D 7:D9 72C> =682==J @?
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2 weeks ago | 
plaindealerin.com | Thomas Heaton
Strings of cages are submerged in the slightly salty waters at Ron Weidenbach’s North Shore fish farm, each home to 100 growing tilapia destined for Oʻahu restaurants and tanks in Chinatown fish stores. On a recent morning, students from Waipahu High School cleaned tanks and dropped juvenile fish into the farm’s large pond as the 77-year-old talked to them about the power of aquaculture to help feed Hawaiʻi. kAmqFE H9:=6 (6:56?3249 CF?D 9:D 7:D9 72C> =682==J @?
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3 weeks ago | 
civilbeat.org | Thomas Heaton
Last year, food producers invested less in security than in 2019 — and the results were somewhat predictable. The data only scratches the surface, according to agricultural leaders. Thieves and vandals cost Hawaiʻi food producers almost $3.3 million in 2024, up about $150,000 in the past four years, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s latest report.
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3 weeks ago | 
civilbeat.org | Thomas Heaton
State Fire Marshal Dori Booth will work to implement changes recommended after the Lahaina wildfire. Hawaiʻi has hired its first state fire marshal in more than 45 years, bringing in Dori Booth from Arizona to oversee fire prevention in the aftermath of the wildfire that destroyed much of Lahaina. Gov. Josh Green announced Booth’s appointment Monday,almost two years after that fire exposed just how vulnerable the island state is to a massive, wind-driven blaze.
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1 month ago | 
civilbeat.org | Thomas Heaton
After the 2023 fires destroyed much of Lahaina, Hawaiʻi vowed to improve prevention measures. More than two years later, the state has finally paved the way for that to happen. As wildfire season looms over Hawaiʻi, West Oʻahu has called on the state’s utilities to remove and repair derelict infrastructure residents fear will ignite the overgrowth they have watched burn countless times in the past. Driving the Farrington Highway corridor it’s easy to see why they are worried.
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1 month ago | 
civilbeat.org | Thomas Heaton
Lawmakers are pushing for a comprehensive plan to address Hawaiʻi’s overreliance on imported foods and the growing number of residents who can’t afford groceries. For more than 30 years Hawaiʻi has recognized the need to diversify agricultural production, boost self-sufficiency and reduce food insecurity in a state with some of the highest grocery prices in the nation.
