High vacancy rates, particularly in key leadership positions, have cast doubt over the department’s ability to strengthen protections against invasive species.

A neighbor’s complaint triggered an investigation by the county Planning Department.

The department has included bottled water in its accounting for locally produced food.

A token of country life, roosters are stirring up a fraught debate over the right to raise noisy fowl and the right to a good night’s sleep in Hawai‘i. 

One country is behind an increase in foreign ownership of Hawaiʻi’s dwindling agricultural land holdings. Hint: It’s not China.

Bird flu has been found in dairy cows in 16 states and in more than 60 humans on the mainland so far this year.

The hemp industry says CBD products are vital to its survival, and suggests limiting sales to people 21 and older.

Communities and government need to collaborate better, and disasters laid the problems bare, summit attendees told.

Despite the high-profile killing of an Oʻahu rancher, local law enforcement don’t receive any specialized training in agricultural crime.

Lawmakers are considering creating an agricultural crime commission and other measures to bolster laws that apply to agricultural theft, vandalism and trespass.