THE PUSH TO EAT MORE LOCALLY-GROWN FOOD IS NOTHING NEW.

WHILE IT'S OPTIONAL AT HOME, A STATE LAW REQUIRES THAT AT LEAST 30-PERCENT OF THE FOOD PURCHASED BY PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOR STUDENT MEALS BE LOCALLY SOURCED BY THE YEAR 2030.

SO FAR, IT'S BEEN TOUGH FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO TRY AND ACHIEVE THIS MANDATE.

WE'LL CHECK IN ON THEIR PROGRESS AS A NEW SCHOOL YEAR IS ABOUT TO BEGIN.

TONIGHT'S LIVE BROADCAST AND LIVESTREAM OF INSIGHTS ON PBS HAWAI'I START NOW.

♪ ♪ >>DARYL: ALOHA AND WELCOME TO INSIGHTS ON PBS HAWAI'I.

I'M DARYL HUFF.

IN RECENT YEARS, SEVERAL LAWS HAVE BEEN PUT IN PLACE TO BOLSTER THE PRACTICE OF FARM TO SCHOOL.

ACT 175 MANDATES THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO LOCALLY SOURCE 30-PERCENT OF SCHOOL FOOD BY THE YEAR 2030.

EVENTUALLY THAT WILL INCREASE TO 50-PERCENT BY 2050.

THE DOE HAS BEEN TASKED WITH HITTING SPECIFIC BENCHMARKS TO ACHIEVE ITS MANDATED GOALS, BUT SO FAR, THEY'VE MISSED THE MARK.

TONIGHT, OUR PANEL WILL DISCUSS THE CHALLENGES FACING THE DEPARTMENT AS WELL AS THE PROGRESS BEING MADE TO GET MORE LOCAL FOOD ON THE SCHOOL MENU.

WE LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR PARTICIPATION IN TONIGHT'S SHOW.

YOU CAN EMAIL OR CALL IN YOUR QUESTIONS AND YOU'LL FIND A LIVE STREAM OF THIS PROGRAM AT PBSHAWAII.ORG AND THE PBS HAWAII YOUTUBE PAGE.

NOW, TO OUR GUESTS.

KEITH HAYASHI IS THE SUPERINTENENT OF THE HAWAI'I PUBLIC SCHOOLS SYSTEM OVERSEEING 160,000 STUDENTS, 258 CAMPUSES, AND MORE THAN 40,000 EMPLOYEES.

HE'S BEEN WITH THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION FOR MORE THAN 30-YEARS, STARTING HIS CAREER AS A TEACHER AT LEHUA ELEMENTARY.

KAWIKA KAHIAPO IS THE FARM-TO-SCHOOL INITIATIVE PROGRAM COORDINATOR WITH THE HAWAI'I PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE.

IN THIS ROLE, HE ALSO SERVES AS THE HAWAI'I YOUTH FOOD COUNCIL LEAD ADVISOR.

KAWIKA HAS A DEGREE FROM UH WEST O'AHU IN SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITY FOOD SYSTEMS AND ENJOYS GROWING THINGS.

BORN AND RAISED IN HALE'IWA, NATALIE MCKINNEY IS THE CHIEF PROGRAM OFFICER FOR THE KOKUA HAWAI'I FOUNDATION WHICH SUPPORTS ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION IN SCHOOLS AND COMMUNTIES.

SHE HAS A MASTER OF FINE ARTS DEGREE IN YOUTH THEATRE FROM UH MANOA AND LOVES HOME-GROWN MOUNTAIN APPLES.

SENATOR MIKE GABBARD IS THE CHAIR OF THE AGRICULTURE AND ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE.

HE REPRESENTS DISTRICT 21 ON O'AHU THAT INCLUDES KAPOLEI, MAKAKILO, KALAELOA AND ‘EWA.

HE WAS FIRST ELECTED TO THE SENATE IN 2006 AND PRIOR TO THAT, SERVED ON THE HONOLULU CITY COUNCIL.

LET ME START OFF WITH NATALIE MCKINNEY.

WHAT IS THE REASON THAT WE WANT SCHOOLS TO BE THE CUSTOMER FOR LOCAL FOOD?

>> HEALTHY FOOD GROWS HEALTHY CHILDREN.

AND HEALTHY CHILDREN CREATE HEALTHY COMMUNITIES.

AND SO I THINK IT REALLY JUST STARTS THERE.

FEEDING OUR CHILDREN SCRATCH MADE NUTRITIOUS LOCAL MEALS, THEY THEN CAN LEARN BETTER.

AND THEY CAN BE POSITIVE CONTRIBUTORS TO OUR SOCIETY.

>>Daryl: KENNETH HAYASHI WHAT IS THE BUSINESS REASON SOMETHING IS HELPFUL TO LOCAL AGRICULTURAL.

>> LACK FUNDAMENTAL ECONOMIC RESOURCE HERE.

BEEN DEPENDING ON TOURISM FOR GENERATIONS NOW.

TRADITION, WE HAVE AGRICULTURE RESOURCES USED TO BE ABLE TO USE THAT AS ECONOMIC EXPORT TO REALLY BUILD HAWAII.

I THINK HAVING D.O.E.

SCHOOLS BE ABLE TO PURCHASE FROM LOCAL FARMERS WILL BE A BOOST TO LOCAL ECONOMY.

>>Daryl: SENATOR GABBARD INTENTION BEHIND THESE LAWS,.

>> EXACTLY.

>>Daryl: AKA AWKWARD FOR A LEGISLATURE TELL A DEPARTMENT PRIMARY, EDUCATION DRIVING FORCE BEHIND AGRICULTURE.

>> NOT REALLY BILLS PASSED INTO LAW NOT JUST D.O.E.

STATE DEPARTMENTS.

AND THING THAT MOST PEOPLE HAVE SEEN ON THE NEWS THAT WE IMPORT 85 TO 90% OF OUR FOOD AT AN COST OF ABOUT $3 BILLION EVERY YEAR.

AND THAT'S GOT TO CHANGE.

AND THIS PROGRAM REGIONAL KITCHENS, I REALLY STOKED.

REALLY EXCITED ABOUT, AS THING UNFOLDS, FOR OUR WHOLE STATE.

REALLY GOING TO HOPE H.E.L.P.

G. >>Daryl: WHAT SAY REGIONAL KITCHEN.

DOES THAT CHANGE THE WAY D.O.E.

DELIVER DELIVERS FOOD?

>> SEVERAL STRATEGIES IN THE DEPARTMENT THAT WE'RE MOVING FORWARD.

REGIONAL KITCHEN IS MAJOR ONE OF THEM.

REGIONAL KITCHEN FOLLOWS ZIPPY'S CONCEPT.

WHERE WE WOULD SOURCE AND MAKE OUR FOOD AT REGIONAL KITCHEN, BUILDING ONE OUT IN BEHIGHT WHI.

FROM THAT REGIONAL KITCHEN ABLE TO GET THE INGREDIENTS, MAKE LOCALLY SOURCED LEVERAGE LOCALLY SOURCED QUALITY GREAT TASTING MEALS FOR FOR OUR STUDENTS.

FROM THERE, WE WOULD DELIVER THEM TO THE SERVING KITCHENS AT DIFFERENT SCHOOLS.

SO THE FIRST REGIONAL KITCHEN IS GOING TO BE SERVICING LEILEHUA MILILANI WAIALUA COMPLEX.

OUT OF THE SET OF COMPLETION OF PHASE 3, WE LOOKING AT ABOUT 60,000 MEALS A DAY.

DEPARTMENT SERVES OVER 100,000 STUDENTS.

100,000 MEALS PER DAY RIGHT NOW.

>>Daryl: WHY IS SOMETHING LIKE THAT NECESSARY?

WHY IS IT NECESSARY THAT A REGIONAL KITCHEN, YOU CAN'T JUST GO TO THE STORE AND BUY THIS FOOD?

IT'S HAND OFF FROM THE FARMER TO THE SCHOOL, TRICK HERE, RIGHT?

>> PROCESSING THE LOCAL PRODUCE NEED ABLE MEAL TAKES SOME TIME AND EQUIPMENT.

EDIBLE MEAL FEW WAYS THAT WE COULD DO THAT.

REGIONAL KITCHEN GOOD WAY TO MASS PRODUCE MEALS FOR THE DIFFERENT SCHOOLS.

>>Daryl: GOING TO GET INTO SOME OF THE PRODUCTS AVAILABLE BECAUSE TO ME, WE WERE TALKING EARLIER, IT WAS TWICE BAKE AND BUTTER ROLLS WHAT I REMEMBER FROM SCHOOL LUNCH.

WE GOT A LOT OF QUESTIONS ALREADY.

CAN START GETTING INTO THEM FROM OUR VIEWERS.

APPRECIATE ALL OF THESE GOOD QUESTIONS.

THIS ONE MATCHES MY POSITION NOSTALGIA.KIDS ABOUT WENT TO KALANIANAOLE SCHOOL.

STILL A KALANIANAOLE SCHOOL?

WHERE IS IT?

>> HAWAII ISLAND.

>>Daryl: OKAY.

FOODS WERE FRESH LOCAL AND COOKED DAILY BEFORE KIDS ARRIVED.

SMELL AMENDMENTS ROASTING EARLIER MORGAN.

FRUITS AND VEGETABLES MOSTLY LOCALLY GROWN.

DOLLAR PARENTS WITH SIT DOWN AND HAVE BRCA BRAC AND BREAKFAE AIN'T LIKE THAT ANY MORE.

>> WE WANT TO GET BACK TO THE POINT LEVERAGING LOCAL A SOURCED, SUPPORTING LOCAL AG.

I THINK WHAT I LEARNED WAS THAT MENU IS REALLY IMPORTANT.

ONCE WE HAVE THAT MENU, MENU DRIVES WHAT WE'RE PURCHASING, MENU DRIVES WHAT WE ARE MAKING, REALLY FORTUNATE THAT WE'RE PARTNERING WITH TO HAWAII AG FOUNDATION.

WITH THE CULINARY INSTITUTE OF THE PACIFIC AND CULINARY INSTITUTE OF AMERICA TO HELP CREATE AND SUPPORT US CREATING A DIFFERENT MENU.

THAT WE CAN LEVERAGE LOCALLY SOURCED PRODUCTS.

WE START PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND TRAINING FOR FEW OF OUR LAY LIHUE A MILILANI WAIALUA CAFETERIA MANAGERS.

LLEALEILEHUA.

COOKS AND BARRACKS.

BAKERS.

FOOD WAS CREATE.

IS THAT WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE CREATING EXCITING FOR STUDENTS.

LEVERAGE LOCAL AG, EXCITING FOR THE FARMERS.

>>Daryl: WHAT ARE THE PRODUCTS OUT THERE?

HARD TO PICTURE KIDS WANTS TO GO EAT, SOME KIDS I KEEP PICTURING POI AND BREADFRUIT.

PROBABLY NOT A FAIR ASSUMPTION U D.O.E.

HAS PLANS TO SERVE POI UP COMING SCHOOL YEAR ON MENU.

>>Daryl: HAVEN'T DONE THAT BEFORE.

>> THEY HAVE DONE IT.

PILOTS OF IT, ONE WAS PAST SCHOOL YEAR.

ABLE TO SERVE POI TO NEIGHBOR ISLANDS SCHOOLS.

DUE TO SOME PROCUREMENT ISSUES THAT ARE KIND OF BEING IRONED OUT AT THE LEGISLATURE, THEY WERE ONLY ABLE TO DO SMALL PURCHASE ORDER TO BE ABLE TO SERVE POI TO NEIGHBOR ISLANDS SCHOOLS.

BUT THEY'RE LOOKING AT DOING FULL POI SERVICE TO ALL SCHOOLS.

>>Daryl: WHAT THINGS DO YOU THINK COULD BE ON THE MENU THAT WOULD BE APPEALING TO KIDS?

WE HEARD TODAY ABOUT, THIS WAS NEWS TODAY, THEY COULD MAKE ANIMAL CRACKERS FROM STARTING WITH BREADFRUIT, END UP WITH ANIMAL BEING CRIERS.

CRACKERS.

WHAT KIND OF CREATING THING TO GET THE MEAN USE INTERESTING.

>>Councilmember Say: I DON'T KNOW IT HAS CREATIVE.

BACK TO WHAT EATING A A AT HOM.

KIMCHI, FRUITS AND VEGETABLES.

WADE VARIETY OF SORTMENTS NUTRITION FRIEWDS BENEFICIAL.

DON'T KNOW STICK ON FOOD SPITTING CAVESLY.

GETTING, SPECIFICALLY HAVING AVAILABLE TO EAT AT SCHOOL THE SAME THINGS WE'RE FAMILIAR WITH A THE HOME.

>> RIGHT NOW, A LOT OF THE FRUITS AND VEGETABLES ARE CANNED.

LIKE STUDENTS ARE SERVED CANNED PI PINEAPPLE HAVE A PINE MANY A RESOURCE GROWN ALL ACROSS OUR STATE.

PINEAPPLE, LOOK AT SOME OF THE ITEMS CURRENTLY ON THE MENU, AND ARE THERE WAYS FOR US TO PROCURE LOCALLY, WHAT ARE THE VOLUMES THAT ARE NEEDED, AND THEN PUTTING THE WORD OUT TO THE FARMS LIKE, HEY WE'RE GOING TO NEED 100 TONS OF GREEN ONION.

LEHUA HIGH SCHOOL, GAP CERTIFIED MEANS THEY CAN SELL TO A DISTRIBUTEDDER WHO CAN SELL TO THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, AND GET IT IN THE SCHOOL LUNCH PREEING.

PROGRAM.KEITH MENTIONED IT EARL, WHITMORE, WHERE THE FIRST REGIONAL KITCHEN IS GOING TO BE, I THINK.

>>Daryl: USED TO BE A LOT OF PINEAPPLE IN WHITMORE.

>> OPEN FALL OF 2027.

>> CORRECT.

BETWEEN NOW AND THEN, THINK ABOUT THOSE FARMERS ALL IN THAT AREA THERE.

WHEN IT FINALLY OPENS.

THEY'RE GOING TO SAY, WE NEED 500 POINTS OF CARROTS.

A THOUSAND POUND TAIL OWE.

THOSE FARMERS AROUND THERE.

ALL PLANNING FOR THIS NOW.

THEY CAN COUNT.

RELATIONSHIP, IS GOING TO BE REALLY, REALLY COOL.

THAT'S WHAT WHEN WE FIRST STARTED THIS, 2015 WHEN THE LEGISLATURE FIRST PASSED LAW SAYING HAWAII WILL BE A SCHOOL I'M SORRY, FARM TO SCHOOL PROGRAM IN HAWAII 2015.

PART OF THAT ONE OF THE THE THINGS I LEARNED POLITICS, PATIENCE AND DETERMINATION.

NEVER GIVE UP.

WHY I'M SO EXCITED ABOUT THIS PROGRAM.

BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO HELP GET HEALTHY KIDS, HELP OUR FARMERS.

>> FIRST FARM-TO-SCHOOL PROGRAM M MANDATED BY THE LEGISLATURE PUTTING A FARM TO SCHOOL COORDINATOR IN THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL.

AND PEOPLE ARE LIKE, WHY IS FARM-TO-SCHOOL COORDINATOR IN THE DEPARTMENT OF AG?

THAT IS WHAT ACT 71D MOVED FARM-TO-SCHOOL PROGRAM OUT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE INTO THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION WHERE THEY WERE ABLE TO THEN REALLY UNDERSTAND HOW SCHOOL SYSTEM WORKS, HOW MANY SCHOOL MEALS ARE PRODUCED, WHAT THE VOLUME IS, THAT THEY NEED, HOW MUCH LETTUCE DO THEY NEED ON DAILY BASIS TO SERVE 100,000 SCHOOL MEALS?

>> THANKS TO THE LEGISLATURE REPRESENTATIVE KA HA LOW A INTRODUCED MEASURE THAT RAISED OUR SMALL PURCHASING THRESHOLD ARE FROM 25,000, TO $250,000 NOW.

SO WE ARE LOOKING AT ITEMS.

>>Daryl: YOU EXPLAIN HOW THAT WORKS.

SPECIFICALLY.

>> WE HAVE A LIST OF ITEMS THAT WE PURCHASE OFF BUSINESS.

REQUIRED FOLLOW THAT ON THE PROCUREMENT.

SOME ITEM THAT IS AREN'T ON THAT LIST.

SO WE COULD PURCHASE UP TO $25,000 OF POI LAST YEAR.

$25,000 IS GREAT.

BUT IT DOESN'T GO A LONG WAY.

THANKS TO THE LEGISLATURE, THEY RAISED THAT FOR US IT'S $250,000.

WE'RE LOOKING AT LYCHEE, LOCALLY GROWN LYCHEE, LOOKING AT KABOCHA, LOOK AT LUAU LEAF OR LUAU STEW.

MENU THAT HELPS US TO DRIVE WHAT WE'RE ABLE TO PURCHASE.

I THINK THIS IS SENATOR SAID, EXCITING TIME.

I THINK NOT ONLY FOR THE DEPARTMENT, AND FOR OUR STUDENTS, BUT HOW WE CAN SUPPORT LOCAL AG AND LOCAL ECONOMY.

IS REALLY IMPORTANT.

>>Daryl: LET ME ANOTHER QUESTION FROM SURE THAT KIND OF IS ALIGN WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT RIGHT NOW.

I DID TALK TO HAWAIIAN CAFETERIA MANAGER, IF IT MEANS WAHINE OR HAWAII, IN HAWAII, I DON'T KNOW.

HAWAIIAN, NATIVE HAWAIIAN OR NOT, JUST DON'T KNOW IF IT'S GOING TO MATTER TILL I FINISH THIS QUESTION.

I DID TALK TO HAWAIIAN CALF TCAFETERIA MANAGER.

HAVING A STEADY SUPPLY CHALLENGE.

TAKE A LOT OF GOVERNMENT SUPPORT TO BECOME VIABLE I BELIEVE BUT IS WORTH IT.

SO ON SO MANY LEVELS.

RYAN OFF OF FACEBOOK.

DOES THIS GOING TO COST TAXPAYORS MORE MONEY DO THIS?

>> AT THIS POINT, IT MAY.

BUT FOR EXAMPLE, TALKING ABOUT 7 REGIONAL KITCHENS ACROSS THE STATE.

TWO ON OAHU.

TWO ON BIG ISLAND.

>>Daryl: THESE ARE THU NEW BUILS BUILT, THAT'S AN INVESTMENT.

>> YES.

IN MY VIEW, WELL WORTH IT.

ABOUT TIME TO GET BALL ROLLING ON THIS.

THIS ISSUE.

>> IF WE'RE TALKING PURCHASING LLOCALLY SOURCED, MAY COST A LITTLE MORE.

THAN PURCHASING ITEMS FROM THE CONTINENT.

I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT LEGISLATURE HAS ALSO MADE A POINTS IMPORTANT THAT WE PURCHASE LOCAL TO SUPPORT OUR LOCAL AG.

AND GET NUTRITIOUS MEALS TO OUR STUDENTS.

>> SO RIGHT NOW, THE CAFETERIA MANAGERS, ORDER FROM THE BID LIST AND THEY PURCHASE THROUGH DISTRIBUTERS.

>>Daryl: THIS IS WHAT I WAS TRYING TO GET EARLIER.

BID LIST AND THE SMALL PURCHASE APPROVAL ENABLES A CAFETERIA MANAGER OR AT LEAST A REGIONAL KITCHEN MANAGER TO BUY APPROPRIATE AMOUNT OF FOOD FOR THEIR DEMAND.

CURRENTLY, YES.

SO CURRENTLY, CALF TEAR YEAH CAT JOB PURCHASE FROM DISTRIBUTERS.

LOOKING TO BUILD.

>>Daryl: LIKE WAYS IN WAI HATA OR ARMSTRONG.

SURER MORE LOCALLY SOURCED FROM DISTRIBUTERS ALSO PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR LOCAL FARMERS TO SET THE SYSTEM UP SO WHEN GAP CERTIFIED THEY CAN SELL DIRECTLY TO THE SCHOOLS.

OR THROUGH A FOOD HUB OR THROUGH THE DISTRIBUTERS.

>>Daryl: HOW DOES THAT MAKE A DIFFERENCE TO A FARMER.

>> >> WELL, I MEAN, YOU HAVE SOMEBODY WILLING TO MUCH PURCHAE PRODUCER REGULAR BASIS.

>>Daryl: TAKING MIDDLEMAN OUT OF THE PROCESS.

>> MAKING SURE THAT ALL OF THOSE SMALL FARMS GAP CERTIFIED AS WELL.

GOOD AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE.

MAKING SURE THAT GROWING THESE MOLOKPRODUCE, HAVE FOOD SAFETY N MIND.

EDIBLE PRODUCTS ABLE TO PUT ON KIDS PLATE.

>>Daryl: LIMIT PESTICIDES REGULATE WATER?

WHAT IS GAP, I MEAN,.

>> SOME SOIL TESTING.

WATER PURITY TESTING TYPE OF STUFF.

MAINLY KEEPING GOOD RECORDS.

MAKING SURE THAT YOU HAVE FACILITIES TOILETS AND HAND WASHING FACILITIES WITHIN A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF SPACE.

SO THAT FARMERS CAN USE THAT TO BE CLEAN WHEN THEY'RE HANDLING PRODUCE.

>>Daryl: THAT'S INTERESTING.

>> WHAT IS IMPORTANT IS THAT CONFIDENCE BOTH FAR FARMERS AND DEPARTMENT, PURCHASING BOK CHOY, AND WE NEED SO MANY POUNDS OF BOK CHOY, THAT WE ARE SURED THAT WE CAN GET THAT BECAUSE THERE IS A, HEAT WAVE OR FLOOD, WE CAN'T SAY WE CAN'T TELL STUDENTS, DIDN'T COME IN TO DO.

NOD NOT GETTING LOCALMEALS.

HAVE TO USDA QUALIFIED.

MEET CERTAIN STANDARD.

SO THAT CONFIDENCE FROM LOCAL FARMER OR FROM LOCAL FARMER SELL TO GO THE DISTRIBUTER AND DISTRIBUTER SELLING TO US, IS WAY FOR US TO DO IT.

>>Daryl: OTHER QUESTION, NOT REALLY A QUESTION, BUT IT'S 50 YEARS AGO HAD SHIPPING STRIKE AND NOBODY PANICKED BECAUSE WE GROWN OUR OWN FOOD.

I THINK THAT'S MORE THAN 50 YEARS AGO.

IF WE HAVE A SHIPPING STRIKE WON'T HAVE ANY OF THOSE.

HOW DID WE LOSE THE ABILITY TO GROW OUR OWN FOOD?

WHAT HAPPENED?

>> LOTS OF THINGS.

STOLE THE WATER FIRST.

>> YEAH.

LAND.

HARD TO ACCESS.

REALLY, IT'S LAND AND LABOR COST HERE IN HAWAII.

IT IS SO EXPENSIVE TO OWN THE LAND AND THEN TO PAY THE PEOPLE TO WORKED LAND.

YOU CAN BASICALLY GROW ANYPLACE IN THE WORLD IT CHEAPER HAVE IT SHIPPED IN HERE LESS THAN IT COST TO GROW HERE.

DIFFERENCE IS MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE, WELL, FOOD HERE FROM WHEN WE FEED IT.

WHEN WE CONTAINERS CAN'T COME IN.

>>Daryl: I MEAN WE AS YOU MENTIONED, THERE'S SEASONAL FLUCTUATIONS.

WATER GETS TOO WARM, TARO GETS DIFFICULT AND SO ON.

HOW DO YOU DEAL WITH THAT IN A LOCAL THING, ONLY LOCAL BUT GOT SEASON FLUCTUATIONS ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT PRODUCTS?

>> WELL, THERE SO FARMERS ARE REALLY SMART.

AND IF THEY KNOW THAT THEY ARE ABLE TO HAVE A BUYER, THEN THEY CAN AFFORDA FORECAST THAT D PLANT OUT EFFECTLY Y Y.

FARMER LARRY JEFF CIVIL UNION OPOWNS SUGARLAND.

NUMBER ONE THING IMPORTEDDING.

BANANAS.

PLANTING UP A STORM IN BANANAS.

VERY HIGH, VOLUME YIELD OF LOCAL BANANAS.

SO IF THE FARMERS ARE ABLE TO SAY OKAY, WE'RE GOING NEED KA'U ORANGES OR ORANGES BECAUSE THOSE ARE SLICE ADD PUT ON THE TRAY, FARMERS CAN PLANT MORE TREE IT'S AN ACE AT AN AANTICIPATE THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE SOMEONE TO SELL THEM TO.

MULTIPLE I DON'T KNOWS REGIONAL KITCHENS COULD BE A FOOD HUB OR PROCESSING FACILITY WE CAN REGIONALIZE THINGS SO WE'RE NOT DEPENDENT ON IF THERE'S A FLOOD IN HILO, WHAT HAPPENS TO THE SCHOOLS ON KAUAI?

RIGHT NOW, WE'RE KIND OF NOT SO RE REGIONALIZED.

>> MULTIAGENCY APPROACH.

DEPARDEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE M BUREAU, WORKING WITH THE PLANNING WITH FARMERS SO THAT WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT FLUCTUATIONS I THINK IT ALSO GOES BECOME TO THE MENU OF WHICH NEED TO PLAN OUR MENUS RIGHT WAY SO THAT DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND NORTH SHORE EVP AND EVERYONE CAN WORK TOGETHER WITH THE FARMERS SO THAT THEY KNOW WHAT TO PLANT.

HAVE THE CONFIDENCE DEPARTMENT GOING TO BUY FROM THEM MOVE FORWARD.

I THINK IT THAT IS HOW EVERYONE WORKING TOGETHER WILL GET THIS REALLY GOING.

>> PART OF IT GOES BACK TO WHAT YOUR QUESTION.

DARYL.

THAT THE REALITY IS FARMERS ARE DECREASING.

BIG TIME.

AVERAGE AGE OF FARMERS IS 60 YEARS OLD.

AND I SAY THIS EVERY TIME I GIVE A SPEECH YOUNG PEOPLE.

FARMING IS A NOBLE PROFESSION.

NO LESS NOBLE THAN BEING A DOCTOR OR LAWYER OR TEACHER.

DOING SOMETHING THAT WE ALL HAVE IN COMMON.

WE EAT.

SO THERE'S LITERALLY HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS ACRES OF AG LAND AVAILABLE.

>>Daryl: LAND IS NOT ISSUE ANY MORE.

IT'S NOT THE ISSUE AT ALL.

BUT FROM THE LEGISLATIVE POINT OF VIEW WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THERE IS LOW INTEREST LOAN, AND HOW ELSE WE CAN HELP FARMERS.

>>Daryl: DESCRIBE WHAT TAKES FOR SOMEONE IS TO START A FARM OR GET GOING INTO THIS BUSINESS, AND IS THERE EDUCATION AVAILABLE, HOW DO YOU EVEN LEARN HOW TO DO THIS?

>> THERE AR QUITE A FEW DIFFERET PROGRAM.

LCC HAS GREAT AG PROGRAM.

U.H.

WEST OAHU.

ALSO A GO FUND PROGRAM OUT OF ACTUALLY TEACHES PEOPLE WHO WANT TO BE ON THE FARM, WHAT THE PROCESS IS TO FARM ON LAND.

THEY AFTERWARDS, WORK WITH THOSE THESE NEW FARMERS GIVE THEM A SPACE AND SOMEWHERE TO ACTUALLY TWO THERE.

>>Daryl: PROVIDE THEM A PLACE.

>> FOR A TIME BEING, YES.

ALSO I HAVE TO MENTION, MA'O FIREMANSFARMS WAIANAE.

YOUTH LEADERSHIP PROGRAM.

17 TO 24, WORK MONDAY TO FRIDAY.

DAWN TO NOON.

YOU WILL ASPECTS OF REREGENGENERATIVE FARM.

PLANTING FARMING EVERYTHING.

>>Daryl: TRUE PIPELINE, THEY GET A PAID STUPID.

EACH STUDENT, 5 OF HUNDRED DOLLARS A MONTH.

PAID A STIPEND.

EL COLLEGE TUITION PAID FOR.

>>Daryl: BY WHO.

>> >> MA'O ORGANIC FARMS, GET GRANTS AND.

>>Daryl: THIS DO THEIR OWN PHILANTHROPY.

>> YEAH.

>>Daryl: IT'S NOT LIKE MAKING SO MUCH MONEY, THAT THEY CAN GIVE MONEY.

>> NO.

INCREDIBLE PROGRAM.

BEEN OUT THERE NUMEROUS TIMES SITE VISITS TALKED TO YOUNG PEOPLE OUT THERE CHANGED THEIR LIVES.

IT REALLY HAS CHANGED THEIR LIVES.

PROGRAMS LIKE THAT.

>>Daryl: DO YOU SEE AGAIN, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT TREMENDOUS INCREASE IN DEMAND.

D.O.E.

RAMP UP PERIOD, NOW FIVE YEARS ONLY TILL 30% GOOD WILL YOU CAN WITH THAT.

IS THERE A PIPELINE FOR SUSTAINING THIS INDUSTRY GOOD LUCK WITH THAT.

SUSTAINING INDUSTRY WITH HUMAN CAPITAL, I BELIEVE SO.

ONE OF THE THINGS WE DO FARM-TO-SCHOOL NETWORK NOT ONLY, LIKE HELPING TO GET THIS PROCUREMENT LEVEL, OF METRICS OF MAKE SURE THAT LOCAL FOODS, BUT ALSO TRYING TO CREATE PD'S OR THROW PD'S PROPROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR THE TEACHERS.

TO HELP THEM TEACH STUFF TO THE YOUTH IN THE CLASSES.

>>Daryl: TALK ABOUT SCHOOL GARDENS.

>> I THINK ON TOP OF THAT, AT THEDEPARTMENT NATURAL RESOURCES ACADEMIES.

THAT REALLY LEVERAGING OUR STUDENTS, PASSIONATE ABOUT AG, ABOUT SUSTAINABILITY, WE HAVE FUTURE FARMERS OF AMERICA.

THEY'VE BEEN GOING COMPETING ON MAINLAND.

EXCEPTIONALLY WELL.

SO ITY I PASSION FOR USE STUDES SENSE OF PURPOSE.

WHY THIS IS IMPORTANT.

THAT'S WHY I THINK, REALLY EXCITING TIME.

ALL WORKING TOGETHER ON THIS.

ACT 175 IS NOT JUST ABOUT 30 BY 30.

ACT INCLUDES PROVISIONS ABOUT DEVELOPING EDUCATED AGRICULTURAL WORKFORCE.

ADVANCING SCHOOL GARDEN AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT.

SO IT'S HOLISTIC.

NOT JUST HEY, D.O.E., YOU GOT TO BUY 30 BY 30.

INCREASING ALL OF THAT ON THE EDUCATIONAL SIDE AS WELL.

SO THAT THE STUDENTS ARE LEARNING ABOUT AGRICULTURE FROM PRESCHOOL.

>>Daryl: TALK ABOUT THAT MORE.

ABOUT THE SCHOOL GARDENS PROGRAM.

I WAS STRUCK BY THE NUMBER OF SCHOOLS THAT ACTUALLY HAVE GARDENS AND EVERY CHILD I GUESS GETS TO SPEND SOME TIME IN THE GARDEN.

HOW DOES THAT CHANGE A WAY CHILD LOOKS AT LOCALLY GROWN FOOD?

>> 90% OF D.O.E.

SCHOOLS HAVE A SCHOOL GARDEN ON THEIR SCHOOL CAMPUS.

SO THAT MEANS THAT 80 OVER 100,000 STUDENTS ARE BEING EXPOSED TO FOOD AND HOW IT GROWS FROM P AS EARLY AS PRE-K NOW NEXT YEAR, TWO-YEAR-OLDS COMING INTO THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.

AND SO THEY'RE LEARNING ABOUT POLLINATION.

LEARNING ABOUT PHOTOSYNTHESIS.

PLANTING THEIR OWN SEEDS.

TEND TO GO THEIR GARDENS.

ON SOME SCHOOL CAMPUSES, THEY ACTUALLY HAVE LEGITIMATE FARMS, LEILEHUA HIGH SCHOOL IS 3-ACRE, GAP CERTIFIED FARM, THAT TEACHER, AGRICULTURE TEACHER THERE, TWO YEARS AGO, WON TEACHER OF THE YEAR.

IT'S VERY TELLING IF YOU LOOK AT OUR EDUCATION SYSTEM.

THAT WE ARE VALUING AGRICULTURE EDUCATION.

AT ITS VERY, VERY HIGHEST AND MOST PRISTINE.

ALA WAI ELEMENTARY STUDENTS HAVE FARM BOXES, PHE RM LOOKING GROWING LOCALLY KIND OF SOURCED PRODUCE.

GOOD FOR YOU.

VISITED.

>>Daryl: YOU SAID PHARM.

>> I THOUGHT PHARMA.

MEDICINAL PLANTS.

>> MEDICINE.

THEY LOOKED AT, ME AND SAID, HEY, CAN WE TELL YOU ABOUT WHAT IS IMPORTANT FOR YOUR GUT?

>> LOOK AT YOU?

>> YES.

>>Daryl: THAT IT'S NOT VERY NICE.

>> THINKING ABOUT ME AND MY HEALTH.

SPEND SOME TIME.

>>Daryl: WOW.

CHILDREN?

>> SECONDS GR GRADE.

WHAT TO EAT.

KIND OF THING SHARING WE WANT TO HAVE FOR ALL OF OUR STUDENTS.

>>Daryl: MOUTHS OF BABIES.

>> WHAT'S IMPORTANT.

COMMUNITY HEALTH?

THROW IT OUT A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE I WANT TO SAY 500-POUND GORILLA.

500-POUND COW IN THE ROOM.

WHAT ABOUT MEAT, BEEF, PORK, CHICKEN, FISH?

LICENSE SLAUGHTERHOUSE STORE BUSINESS THIS.

THERE IS NOT A TON OF LOCAL MEAT.

WAY TO PROVIDE LOCAL SOURCED MEAT IN SCHOOLS, ROILY PEARL CITY.

WHERE IS THE ROW TEEN COMING?

RODNEY PEARL CITY, THEY DO.

ALREADY HAVE PURCHASE LARGE PERCENTAGE OF GROUND BEEF.

>> 100%.

>> AND CHUCK ROAST.

THOSE ARE SO.

CUTS THAT ARE NOT FAVORABLE,.

>>Daryl: BIG ISLAND?

>> THROUGH THE HAWAII CATTLEMEN'S ASSOCIATION.

THEY PRIOR TO COVID, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION HAD A PROGRAM WHICH IS DO CALLED AINA PONO.

EARLY STAGE, SCRATCH COOKING LOCAL PROCUREMENT.

LOT OF FOUNDATION LAID DURING THAT TIME.

PARTNERSHIP WITH THE HAWAII CATTLE MEN'S ASSOCIATION DURING THAT TIME REALLY TRYING TO GET MORE LOCAL ON THE TABLE.

THEY WERE STOKED.

LIKE, OH, THESE ARE OFF CUTS, LOW GRADE, AND WE HAVE A BUYER.

SO THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IF YOU LOOK AT THE REPORT, BEEF IS ONE OF THE NUMBER ONE THING THAT HELPS THEM TO GET TO THEIR 30%.

>> WE LOOK AT PORK, AGAIN, THANKS TO LEGISLATURE AND DELA CRUZ.

>>Daryl: HOW MUCH OF THE BEEF IS BEING PRODUCED LOCALLY?

CONSUMED AT SCHOOLS.

>> GROUND BEEF 100%.

>>Daryl: SO WHY AREN'T YOU IN 30% IN 30?

>> 30% OF WHAT WE PURCHASE.

SO.

>> NOT EVERY MEAL CONTAINS GROUND BEEF.

>>Daryl: EVERY MEAL I REMEMBER FROM SCHOOL CONTAINED GROUND BEEF.

>> OTHER THING TALK ABOUT PORK, PLANS TO BUILD A SMALL ANIMAL SLAUGHTERHOUSE.

SO THAT IS FOR PORK.

SO WE'L WE'LL BE ABLE TO PURCHAE LOCAL PORK.

JLYONS CHOMS AND SELL TO OUR SCHOOLS.

L OINS CHOPS.

>>Daryl: DEER AND NUMBER OF ISSUES AROUND.

>> YEAH.

>> REGIONAL KITCHENS AS THEY BUILD THEM OUT AND SEE THE NEED, THEY COULD SEE A NEED LIKE WE WANT TO SLAUGHTERHOUSE ON RIGHT NEXT TO OR INSIDE OF OR.

>>Daryl: AGAIN DEMAND DRIVING INVESTMENT.

INTERESTING.

OKAY.

KIDS SHOULD EVEN TAKE PART IN GROWING IT.

SO WE TALKED ABOUT HOW HAVING A GARDEN WITH EDIBLE FOOD AND CAMPUS AFFECTS CHILD'S APPROACH TO FOOD.

>> AGAIN, THIS IS ISN'T CASE NOWADAYS BUT CAN YOU IMAGINE HAVING MANGO TREES, TANGERINES AVAILABLE ON CAMPUS AND WHEN YOU'RE HUNGRY REACH OVER AND PULL ONE OFF THE TREE.

>>Daryl: IN THE SHADE.

>> COOL DOWN SPACES TI TOO A LO.

SHADE TREES FOOD PROGRAMS IN PUTTING TOGETHER TO TRYING TO INITIATE AND MAKE IT SO THAT THEY ARE IN EVERY SCHOOL KIND OF THING.

>>Daryl: GOT A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS NOW ABOUT THE ECONOMICS OF ALL OF THIS.

WE TALKED ABOUT IT A LITTLE BIT.

MY THOUGHTS ARE MIXED ABOUT GETTING MORE LOCALLY GROWN FOOD IN SCHOOLS.

LOVE THOUGHT IN PRINCIPLES DON'T THINK IT COULD BE DONE EFFECTIVELY.

PRINCIPALS ON FACEBOOK.

A.M.

SOME POINT COST OF AG PRODAKS U DUCKS SUBSIDIZED TAX MONEY COST COULD BE CONSUMER SAME IMPORT THE PRODUCTS ARE.

SCOTT ON FACEBOOK.

ECONOMICS OF THIS ?

>> LOOK AT BIG PICTURE, DEPARTMENT CAN PURCHASE FROM LOCAL FARMERS CONFIDENCE THEY CAN GO WILL PURCHASE KEEP MONEYS IN STATE AND CONTINUE TO INVEST IN FARMERS AND PROFARMERS PROVIDE LOCAL PURCHASE.

CREATE A MENU STUDENTS EATING MORE NUTRITIOUS LOCALLY SOURCED.

THEIR IS THIS THAT WITH FAMILIES PARENTS AEL HOPE A*LT HOME.

START TO BUILDING COMMUNITY HEALTH.

PARTNERS AT HOME.

IMPACTS FAMILY RRS.

DON'T THINK YOU CAN PUT A PRICE ON THAT.

SO IMPORTANT WHERE ALL WORKING TOGETHER.

TO BUILD A SYSTEM THAT WE CAN IMPROVE HEALTH OFF COMIEWRNTDS.

STARTING WITH COMMUNITIES STARTING O OUR SCHOOLS.

>>Daryl: ANY RESENTMENT PART OF THE SCHOOL SYSTEM BURDEN PLACE ON YOU.

>> EXCITING TIME WE HAD A MEETING TODAY WITH ALL OF YOU ARE SCHOOL FOOD SERVICE MANAGERS ACROSS THE STATE.

THEY ALL CAME TO HAWAII.

OAHU AND.

>>Daryl: KNEW THIS PROGRAM WAS GOING TO HAPPEN?

>> THAT'S WHAT TODAY WAS ABOUT.

SHARING INFORMATION, MAKING SURE RIGHT INFORMATION WAS GETTING OUT, TIME FOR THEM PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT TO GET TOGETHER, SO IT IS A KAKOU THING.

ABOUT US GETTING TOGETHER AND REALLY LOOK AND PLANNING OF HOW WE CAN SUPPORT EACH OTHER.

>> DURING THE TIME OF THE AINA PONO PROGRAM, KOHALA, COMPLEX AND MILILANI COMPLEX THEY WERE BOTH GETTING TRAINED UP, DOING SCRATCH COOK, LOCALLY SOURCED MEALS AND THE CAFETERIA MANAGERS, THEY'RE PRIDE LEVEL JUST INCREASED.

STUDENTS WERE SO MUCH APPRECIATIVE, LIKE AUNTY EVERYTHING TASTE ONO.

AND STUDENTS WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE SCHOOL LUNCH PROGRAM, WENT UP.

SO THEN THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION IS MAKING MORE MONEY.

AND THAT MONEY CAN THEN GO BACK TO PURCHASE MORE LOCAL PRODUCTS.

ALL CONNECTED.

WE HAVE HARD DATA THAT THIS WORKS.

>>Daryl: YOU MENTIONED EARLIER.

THAT YOU SAID THERE ARE SCHOOLS, I GOT A QUESTION FROM ROSE LEON FACEBOOK.

LOCAL FOODS IN CHARTER/SMALLER SCHOOLS ARE DOING WELL.

NOT SO MUCH WITH PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

YOU MENTIONED THAT THERE ARE SCHOOLS ONE BIG VERY BIG PRIVATE SCHOOL, THAT 100% LOCAL SOURCED.

>> NO.

50%.

50 50 KAMEHAMEHA SCHOOLS KAPALAMA.

NOT BEHOLDEN NATIONAL SCHOOL LUNCH PROGRAM.

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION IS.

ONE UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT.

THEIR IT ONE SCHOOL FOOD AUTHORITY.

THEY HAVE UNDER ONE BIG COMPLEX REGULATORY AGENCY.

WHERE PRIVATE AND CHARTER SCHOOLS, THEY'RE THEIR OWN SCHOOL FOOD AUTHORITY.

SO AT KA'OHAO PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL, OLD PUBLIC ELEMENTALLY SCHOOL.

IN HOUSE FOOD SERVICE MAKING EVERYTHING FROM SCRATCH.

ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, ALL REUSABLES COFA NEW YEAR YEAH.

LITTLE WAIST CALF TEAR YAHOO.

LITTLE WASTE.

PARTICIPATE NATIONAL SCHOOL LUFN PROGRAM.

PUBLIC START CHARTER SCHOOL OWN FOOD AUTHORITY.

NOT BEE HOANLD TO PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS.

BEHOLDEN,.

>>Daryl: WHY IS THE USDA, PROBLEM HERE?

, WHAT IS THE LIMITING FACTOR FOR YOU.

SDA REQUIREMENT?

USDA REQUIREMENT, I THINK U. DA ENSURING THAT OUR STUDENTS, USDA STUDENTS ARE EATING.

>>Daryl: NUTRITIOUS RIGHT.

SO FOR USER THOSE MEALS, ARE NEED TO BE REIMBURSABLE.

NEED A CERTAIN STANDARD.

>>Daryl: FOR FEDERAL FUNDING.

REALLY IMPORTANT.

SO EACH OF OUR MEALS ARE REIMBURSABLE MEETING FEDERAL STANDARD.

>>Daryl: HAVE TO FOLLOW STANDARD TO GET MONEY.

YES.

>>Daryl: HOW MUCH MONEY.

>> 17 MILLION.

>>Daryl: HOW MUCH DO YOU SPEND ON SCHOOL LUNCHES?

, 9 T NINE DOLLARS LUNCH.

>> TOTAL COST THAT INCLUDES PERSONNEL COST.

SO I CAN GET.

>>Daryl: OKAY.

IT'S OKAY.

JUST AGAIN, TALKING ABOUT THE ECONOMICS OF IT.

IT SOUNDS LIKE ONCE IT'S ALL GOING, IF A DREAM IS REALIZED, PEOPLE ARE SAVING MONEY.

>> YES.

SENATOR GABBARD SHARED WHAT THE COST IS TO IMPORT.

DID YOU SAY $9 BILLION.

>> >> $3 BILLION.

EVERY YEAR.

>> IMPORT 85 TO 90% OF OUR FOOD.

IMAGINE THAT THAT $3 BILLION WAS INVESTED.

EXACTLY.

>>Daryl: >>Daryl: HAVE TO YOU HAVE TO TELL COSTCO.

FLWE COULD SELL TO COSTCO.

WE HAVE LOCAL FARMERS SELL TO COSTCO.

SO MANY OPPORTUNITIES DIFFERENT LEVELS.

>>Daryl: LOTS MORE QUESTIONS ABOUT PROTEIN.

FISH GOES TO WASTE FISH AUCTIONS USED TO FEED STUDENTS.

HOW DO FISH FIT INTO THESE CONCEPTS?

>> WELL, INDIGENOUS TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE FISH PONDS.

I THINK IT WAS BIG PART OF TRADITIONAL DIETS.

I FIND HARD TO P PUT IF YOU SHALFISH INFRONT OF STUDENTS.

UNLESS VERY CONVENIENT.

FISH KIDS CAME OUT, WASN'T MY FAVORITE FOOD.

MORE FAMILIAR TO ME, I MIGHT HAVE EATEN IT.

>>Daryl: FISH STICKS WERE SMUGHSMOAGHTD ORDERED WITH CHEE.

>> FRIED.

NOT GOOD TASTING MIGHT SMGHTD SD ORDERED WITH CHEESE.

>> PR PREFERABLE TO SHEPHERD'S PIE.

>>Daryl: REMEMBER THAT BIG SCOOP.

RIGHT THERE WITH.

PEAS.

>> FILLED YOU UP AND YOU WEREN'T HUNGRY FOR THE REST OF THE DAY NORMALLY.

>>Daryl: PI A POTATOES DUPLICATE WITH LOCAL PRODUCT.

>> KALO.

>>Daryl: ANOTHER QUESTION.

USING LOCAL FOOD LIKE ULU.

ALL ABOUT.

BIG PROTES PRODUCTS FINDING THEY ON TO SCHOOL LUNCH PLATES.

BIGGEST POTENTIAL?

>> DEFINITELY ULU.

POI.

KABOCHA GROUND BEEF.

MENU ITEM CALLED PANIOLO STEW.

BBBOK CHOY.

NUTRITIOUS STUDENTS WITH ENJOY.

>> THINKING P LIKE BESIDES JUST MAIN THING, THINK ABOUT ALL OF THE DIFFERENT INGREDIENTS THAT USED.

IMAGINE IF WERE HE SOURCING PAAKAI FROM KAUAI.

>> SALT.

>> ALL OF THE HERBS.

ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT NIOI FOR KAHELCHILE PEPPER.

ITEMS CAN BE SOURCED LOCAL I WILL NOT LIKE FISH OR PROTEIN.

WAY TO GET TO 30 NOT JUST ABOUT THE THING THAT TAKES UP BIGGEST PORTION OF YOUR PLATE.

>>Daryl: HOW IS THIS 30 OR 50 CALCULATED?

AHOW DO THEY MAKE THE CALCULATION?

MIKE MAYBE YOU WROTE THE BILL.

HOW DO YOU GET TO 30?

WHAT IS 30.

>> 30%.

LOCALLY PRODUCED FRUITS AND VOICE VACVACAHEVEGETABLES.

>> 30% OF WHAT WE PURCHASE LOCALLY SOURCED.

>>Daryl: WHERE ARE WE NOW.

>> AT ABOUT 5,.

I THINK FIVE WHERE WE ARE NOW, STRATEGIES THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE, THAT INCLUDES REGIONAL KITCHEN, INCLUDES MENU DEVELOPMENT, INCLUDES OUR SCHOOL FOOD SERVICE MANAGERS, WE'RE NOT WAITING FOR THE REGIONAL.

REGIONAL KITCHEN GOING TO HELP US.

EL WE HAVE THE WILL DO THAT.

>> YES WE HAVE THE WILL.

TALKING TO SCHOOL FOOD SERVICE MANAGER TODAY, THEY WERE EXCITED.

THEY'RE VERY COMMITTED TO FEEDING OUR STUDENTS NUTRITIOUS MEALS LOCALLY SOURCED.

EEVIDENT TODAY FROM ALL OF THEM.

WE NEED TO WORK AND CONTINUE TO CREATE A SYSTEM THAT WE CAN MAKE THIS HA HAPPEN.

COMMITTED DOING ASA DEPARTMENT.

>> PART OF BEING CREATIVE CREATING THAT SYSTEM BILL THAT ARE INTRODUCED IN 2024 HOUSE VERSION COMPANION BILL MADE IT TO CONFERENCE BUT THEN IT DIED.

THAT WAS SETS UP RECOGNITION PROGRAM TO INCENTIVIZE SCHOOLS TO ACTUALLY GROW USE LOCALLY PRODUCED, GROWN FRUITS AND VEGGIES.

SCHOOL THAT IS COMPETE IN SPORTS EVERYBODY GET GETS INTO .

COMPETE TO GET PERCENTAGE UP?

SO THEY GET RECOGNIZED AND PARTS OF BILL GOT ADDED WAS THAT OPENED IT UP FOR CONTRIBUTIONS.

EVEN MONITARY CONTRIBUTIONS FROM NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS.

OR VERY RICH PEOPLE.

WANT TO JUST HELP THAT PARTICULAR SCHOOL.

AND THAT HELP THE FARMERS AND THAT SCHOOL AND GOT TO BE CREATIVE ON THIS THING.

AND KEITH SAYING, KAKOU THING.

LEGISLATURE, D.O.E., FARMERS, COMMUNITY.

WORKING TOGETHER TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN.

OUR STUDENTS.

RECENT FARM FAIR, WE HAVE ACTUALLY THREE OF THE HAWAII FOUNDATION.

COMPETITION STATEWIDE FOR CULINARY STUDENTS.

HIGH SCHOOL CULINARY TSUNAMIS THREE FINALISTS ACTUALLY COOKED STUDSTUDENT COOKED FARM FAIR.

FORTUNATE TO BE A JUDGE.

ALL THREE DISHES WERE GREAT.

WINNER FROM STUDENT FROM KALANI HIGH SCHOOL.

BREADED WITH ULU.

IT WAS AWESOME.

>>Daryl: FISH WITH.

>> FISH WITH ULU.

SO FROM THOSE RECIPES THAT ARE STUDENT CREATED, WE WORK WITH ROY YAMAGUCHI CULINARY OF THE PACIFIC AND EXPERTS TO SEE WHAT WE CAN DO TO THE RECIPES TO GET THAN ON THE MENU FOR STUDENTS.

>> I THINK IT'S ALSO WORTH NOTING THAT SUPERINTENDENT HAYASHIS WHAT THE PRINCIPAL AT WAIPAHU HIGH SCHOOL FOR A VERY LONG TIME.

THEY HAVE A VERY, VERY CELEBRATED AGRICULTURAL AND CULINARY ARTS PROGRAM.

AND SO FOOD IS DEAR TO YOU.

YOU KNOW WHAT A SUCCESSFUL AGRICULTURAL PROGRAM AND CTE PROGRAM CAN LOOK LIKE.

SO YOU LIVED IT.

IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT IS OF A FOREIGN CONCEPT TO YOU.

>> AG CULINARY, ALSO HEALTH.

SO IT'S TRIFECTA APPROACH.

SO IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO GROW TO BE ABLE TO COOK AND INFORM OUR COMMUNITIES BUT ALSO, IMPORTANCE OF HOW DOES IMPACT STUDENT HEALTH, FAMILY HEALTH, AND COMMUNITY HEALTH.

REALLY IMPORTANT.

>>Daryl: ANOTHER QUESTION ABOUT PARTICULAR AREA.

WHY DON'T WE HAVE OUR OWN DORE DAIRY SOURCES?

HISTORIC ISSUE.

RESISTANCE IN SOME CIRCLE TO HAVE DAIRY FARMS BECAUSE THEY HAVE SO MUCH, A LOT OF POLLUTION.

BUT IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WOULD HOLD UP ABILITY TO MEET THESE GOALS?

>> ACTUALLY, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION CAN WAS ON HAWAII ISLAND, AT 30%.

AND IT WAS BECAUSE HAWAII ISLAND HAD OWN DAIRY.

ALL OF THE STUDENTS ON THE I DON'T KNOW OF HAWAII WERE GETTING LOCAL MILK.

ISLAND OF HAWAII.

>>Daryl: THAT PRODUCT BY ITSELF HELPED PUSH THEM TO THE TARGET.

>> YES.

ALL CONNECTED.

>>Daryl: THAT IS OTHER PLACES THAT THERE HAS BEEN A DAIRY.

I MEAN IN YEARS.

>> ALL HAD DAIRIES EVERY ISLAND.

>>Daryl: YEARS AND YEARS AGO.

TILL HEPTACHLOR.

KILLED IT.

>> AINA HAINA.

>>Daryl: MY HOUSE IS BUILT THERE.

KALANI VIA FACEBOOK.

LOCAL AGRICULTURAL IS BUT PART OF FOOD SECURITY.

BUT YES, WE NEED TO GET OUR KEIKI OBOE FOR THE FOODS OF OUR ONO FOR THE FOODS OF OVER COMMUNITY.

NOT CHICKEN NOG H ETS NIGHTSO YOU CHANGE THE TASTE OF CCHILDRENLIKE CHICKEN NUGGETS.

>> RUN HAWAII FOOD COUNCIL OF THE STUDENTS FROM ACROSS THE STATE LEARNING LEGISLATIVE PROCESS TO FOOD SYSTEM LENS.

REAL PART TALKING ABOUT IS TEACHING THEM FOOD SYSTEM LENS.

UNDERSTANDING WHERE THEIR FOOD COMES FROM, HOW IT'S GROWN, WHOSE GROWING IT.

ALL FACTORS WE NEED TO BE AWARE OF.

IN THIS WITH THE COUNCIL, WE DO HANDS ON ACTIVITIES MEET UP WITH THE FARMERS GO IN THEIR PLACE L LEARN WHAT THEY'RE DOING.

SOCIAL JUSTICE, CLIMATE CHANGE, WHERE THE FOOD COMES FROM.

AUTHENTIC SPEERNSES EXPERIENCES FOR M TESTIMONY IN FRONT OF LEGISLATURE MAKE SURE PEOPLE ARE HERING THEM ARE.

PEOPLE LISTEN TO THE YOUTH.

IF THEY UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON R AND THEY START TALKING ABOUT IT, MORE OF US WILL PROBABLY TALK ABOUT IT AND MAKE IT MORE IMPORTANT THING FOR POSITIVE CHANGE.

>>Daryl: BACK THAT UP.

HAVE HEARINGS ON PARTICULAR BILLS, YOUTH COME IN TO TESTIFY, THEY TESTIFY IN FAIR THE BILL, I LOOKED AT MY COMMITTEE MEMBERS, SEEN TEARS COMING DOWN BECAUSE THEY CAN RELATE.

MANY OF THEM HAVE KIDS.

>> BEAUTIFUL.

SO POWERFUL.

MAKES IT REAL.

>>Daryl: COUPLE PEOPLE NOW HAVE SAID MISSING LINK IS SUPPORT FOR THE STATE FOR THE FARMERS.

FARMERS NEED MORE LAND WHERE FOOD DO K BE GROWN.

LEGISLATURE NEEDS TO PROTECT AGRICULTURAL LAND IN HAWAII FOR THIS TO HAPPEN.

PAT FROM MAUI.

WE EARLIER KIND OF JUST BLEW THROUGH WHOLE LAND ISSUE.

WHAT IS IN PLACE?

WE KNOW ZONING, BUT ECONOMICALLY, IF SOMEONE OWNS A LOT OFF AG LAND, WHAT IS THE INCENTIVE FOR THEM TO ACTUALLY HOST FARMERS?

>> I CAN SPEAK TO THAT.

KOKUA HAWAII FOUNDATION WITH OUR ENDOWMENT PURCHASED 8 ACRES.

AGRICULTURAL LAND IN THE HEART OF HALEIWA TOWN.

IT WAS LAND THAT WAS TRYING TO UP ZONED BY A DEVELOPER INTO RURAL.

SAY SEEING THIS PROBABLE HE PRON RIGHT NOW.

IN L HALEIWA WE PARTNERED WITH.

>>Daryl: YOU'RE THE PERSON YOU OWN THAT PROPERTY?

>> IN HALEIWA.

WE'RE NOT THE PROPERTY THAT IS CONTENTION RIGHT NOW.

>>Daryl: YOU'RE NOT.

>> NO.

SOUNDS LIKE SAME AMOUNT OF ACREAGE.

IT IS THE SAME.

AMOUNT OF ACREAGE.

STONE'S THROW AWAY FROM US.

QUARTER MILE AWAY FROM US.

>>Daryl: ASKING FOB UP UP ZONEDO URBAN.

>> WITH 30,000 SQUARE FEET OF RETAIL SPACE.

SO WE WENT TO GO FARM.

PROGRAM OUT OF UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT MANOA TRAIN FARMERS AND WE SAID TO THEM, GIVEN US YOUR BEST FARMER.

WHO IS LOOKING FOR LAND?

AND SO ON OUR 8 ACRES, WE SUBLEASE ACRE-AND-A-HALF TO COMMERCIAL FARMER AND HE PAYS US IN MENTORSHIP OF OUR EDUCATIONAL FARM TEAM, HE HELPED US INSTALL ALL OF OUR IRRIGATION, AND WHEN YOU COME TO OUR FARM, WE HAVE VIABLE AGRICULTURAL HAPPENING THERE.

SO I THINK PARTNERSHIPS, PUBLIC/PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS, PRIVATE LANDOWNERS, WHO HAVE LLOTSOF LAND, EMERGENCY GIVING 2 ACRES TO TEN GO FARM GRADUATES WHAT THAT COULD LOOK LIKE.

WE NEED TO BE REALLY CREATIVE.

NOT JUST UP TO THE LEGISLATURE OR I THINK IT'S KAKOU THING.

EVERYBODY WORKING TOGETHER.

BUT THAT PARTICULAR FARMER HAS BEEN FARMING AT KOKUA HAWAII FOUNDATION FOR 3 YEARS.

OUTPUT 40,000-POUND OF PRODUCE.

>>Daryl: SO NOT A LOT OF LAND.

>> NO.

DOESN'T TAKE A LOT OF LAND TO GROW A LOT OF LETTUCE.

>>Daryl: ON YOUR LANAI.

SO WHEN YOU TALKED TO PEOPLE ABOUT THIS GETTING INTO THE LAND AND FARMING, ARE THEY INTIMIDATED TOO HARD TO FIND LAND, TOO EXPENSIVE.

WHAT IS THE TRICK TO GET THEM ON THE LAND AND GROWING?

>> YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE SMARTEST THINGS I HEARD RECENTLY, NOT NECESSARILY ABOUT GETTING LAND BACK, I DON'T WANT TO GET INTO THE ARGUMENT, MORE IMPORTANT TO GET THE PEOPLE BACK ON THE LAND.

WORKING IN THE SPACE.

KNOWING BEING CONNECTED TO IT.

I'VE HEARD OF LAND PRICE COST IS EXPENSIVE HERE.

LAND LEASE PROGRAMS YOU CAN GET INTO FAIRLY CHEAP.

MAKING SURE THAT YOU HAVE THE LABOR REALLY.

AND PRODUCTS SEEDS TO PLANT THINGS.

I MEAN, HARD THING WITH LEASES LOOKING FOR A LONGTERM GROWTH LOOKING TO DO AGRIFORESTRY SET UP DIFFERENT STAGES.

REALLY JUST GETTING PEOPLE OUT THERE CONNECTED AND GROWING.

AND FOOD IF THEY'RE GROWING.

>>Daryl: THIS IS INTERESTING QUESTION.

I FEEL LIKE IT COULD BE MORE SUSTAINABLE TO HAVE INDIVIDUAL SCHOOLS OR DISTRICTS WORKING WITH LOCAL AGRICULTURAL HUBS LIKE A DAMAGESES ADAPTIONS.

LARGE TATS TASK TO FEED EVERY SCHOOL LOCAL MEAL.

BREAK INTO BITE SIZE PUN TO TACKLE THAT MIGHT BE MORE MANAGE BEING.

WHAT YOUR MODEL IS.

>> REGION CAN I HAVES.

MORE IMAGINABLE.

REGIONAL KITCHENS PLANNED OUT, TWO ON OAHU, TWO ON HAWAII ISLAND ONE ON KAUAI, ONE ON MAUI ONE ON M MOL MOLOKAI.

STURGTSIF YOFURTHER DISTANCE.

NALEH OUT.

SCRATCH.

ONE REGIONAL KITCHEN WHITMORE.

BUILDING A COMMITTED TO DO THAT AND MAKING THAT HAPPEN FOR THAT PART ISLAND, 60,000 MEALS A DAY.

AT THE SAME TIME, FOR THE REST OF OUR SCHOOLS, HELPING TO GIVE THEM THE RESOURCES AND EQUIPMENT THAT THEY NEED.

TO CREATE THAT MENU.

SCRATCH.

TO MORE SCRATCH COOKING.

LEVERAGING LOCAL PRODUCE.

>>Daryl: CALLER FROM WAIANAE, WENT BACK TO TRADITIONAL HAWAIIAN AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE COULD GROW A LOT MORE LOCAL SUSTAINABLE FOOD FOR KEIKI WHOLE ISLAND.

MODERN MASS FARMING PRACTICES ARE OBSOLETE.

WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN TRADITIONAL HAWAIIAN AGRICULTURE AND KIND OF FARMS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TO SUPPLY THE SCHOOLS?

IS IT, I WOULD SAY.

>>Daryl: I DON'T KNOW ENOUGH ABOUT FARMING.

I KNOW WHAT TRADITIONAL IS.

>> CONVENTIONAL FARMS LOOK AT TODAY ARE BIG LARGE LOTS FROG ONE THING.

ONE PRODUCT.

GROWING ONE THING.

LACK BIODIVERSITY.

ONE BIG THING THAT I WOULD MAKE, YOU'RE NOT GROWING EVERY CROP FOR SALE FOR PRODUCE.

FOR EXPERT.

YOU HAVE A MULTITUDE OF CROP GROW TO GO TO GO.

HELPS SOIL HEALTH AND ALL ISLAND U KIND OTHER ISSUES MAKING SURE THEY HAVE THE RIGHT NOW TR NUTRIENTS.

>>Daryl: HOW DOES THAT WORK ECONOMICS FOR THAT FARMER?

AS, BIG FARMS GREW, THEY SMALLER FARMERS DROPPED OFF IT WAS EQUIPMENT AND ALL OF THESE OTHER THINGS HELPED TO MAKE THAT VIABLE.

I THINK IT'S A LITTLE BIT TAKING A STEP BACKWARDS AND GOING TO WHAT WAS TRAY DIGITAL TRADITIONALLYWORK.

HAVE MORE PEOPLE WORK THE LAND THAT CONNECTION,.

>>Daryl: THIS IS THROWS OUT INTERESTING THINKING.

INFLUX OF PER OF IMPORTED.

MAMACADAMIA NUT.

GOING TO WASTE.

HEHE IS EXASUCCESS PRODUCE BE DE LOCAL SCHOOLS.

IMBALANCE STUFF, GROWING STUFF NOT WHAT THEY'RE GROWING?

, NEED STUFF BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT THEY'RE GROWING?

MACADAMIA NUT SOMETHING PROVIDE TO SCHOOLS?

KIND OF EXPENSIVE?

I THINK WE LOOK AT NUTS, THAT WE NEED TO BE CAREFUL TOO BECAUSE WE LOOK AT ALLERGIES.

WHAT WE CHOOSE IS REALLY, SELECT IS REALLY IMPORTANT.

AGAIN, GOES BACK TO THE MENU.

>>Daryl: CURIOUS ABOUT AGAIN, KEEP GOING BACK TO THE ECONOMICS OF THIS.

NATALIE, IF SOMEONE CAN MAKE MORE MONEY GROWING OIL CROP, BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO BE HAVING NATURAL LOCAL PRODUCED RENEWABLE FUELS OUT OF OIL CROPS MAKE X AMOUNT.

WHAT IS TO GET THEM TO GROW FOR SCHOOLS?

>> THAT WAS PART OF THE CONVERSATION THAT HAPPENED IN KOHALA WHEN THEY FIRST STARTED AINA PONO PROGRAM.

WE HAD THESE FARMERS WHO THEY'RE LIKE.

I COULD GET MORE MONEY IF I SELL TO THE HOTELS.

ACTUALITY, D.O.E.

PAYS FAIR MARKET VALUE.

IT'S THIS MIND SHIFT LIKE IF I'M FARMER, I WOULD WANT TO SELL TO THE D.O.E.

I WOULD WANT OUR KEIKI TO BE ABLE TO EAT THE FOOD THAT I'M GROWING.

>>Daryl: D.O.E.

BECOMES BIGGEST CUSTOMER RMINGTS >> CORRECT.

WE ALSO WERE CREATING OPPORTUNITIES FOR FARMERS SO MAYBE THEY HAVE MULTIPLE OUTLETS FOR THEM TO SELL THEIR PRODUCE.

OR TO SELL THEIR PROTEIN OR WHATEVER THE CROP IS.

I THINK IT'S WE SHOULD, IT SHOULD BE KNOWN THAT THE DEPARTMENT IS VIABLE PURCHASER AND THEY'RE NOT GOING FOR LIKE LOWEST BID.

SOMETIMES MORE.

>> THINGS WE B.

NEED TO LOOK AT.

HOW WE'RE ADJUSTING OUR PURCHASING.

>>Daryl: BASED ON DISCUSSION WE'VE HAD ABOUT GAP PROCESSES, AND REQUIREMENTS, I'VE HAD A NUMBER OF QUESTIONS ABOUT PEOPLE DONATING STUFF THEY'VE GROWN.

SAY IN THE COMMUNITY GARDEN OR OWN HYDROPONICS SYSTEM.

ARE PEOPLE ABLE TO DONATE FOOD TO A SCHOOL?

>> WE HAVE GAP PROCESSING IN PLACE.

SETS STANDARD.

REALLY IMPORTANT.

BECAUSE WE WANT TO BE SURE THAT THE FOODS THAT STUDENTS ARE EATING ARE SAFE AND HEALTHY.

>> I WILL SAY SO WE SPOKE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT KAMEHAMEHA SCHOOLS, THEY HAVE BEEN DOING PURCHASING FROM KAAHUMANU FARM.

FOOD HUB.

IN WAIANAE.

AND THEY ASSUME ALL OF THE LIABILITY SO.

IF YOU ARE FARMER, IN WAIANAE.

>>Daryl: KAMEHAMEHA SCHOOLS?

>> KAAHUMANU FARM.

FOOD HUB.

SO THEY ARE THE ONES WHO ARE HOLDING THE LIABILITY.

>>Daryl: FROM THE FARMERS JUST TAKE FOOD FROM WHOEVER DROT OFF.

ALL THE TRACEABILITY AND ALL OF THE PAPERWORK IN ORDER IF SOMETHING HAPPENS THEY KNOW WHO IT CAME FROM AND WHATNOT.

HEARING KEITH SAY THESE REGIONAL KITCHENS COULDN'T POSSIBLY BECOME FOOD HUBS WHERE THEY ARE IN BREAD BASKET OF REGION.

WHERE THEY BECOME THE PLACE WHERE THE FARMERS CAN COME AND DROP OFF FOOD.

>> THAT IS DIFFICU DEFINITELY PF PLAN.

DEPARTMENT IS LOOK AT ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT MODELS FOR FOOD ACCESS AND A MINE, TO BE HONEST, I MEAN, D.O.E.

DIDN'T EVEN KNOW WHAT A FOOD HUB WAS.

PROBABLY FOUR YEARS AGO.

>> I COMING INTO THE JOB, FOUR YEARS AGO, I DIDN'T KNOW.

>> NOW, I THINK IT WAS BECAUSE OF MEETING THAT I ATTENDED WITH LOCAL FARMERS, AND FOOD HUBS, I LEARNED ABOUT THAT.

VISITED FOOD HUB IN TOWN AND LEARNED ABOUT HOW EVEN AS A CONSUMER I AM ABLE TO LOG IN, PURCHASE, LOCALLY SOURCED, FOODS FROM THE FOOD HUB, DELIVER IT TO MY HOME, AND IT'S EVERYTHING IS LOCAL.

>>Daryl: MAKES ME THINK.

SEWHATIS INCENTIVIZE LOCAL FAMIS TO GET LOCAL FOOD?

SCHOOLS ARE THAT'S AN INSTITUTION YOU DRIVE.

BUT WHAT IS, NOT HEARD OF THAT BEFORE EITHER.

IS THAT SOMETHING THAT YOU GUYS COULD LOOK AT AND SUPPORT THE SUSTAINABLE FOOD HUBS ALL OVER.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

WIDE OPEN.

YEAH.

I THINK THAT IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IN TERMS OF LEGISLATORS AND WHO ARE THERE NOW, IT'S VERY POSITIVE IN TERMS GET HAVING THIS WHOLE NEW SYSTEM WORK.

>> THIS PARTICULAR FOOD HUB FARM LINK, THEY TAKE EBT.

, THEY TAKE THE BUCKEYES WHICH T DOUBLE AMOUNT OF PRODUCE IF YOU'RE PURCHASING LOCAL.

AND SO WE'RE SEEING MORE AND MORE ACCESS.

AND THE ZIP CODES THAT THEY DELIVER TO ARE MOSTLY RURAL.

SO IT'S THERE AND I BELIEVE IT'S ABOUT 30% MUCH THE FOOD THAT IS PURCHASED, PEOPLE ARE USING EBT AND FORT SHAFTER SNAPE THOSE FOODS.

>>Daryl: OKAY.

PUT YOU ON THE SPOT KEITH.

SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS.

WITH THE GOALS.

ARE YOU GOING TO MAKE THE 20, 30% BY 2030?

ONLY FIVE YEARS.

>> WE ARE DOING THE BEST THAT WE CAN TO MEET THOSE GOALS.

AS I SHARED I THINK WE'RE CHANGING WAY WE'RE DOING BUSINESS.

THAT'S ONE THING.

I THINK WE'RE PARTNERING WITH DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS.

IT IS KAKOU THING.

WE NEED EVERYONE'S HELP.

TO GET THERE.

NOT ONLY ABOUT THE PERCENTAGE.

REALLY IMPORTANT.

IT'S ALSO ABOUT IN THAT PROCESS, ENSURING THAT OUR STUDENTS ARE EATING HEALTHY, LOCALLY SOURCED MEAL THAT IS THEIR FAMILIES WILL VALUE, AND WE CAN SPREAD THOSE RECIPES OUT TO THE HOUSEHOLDS, AND WE DEFINITELY WILL IMPACT THEM.

NOT ONLY SCHOOL HEALTH AND STUDENT, BUT COMMUNITY HEALTH.

>>Daryl: ONLY HAVE A FEW SECONDS LEFT.

ISN'T THAT YOUR DREAM.

>> OH, YEAH.

DEFINITELY.

HEALTHY HAWAII.

WHO WOULDN'T WANT THAT?

HAVING US SOURCE OUR OWNED FOOD, BE ABLE TO PROVIDE FOR WHAT OUR KE KEIKI NEED WHAT I EVER DAD WANTS TO BE ABLE TO DO.

HELMETHEALTHY AND GOOD TASTING.

>>Daryl: FRESH IS BETTER.

MAINLAND, THREE DOLLARS, EIGHT DOLLARS BOX OF STRAWBERRIES TASTE SO MUCH BETTER.

WE PRETTY MUCH O OUT OF TIME.

THANKS TO YOU GUYS THANK SHOWERS.

MAHALO FOR JOINING US TONIGHT.

THANKS OUR GUESTS.

AND WE THANK OUR GUESTS - SCHOOLS SUPERINTENDENT KEITH HAYASHI AND NATALIE MCKINNEY FROM THE KOKUA HAWAI'I FOUNDATION.

AND SENATOR MIKE GABBARD AND KAWIKA KAHIAPO WITH THE HAWAI'I PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE.

>>DARYL: NEXT WEEK ON INSIGHTS, THE LATEST ON ALOHA STADIUM.

IT WAS SHUTTERED BACK IN 2020 AND FIVE YEARS LATER, IT'S STILL STANDING.

HOWEVER, DEMOLITION IS EXPECTED TO START IN A FEW WEEKS.

WE'LL CHECK IN TO SEE IF THAT'S STILL ON TRACK AND HOW LONG IT WILL TAKE TO BUILD A NEW STADIUM AND ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT.

PLEASE JOIN US THEN.

I'M DARYL HUFF FOR INSIGHTS ON PBS HAWAI'I.

ALOHA!

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