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$130 million AINA Kitchen Network facility breaks ground to create first centralized kitchen for school meals
The Department, which serves over 103,000 meals per day to students statewide, plans to operate up to two regional kitchens on Oʻahu, two on Hawaiʻi Island and one each on Kauaʻi, Maui and Molokaʻi. Standalone production kitchens will continue at Hāna High & Elementary, Kaʻū High & Pāhala Elementary, Lānaʻi High & Elementary and Nāʻālehu Elementary schools.
HIDOE advances efforts to cut food imports, boost local purchasing
With a statewide regional kitchen master plan now in motion, the Hawai‘i Department of Education is turning its attention to transforming school menus to feature more locally grown and produced foods.
Native trees take center stage at Earth Day planting ceremony
The grounds of Washington Place now have additional native vegetation, as part of a community Earth Day planting ceremony.
Maui visitor arrivals up a year after wildfires, but still not at pre-disaster levels
Maui visitor arrivals were up almost 80% in August, compared with a year earlier, the month when the Maui wildfires struck Aug. 8-9. But visitor travel to the Valley Isle still lags behind what it was before the disaster, according to a monthly report by the Hawaiʻi Department of Business, Economic Development & Tourism.
