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The Food Basket
Mālama da Farmer Grantee: Ola Mahina Gardens at Kealaola Farms
Mālama da Farmer Grantee: The Family Farm Inc.
Mālama da Farmer Grantee: HIP Agriculture
Mālama da Farmer Grantee: Sweet Cane Cafe
Mālama da Farmer Grantee: Derek Von Gnechten
Mālama da Farmer Grantee: OK Farms
Mālama da Farmer Grantee: Spicy Ninja
The State of Food Insecurity 2024-2025
The State of Food Insecurity in Hawaiʻi 2024–2025 is a comprehensive analysis of the ongoing food insecurity crisis across the islands.
Report estimates 427,000 people in Hawaii face food insecurity
There is new data on food insecurity in Hawaii, outlining the number of people across the islands facing some form of hunger.
Mālama da Farmer Grantee: Peaceful Farms
Mālama da Farmer Grantee: Puna Chicks
Mālama da Farmer Grantee: A Coffee Farm
Mālama da Farmer Grantee: Ocean Era Inc.
Mālama da Farmer Grantee: Richard Kodani
Nā Kuke ʻŌpio Featuring Tiana Kamen
Nā Kuke ʻŌpio (NKO), meaning “The Young Cook” in Hawaiian, is a youth-centered, culturally grounded, cooking and nutrition education program.
Mālama da Farmer Grantee: Naaman Toko
The Food Basket distributes $700,000 to dozens of Big Island AG operations
The Food Basket on Hawaiʻi Island has distributed around $700,000 in grants to over 30 island producers in an effort to promote local farming and improve food security.
Hawaii Island’s Food Basket braces for ‘devastating’ federal funding cuts
The agency provides meals for 60,000 people every month, and officials are worried about their ability to meet the growing community needs.
‘DA BUX’ Double Up Food Bucks program gets $8.4 million boost from USDA GusNIP grant to benefit Hawaiʻi SNAP participants and local farmers
The Food Basket, Hawaiʻi Island’s Food Bank, announced it has been awarded more than $8.4 million from the U. S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to support Hawai‘i’s “DA BUX” Double Up Food Bucks program.
Big Islandʻs food bank adds more programs to battle rising costs and insecurity
The Hawaiʻi Island Food Basket is adding more programs to meet the growing immediate need, while also working toward its lofty goal of making the island fully self-sustainable to end hunger.