Hoverflies, often mistaken for bees and wasps, pollinate three quarters of our crops. Now we’re discovering we can train them ...

ST. MARYS – Pat Hammer isn’t bothered by the fact that her husband, Joe, is not keen on the idea of her driving his 1972 Corvette. “That’s OK with me,” she says. “I have my bug that I would rather ...

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Red Fire Farm, a key player in local organic farming, is constructing a new timber frame barn and farm store after losing its historic 100-year-old barn to a fire in February 2024. “The new barn will ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - A one-year ban is now in effect on all shipments of plants, gravel and other gardening materials to Molokai. It comes after the state board of the Department of Agriculture ...

Standing on his barren palm farm, Johnstone Mbigo, 73, a farmer in Junju Ward, Kilifi County, gazes somberly at a freshly cut coconut stump, a silent reminder of the once-thriving plantation. Nearby, ...

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An industry based on insects’ natural recycling abilities could help limit the environmental damage from our food system. Warning: This graphic requires JavaScript ...

As the invasive pest shows up on all the other Main Hawaiian Islands, residents of Molokaʻi say the state is not doing enough to ensure they don’t meet the same fate. With the recent discovery of the ...

Hawaiians are racing against the clock to save their beloved coconut trees from a tiny insect known as the rhinoceros coconut beetle. The invasive species has been chewing through the state’s palms ...

This image shows the coconut rhinoceros beetle larvae detected in plants shipped from Oahu to Lanai. Photo courtesy Department of Agriculture and Biosecurity Since May, officials report there have ...

An invasive beetle is killing coconut trees across the archipelago, and spreading fast. Researchers are racing to contain it. An invasive beetle is killing coconut trees across the archipelago, and ...