Agricultural Development Division

  The 2013 Produce Marketing Association (PMA) Fresh Summit Convention and Expo was held October 18-20, 2013 at New Orleans Convention Center in New Orleans, Louisiana.  This year, the PMA Fresh Summit attracted more than 18,000 members of the global fresh produce and floral industry’s supply chain for innovation-focused general sessions, 14 educational workshops and ...
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HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!! It was the last weekend before Halloween and the pumpkin patch at Aloun Farms was hopping.  Staff from the Market Development Branch provided “Buy Local, It Matters” information and giveaways to those buying local pumpkins.  Here are some photos from the event. From left:  Michael Opgenorth and Hideki Yamane at the HDOA table. ...
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BUY LOCAL Locally sourced items star in nougat maker’s products   By Erika Engle POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Sep 13, 2013     KRYSTLE MARCELLUS / [email protected] Pete and Liz Anderson use mostly local ingredients when making nougat in their shop in Kaimuki.   KRYSTLE MARCELLUS / [email protected] Liilii Chocolate Nougat     You say ...
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HDOA Agriculture Development Division is administering the 2013 Specialty Crop Grant Program. Requests for Proposals are currently being accepted.  The deadline to submit applications is March 27, 2013. To view the RFP, click here. For more information, contact: Sue SakamotoPh. 973-9576 Fax 973-9590 e-mail: [email protected]  

Company: Hawaiian Nougat Company, LLC Contact: Liz and Peter Anderson Phone: (808) 926-4885 Email: [email protected] Website: www.hawaiiannougat.com Honolulu, Hawaii husband and wife team, Liz and Peter Anderson created a Hawaiian confection that brings the sweet taste of the islands in a candy that has been around for centuries. Hawaiian Nougat, pronounced noo-guht or noo-gah, was created ...
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Hula Girl Foods 41-745 Mooiki St., Waimanalo, Hawaii  96795 Contact: Carol Andrews, President Phone: (808) 259-5114 Fax: (808) 259-8914 E-mail: [email protected] Hula Girl Foods is a family operated company established in April of 1988.  With over 25 years of experience and ten employees, making sugar cane products has always been a family affair. . All of Hula Girl ...
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Noni Biotech International, dba Noni Maui 810 Haiku Road, Suite 317 Haiku, Hawaii 96708-4801 Contact: Marie Laure Ankaoua Phone: (808) 575-9100 Fax: (808) 575-9108 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.nonimaui.com Noni Biotech uses pure Hawaiian noni juice — or its patented powder made of pure seedless dehydrated Hawaiian noni powder — in the manufacture of its food products, including ...
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Tropical Dreams Ice Cream 66-1250 Lalamilo Farm Road Kamuela, Hawaii  96743 Contact: John R. Edney Phone: (808) 885-8820 Fax: (808) 885-8812 E-mail: [email protected] www.tropicaldreamsicecream.com   Tropical Dreams Ice Cream has been producing its superpremium and premium ice creams since 1987. In 2006, it was voted the best ice cream on the Big Island by readers of West Hawaii Today. It also ...
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  Sun Globe Food, Inc. Ohta Status Bldg. 7F 3-9-1 Tohkai, Ohta-ku Tokyo 143-001 Japan Contact: Yoshikuni Anzai Phone: 81-3-5492-3962 Fax: 81-3-5492-3960 E-mail: [email protected] www.sgfd.co.jp https://www.sgfd.co.jp/hawaii/index.html Japan-based Sun Globe Food is a Seal of Quality partner, one of two program partners that have been with the program since its inception. “The quality certification system under the state of Hawaii is well ...
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Paradise Meadows PO Box 1083 Naalehu, HI 96772 Contact: Megan Collins, Owner Phone: (808)929-9148 Fax:(808)929-8758 Email: [email protected] Website: www.paradisemeadows.com Paradise Meadows, known for its award-winning “The Local Buzz” brand 100% Kau Coffee, is located in the South Point area of the Big Island of Hawaii. Since 2004, Scott Buske and Megan Collins, owners of Paradise Meadows, have ...
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