Articles by Hawaii Farm and Food

Peter Merriman is originally from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and was a student of political science before he did a three-year American Culinary Federation apprenticeship that launched his career as a chef and restaurateur. He came to Hawai‘i in 1983 to work at the Mauna Lani Bay Hotel and Bungalows on Hawai‘i Island. Five years later he […]

Administrative rules prohibiting the movement of ohia and soil from Hawaii Island became permanent at the end of 2016. The rules impose permanent quarantine restrictions on the intrastate movement on ohia and other material that may spread rapid ohia death (ROD), also known as ohia wilt, which is destroying the native ohia forests on Hawaii