Brian Schatz: “The soldiers also love it, they love it. And that is not a trivial aspect of this program.”

Hurricanes and floods and tornadoes and fires don’t pick and choose their targets based on how the last election went.

This new federal funding will give local farmers more tools to fights threats like drought and invasive pests and help boost production of Hawai‘i’s world-class coffee and chocolate.

Thousands of brave service members from Hawai‘i put their lives on the line to serve our country. This federal funding will help us improve and maintain Veterans Cemetery No. 2 in Hilo so we can continue to honor their legacies.

This is great news for our small local coffee and cacao farms and showcases Hawai‘i’s global leadership in agricultural research.