Useful Links
>>Private and Non-Profit Initiatives
US Department of Agriculture http://www.usda.gov
USDA Rural Development, Hawai‘i State Office http://rurdev.usda.gov/HI-Contacts.html
USDA National Ag Statistics Service – Hawai‘i http://www.nass.usda.gov/Statistics_by_State/Hawaii/index.asp
USDA – Natural Resources Conservation Service – Pacific Islands http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/site/pia/home
USDA – National Organics Program http://www.ams.usda.gov/AMSv1.0/NOP
USDA Organic Certification Cost Share Program http://hdoa.hawaii.gov/add/md/organiccostshare/
Start 2 Farm http://www.start2farm.gov/
Agricultural Marketing Resource Center http://www.agmrc.org/
Hawai‘i County Research and Development – Agriculture program https://www.rd.hawaiicounty.gov/
Hawai‘i Department of Agriculture https://hdoa.hawaii.gov/
Hawai‘i Food and Drug Branch (Food Safety) http://hawaii.gov/health/environmental/food_drug/food/foodsafety.html
College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources (CTAHR) https://cms.ctahr.hawaii.edu/
College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources (CTAHR) – Local and Immigrant Farmer Education Program – English and Translated Training Materials https://cms.ctahr.hawaii.edu/life
College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources (CTAHR) – Sustainable and Organic Agricultural Program https://cms.ctahr.hawaii.edu/soap
Hilo College of Agriculture, Forestry and Natural Resource Management https://hilo.hawaii.edu/academics/cafnrm/
The Kohala Center‘s Ku I Ka Mana – Beginning Farmer Training Program https://kohalacenter.org/archive/pdf/MRBeginningFarmer.pdf
Pacific Business Center Program http://pbcphawaii.com
University of Hawai‘i – Agribusiness Incubator Program (AIP) https://invest.hawaii.gov/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/AgribusinessIncubatorProgram.pdf
University of Hawai‘i Community College Agricultural Program https://hawaii.hawaii.edu/agriculture
Private and Non-Profit Initiatives
Agroforestry.org http://agroforestry.org/
Big Island Invasive Species Committees https://www.biisc.org/
Big Island Farm Bureauhttps://hfbf.org/
Hawai‘i Agriculture Research Center (HARC) https://www.harc-hspa.com/
Hawai‘i Agritourism Association http://www.hiagtourism.org/
Hawai‘i Food Policy Council https://www.foodpluspolicy.com/
Hawai‘i Homegrown Food Network https://www.hawaiihomegrown.net/
Hawai‘i Island Mediation Program (HIAMP) is a non-profit organization that provides free mediation services to the agricultural community https://hiamp.emcenter.org/
Hawai‘i Island School Garden Network https://kohalacenter.org/hisgn
Hawai‘i Seed https://www.hawaiiseed.org/
Hawai‘i Small Business Development Center http://hisbdc.org/
Kona County Farm Bureau http://konafarmbureau.org/contact.html
The Laulima Center – Rural and Cooperative Business Development http://www.kohalacenter.org/laulima/home.html
National Sustainable Agricultural Information Service https://attra.ncat.org/
Pacific Gateway Center (PGC) – Great resources for beginning farmers and training materials translated into several languages. http://www.pacificgatewaycenter.org/beginning-farmers.html
SCORE Hawai‘i – Free business advice and counseling. https://hawaii.score.org/
Big Island Beekeepers Association http://www.bigislandbeekeepers.com/
Hawai‘i Chocolate and Cacao Association (HCCA) http://hawaiichocolate.org
Hawai‘i Coffee Association http://www.hawaiicoffeeassoc.org/
Hawai‘i Export Nursery Association (HENA) http://www.hena.org/
Hawai‘i Farm Bureau http://hfbf.org/
Hawai‘i Farmers Union United http://hawaiifarmersunionunited.org /
Hawai‘i Food Industry Association http://www.hawaiifood.com/
Hawai‘i Food Manufacturer’s Association https://hawaiifoodmanufacturers.com/
Hawai‘i Macadamia Nut Association http://www.hawaiimacnut.org/Content/default.asp
Hawai‘i Organic Farmers Association (HOFA) https://hawaiiorganic.org/
Hawai‘i Papaya Industry Association http://www.hawaiipapaya.com/
Hawai‘i Sheep and Goat Association https://www.hsga.net/
Hawai‘i Tropical Fruit Growers Association http://www.hawaiitropicalfruitgrowers.org/
Hilo Orchid Society http://www.hiloorchidsociety.org
Kona Coffee Farmers Association http://www.konacoffeefarmers.org/
Kona-Kohala Chefs Association http://www.konakohalachefs.org
Orchid Growers of Hawai‘i http://www.hawaiiorchidgrowers.org
Adding value to locally grown crops in Hawai‘i https://www.agroforestry.org/free-publications/adding-value-to-crops
Agricultural Marketing Resource Center www.agmrc.org
The Breadfruit Institute http://www.ntbg.org/breadfruit
Fruit of Warm Climates http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/morton/index.html
Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) Audits https://www.ams.usda.gov/services/auditing/gap-ghp
Hawai‘i Agribusiness Guidebook https://oahurcd.org/agribusiness/
Hawai‘i County Food Self-Sufficiency Baseline Study 2012 http://geodata.sdal.hilo.hawaii.edu/techgis/coh/BASELINE_FOOD_SUSTAINABILITY_WEB.pdf
Hawai‘i Fruit.net http://www.hawaiifruit.net/
Hawai‘i Island Farmer’s Guide to Accessing Local Markets https://www.hawaiihomegrown.net/pdfs/Hawaii-Island-Guide-to-Accessing-Markets.pdf
Hawai‘i Plant Diseases http://www.hawaiiplantdisease.net/
Natural Farming Hawai‘i http://naturalfarminghawaii.net/
New Farmer Guidebook https://oahurcd.org/new-farmer-guidebook/
University of Hawai‘i Master Gardener Program Web Links: Tropical Topics (great resource for publications and info re: crops, natives, pests, landscaping, etc) http://www.ctahr.hawaii.edu/UHMG/tropical-topics.asp