Fellows mentioned in this story: Kamuela Enos, Cohort III
From University of Hawai‘i News:
A team of University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa researchers is the scientific/creative lead on an up-to $40-million U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) grant to assist Hawaiʻi farmers, ranchers and foresters in implementing sustainable, climate-smart practices and establishing stronger markets that live beyond the life of the grant for locally produced, healthy food and forest products.
The grant funding will be administered through the Lynker Corporation Pacific Islands and West Coast Division, based in Hawaiʻi, managed by Lynker’s Christopher Hawkins. A sub-award of at least $10 million is going to the UH Mānoa College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources (CTAHR). CTAHR associate professor Susan Crow is the principal investigator for the $40-million grant and will lead a full-time project team of a diverse coalition of stakeholders.
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Cohort VI Fellow Stuart Coleman and Cohort VII Fellow Rachel Solemsaas share about their collaboration centered around the disparate issues of cesspool pollution and high unemployment in Hawai‘i.