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Hawaii Scrambles for Eggs - Farmers Feel Low in Pecking Order - Punatang - 07-06-2026
This one is really frying my brain. Hawaii leaders are crowing about a new ag investment by the state. Ag good. "They" believe that Hawaii pip-squeeks will consume 5x as many eggs as they do now and this belief is being used to help sell the investment.
Some folks who are intimately involved in school lunches have their concerns that Hawaii's keiki will comply. They say kids are looking for meat in their school lunches.
Small scale farmers feel that no one is interested in ideas they hatch up, and that the proposed egg cracking facility will just benefit big players.
Some members of the board, who are perched in positions to know, feel that Hawaii government is just winging it on this one. Once we cross this road we are definitely in the egg business and that's no yolk. Cluck around and find out.
Personally, ideas that boost Hawaii's food resiliency always get the benefit of my doubt. I am keeping an open mind. I'd be grateful for any wisdom anyone can lend. If you're interested, please take the time to really comb through the article. Scratch below the surface on this one.
It is a fair sum of kala that Hawaii taxpayers have been asked to shell out...
https://apnews.com/article/hawaii-plan-multimillion-dollar-egg-cracking-facility-demand-schools-271b220ce3aa0e5e62216e63af5dfa7b
RE: Hawaii Scrambles for Eggs - Farmers Feel Low in Pecking Order - HiloJulie - 07-06-2026
Personally, ideas that boost Hawaii's food resiliency always get the benefit of my doubt. I am keeping an open mind. I'd be grateful for any wisdom anyone can lend. If you're interested, please take the time to really comb through the article. Scratch below the surface on this one.
It is a fair sum of kala that Hawaii taxpayers have been asked to shell out...
I agree Tang - this should be really looked at and fully understood BEFORE the taxpayer is expected to fork over the money this issue seems to
RE: Hawaii Scrambles for Eggs - Farmers Feel Low in Pecking Order - Punatang - 07-06-2026
Mahalo for digging up that grit and feeling free to vent.
RE: Hawaii Scrambles for Eggs - Farmers Feel Low in Pecking Order - HiloJulie - 07-06-2026
I am truly sorry Tangy that you feel that greedy corporate CEO's who conspire to rip the Hawaii consumer off by price gouging and the State of Hawaii's AG having the guts to stand up to it as "grit," but, I agree, I am venting, as I find the deplorable behavior of these types of greedy corporate CEO's who conspire to screw the consumers here in Hawaii for their self-serving greed, while pretending to be true American Patriots, to be as equally deplorable, if not even more deplorable, as ANY government official, be it at the local, state or federal level, pissing away the taxpayer money on far-fetched, hair brained, self-serving ideas and deals.
RE: Hawaii Scrambles for Eggs - Farmers Feel Low in Pecking Order - Punatang - 07-06-2026
May all peeps be pono.
RE: Hawaii Scrambles for Eggs - Farmers Feel Low in Pecking Order - MyManao - 07-06-2026
'tang - It is a fair sum of kala that Hawaii taxpayers have been asked to shell out...
Ah, but if one considers that in previous reporting by CB titled..
Push To Feed Hawaiʻi Kids More Local Food Is ‘Structural Disaster’
Where it begins..
The DOE has not taken the effort seriously and has no real plan for how to meet a legislative mandate to spend 30% of its food budget locally by 2030, according to a state audit.
One might think that Cruz's plan is a step towards addressing the shortfalls. After all, the DOE already spends massively to feed Hawaii keiki. So why not do what can to lower those costs? And if not lower, at least keep the money in house, local kine?
be pono..
I'd vote to turn 'em green for sure.
RE: Hawaii Scrambles for Eggs - Farmers Feel Low in Pecking Order - HereOnThePrimalEdge - 07-06-2026
I didn’t see a profit-loss projection for the egg cracking operation. I’m sure it’s difficult to estimate, as they noted they can’t even estimate the amount of eggs they will use. If some liquid eggs are sold, some replacing what is currently sourced from the mainland for school lunches, then to me the question is, can the facility operate at a statistical profit? If so, and it’s a win win for both the egg producer and the state it’s probably worth the investment.
Otherwise, couldn’t homeroom in the morning combine attendance taking with student egg cracking? An easy A on the report card. Just a thought.
RE: Hawaii Scrambles for Eggs - Farmers Feel Low in Pecking Order - leilanidude - 07-06-2026
30,000 bad eggs per day at 9-10 bad eggs per pound - 3,000 pounds of liquid eggs per day.
62,000 pounds bought in the prior year = 21 days of production. Who buys the production from the remaining 344 days of production?
RE: Hawaii Scrambles for Eggs - Farmers Feel Low in Pecking Order - Punatang - 07-06-2026
Dude, at this stage, the penciling out part is weak but perhaps we could eggsport the eggcess product. I'm sure many uses could ensue here in Hawaii. The proponents do seem to have a "build it and they will come" home to roost mentality. Worst case scenario you can make great feed to cycle back to the birds. Right now the waste is definitely something that an isolated island needs to brood over, and this egg idea is potentially viable in solving that. It seems to be an idea that we poached from the mainland where 30% of eggs are processed in egg cracking facilities for ultimate use in dozens of ways like liquid, frozen, dried, food service, baking, restaurants, institutions, manufacturers, and more. Of all of the hard boiled ideas that Hawaii gets involved in, this is one that I feel should be allowed to incubate.
Haha MyMan! Green eggs indeed. They would love it.
Great idea Edge. Kids on KP duty would be a strut in the right direction!
RE: Hawaii Scrambles for Eggs - Farmers Feel Low in Pecking Order - randomq - 07-07-2026
In all seriousness, eggs are good protein, it would be awesome to be self-sustaining on that front. Then we can at least have eggs with sweet potatoes/taro and smoked meat for breakfast during the apocalypse. Assuming we can't out-hunt the wild boar population?