03-17-2016, 03:33 AM
"We've always been the food basket," Wille said.
http://www.westhawaiitoday.com/news/loca...griculture
It's not known how great an economic driver agriculture currently is, because the state quit compiling county-level statistics in 2009.
I think more could be accomplished with a County-wide "Ag Strategy" instead of creating 9 new paid staff positions -- starting with a way to "reclaim" existing vacant subdivision lots for agriculture...
http://www.westhawaiitoday.com/news/loca...griculture
It's not known how great an economic driver agriculture currently is, because the state quit compiling county-level statistics in 2009.
I think more could be accomplished with a County-wide "Ag Strategy" instead of creating 9 new paid staff positions -- starting with a way to "reclaim" existing vacant subdivision lots for agriculture...