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MCFB E-Newsletter ~ July 2020

    Maui County Farm Bureau is pleased to announce that the County of Maui has extended COVID-19 pandemic relief funding to keep MCFB’s Farm Product Purchase Program (FPPP) going for another 10 weeks. In total, the program now exceeds $530,000. The additional funds include an agreement to purchase $75,000 of beef. The funding comes from CARES ACT money that the county received. This is great news for our production farmers and ranchers who have been able to keep their farms going due to these purchases. Commercial farmers and ranchers who have produce and beef available are welcome to join this program. Membership in MCFB is… Read More »MCFB E-Newsletter ~ July 2020

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    MCFB E-Newsletter ~ June 2020

      Since the onset of COVID-19, Maui County Farm Bureau has been working hard to ensure that our members are supported, and that Maui’s ag industry remains viable. When the hotels and restaurants were closed and the visitors left, our farmers were left with thousands of pounds of produce in the fields with no place to sell them. Years of marketing work, building relationships with chefs and developing the Farm to Table movement that had yielded such success for our farms, vanished. The MCFB board of directors along with Hawaii Farm Bureau sprang into action to assist. Through grants from the… Read More »MCFB E-Newsletter ~ June 2020

      Farm Produce Purchase Program

        Through our grant with the County of Maui and the help of the Mayor’s office and the Office of Economic Development we are excited to announce a new program that starts today: the “Farm Product Purchase Program”. I want to thank Mayor Victorino and his team for expediting the steps necessary to get this program rolled out quickly. The Maui County Farm Bureau will be purchasing produce and fruit from farmers throughout Maui island and the County of Maui will be distributing it to residents in need. This program will be providing our farmers much needed cash to keep their… Read More »Farm Produce Purchase Program

        Maui County Farm Bureau Calls on Community to Help Keep Ag Industry Viable During Covid -19.

          Maui Ag Fest & 4-H Livestock Fair 2020 Cancelled – Relief Programs Added. In this unprecedented time of crisis, the Maui County Farm Bureau (MCFB) is announcing its recent decision to cancel the 2020 Maui Ag Fest & 4-H Livestock Fair that was to take place on Sat., May 30. The decision follows the announcement from the University of Hawaii College of Tropical Agriculture, which suspended all 4H activities for the remainder of the season. “We are saddened to have to make this announcement, but out of an abundance of caution and uncertainty about when we will be able to… Read More »Maui County Farm Bureau Calls on Community to Help Keep Ag Industry Viable During Covid -19.

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          Farm Produce Purchase Program

            Through our grant with the County of Maui and the help of the Mayor’s office and the Office of Economic Development we are excited to announce a new program that starts today: the “Farm Product Purchase Program”. I want to thank Mayor Victorino and his team for expediting the steps necessary to get this program rolled out quickly. The Maui County Farm Bureau will be purchasing produce and fruit from farmers throughout Maui island and the County of Maui will be distributing it to residents in need. This program will be providing our farmers much needed cash to keep their… Read More »Farm Produce Purchase Program

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