{"id":188511,"date":"2023-12-12T08:40:52","date_gmt":"2023-12-12T18:40:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=188511"},"modified":"2023-12-12T08:40:52","modified_gmt":"2023-12-12T18:40:52","slug":"uh-maui-college-distribute-produce-boxes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2023\/12\/12\/uh-maui-college-distribute-produce-boxes\/","title":{"rendered":"<abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> Maui College culinary students distribute 1,600 produce boxes, more"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><div class=\"responsive-video-wrap-post\"><figure class=\"wp-block-embed wp-block-embed-youtube is-type-video is-provider-youtube epyt-figure\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\"><iframe  id=\"_ytid_28098\"  width=\"676\" height=\"676\"  data-origwidth=\"676\" data-origheight=\"676\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vmGXkZFZDxE?enablejsapi=1&origin=https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu&rel=0&autoplay=0&cc_load_policy=0&cc_lang_pref=&iv_load_policy=1&loop=0&fs=1&playsinline=0&autohide=2&theme=dark&color=red&controls=1&disablekb=0&\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  no-lazyload\" title=\"糖心Vlog官方 Maui College culinary students distribute 1,600 produce boxes, more\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><\/figure><\/div>\n<p>Over the second half of the fall semester, <a href=\"https:\/\/maui.hawaii.edu\/\">University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> Maui College<\/a> students and community volunteers organized about 1,600 produce boxes and distributed them to students and community members impacted by the Maui wildfires.<\/p>\n<p>The students were members of the <a href=\"https:\/\/maui.hawaii.edu\/programs\/culn\/#overview\">culinary arts program<\/a> purchasing class. They purchased approximately 13,400 lbs. of local produce through Local Harvest funded <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commongroundcollective.com\/\">Common Ground Collective<\/a> (a non-profit that promotes food security, educational and economic opportunities in Maui County).<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/maui-distribute-produce-boxes-4-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-188521\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/maui-distribute-produce-boxes-4-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/maui-distribute-produce-boxes-4-130x73.jpg 130w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/maui-distribute-produce-boxes-4.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The students also distributed about 1,000 bags of rice sourced through Rimfire Imports and paid for by the Lions Club. <abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> Maui College baking and pastry students helped by producing 600 boxes of pastries as special treats on a few of the weeks.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Some people start crying because they\u2019re just happy people are able to help them out and understand what they\u2019re going through,&rdquo; said culinary student Jennifer Giubardo. &ldquo;It\u2019s nice to contribute after such a tragic thing that happened to Maui.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/maui-distribute-produce-boxes-1-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-188523\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/maui-distribute-produce-boxes-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/maui-distribute-produce-boxes-1-130x73.jpg 130w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/maui-distribute-produce-boxes-1.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>For two months after the August fires, the culinary arts program\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2023\/08\/10\/uh-maui-college-food-preparation-hub-amidst-wildfire-tragedy\/\"><span aria-label=\"Paina\">P&#257;&#699;ina<\/span> Building was a food preparation hub<\/a> where a total of 200,000 meals were prepped, cooked and sent out for delivery for members of the community who had been displaced by fires. <\/p>\n<p>In October, the campus <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2023\/10\/31\/uh-maui-college-culinary-students-packing-produce\/\">pivoted to packing and distributing about 200 produce boxes a week<\/a>, utilizing a refrigerated container that Matson initially donated to use during food preparation. Matson and Tri Isle have also supported and serviced the container.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"blocklink\">More on how to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2023\/08\/10\/how-to-help-maui-ohana-affected-by-wildfires\/\">help Maui <span aria-label=\"ohana\">&#699;ohana<\/span><\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/tag\/maui-wildfires\/\">Maui wildfires<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It makes me happy to know that I\u2019m being a part of something good and that it\u2019s benefiting the community,&rdquo; said culinary student Lily Weber, who said some of her family members lost their homes in the fire. &ldquo;I\u2019m just really grateful that the program that I\u2019m choosing to participate in is choosing to help and share the love and aloha out there.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> Maui college is eager to help where needed and is currently working with the Maui Emergency Task Force to understand how best to contribute for the spring semester.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/maui-distribute-produce-boxes-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-188525\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/maui-distribute-produce-boxes-2.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/maui-distribute-produce-boxes-2-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/maui-distribute-produce-boxes-2-130x73.jpg 130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> Maui College culinary arts students organized and distributed more than 13,000 lbs. of local produce.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26,12],"tags":[184,344,1597,60,56],"class_list":["post-188511","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","category-video","tag-culinary","tag-maui-culinary-academy","tag-maui-wildfires","tag-maui-college","tag-video-2","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188511","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=188511"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188511\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":188552,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188511\/revisions\/188552"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=188511"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=188511"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=188511"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}