  {"id":219529,"date":"2025-08-04T10:51:40","date_gmt":"2025-08-04T20:51:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=219529"},"modified":"2025-08-05T12:22:00","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T22:22:00","slug":"legislators-explore-ag-stations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2025\/08\/04\/legislators-explore-ag-stations\/","title":{"rendered":"Legislators explore <abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> agriculture stations on Kaua\u02bbi, Maui"},"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\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><figure id=\"attachment_219534\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-219534\" style=\"width: 676px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/manoa-ctahr-leg-maui.jpg\" alt=\"group shot\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"size-full wp-image-219534\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/manoa-ctahr-leg-maui.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/manoa-ctahr-leg-maui-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/manoa-ctahr-leg-maui-130x73.jpg 130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-219534\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><abbr>CTAHR<\/abbr> <abbr>CARES<\/abbr> staff took state House members on a tour of the upcountry station.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Strengthening the vital partnership between the <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> State Legislature and the University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span>, the House Higher Education Committee visited <abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> Maui College and <abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> <span aria-label=\"Kauai\">Kaua&#699;i<\/span> Community College, and toured the <a href=\"https:\/\/cms.ctahr.hawaii.edu\/\">College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resilience<\/a>\u2019s (<abbr>CTAHR<\/abbr>) Agricultural Research and Extension Stations (<abbr>CARES<\/abbr>).<\/p>\n<p>Legislators with the committee and House Representatives from Maui and <span aria-label=\"Kauai\">Kaua&#699;i<\/span> were able to gain a deeper understanding of the institutions\u2019 critical work through their visit.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_219533\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-219533\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/manoa-ctahr-leg-kauai-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"group shot\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-219533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/manoa-ctahr-leg-kauai-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/manoa-ctahr-leg-kauai-130x73.jpg 130w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/manoa-ctahr-leg-kauai.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-219533\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wailua gets more than 80 inches of rain a year, creating a sea of green grass, tall trees, and foliage for the tour of <abbr>CTAHR<\/abbr>\u2019s station.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>On Maui, the legislators learned about 4-H and Master Gardener programs and explored the 25-acre <abbr>CARES<\/abbr> facility in Kula. The protea field plots and seed production in greenhouses showcased the <abbr>CTAHR<\/abbr>\u2019s innovative agricultural research and its commitment to diversifying the state\u2019s economy.<\/p>\n<p>Next, the legislators visited part of the 201-acre <abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> <span aria-label=\"Kauai\">Kaua&#699;i<\/span> <abbr>CARES<\/abbr> Center in Wailua, illustrating the breadth of <abbr>CTAHR<\/abbr>\u2019s research with Pacific crops, organic crops, livestock production and community engagement.<\/p>\n<p>The Higher Education Committee members will continue visiting other <abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> campuses over the next few months. These visits highlight the pivotal role of <abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> in addressing local challenges, driving innovation, and preparing students for successful futures.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Legislators toured <abbr>CTAHR<\/abbr><abbr>&#8216;s <\/abbr><abbr>CARES<\/abbr> facilities on Maui and <span aria-label=\"Kauai,\">Kaua&#699;i,<\/span> seeing innovative agricultural research from protea plots to Pacific crops.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[222,212,64,71,9,60],"class_list":["post-219529","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","tag-agriculture","tag-college-of-tropical-agriculture-and-human-resilience","tag-kauai-community-college","tag-uh-community-colleges","tag-uh-manoa","tag-maui-college","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219529","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=219529"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219529\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":219691,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219529\/revisions\/219691"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=219529"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=219529"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=219529"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}