Kilauea agricultural center reports intern program success and 50 truckloads of asphalt donation for farmers market

President Yoshito L’Hote told the board the Agricultural Center’s summer intern program was successful and that the community garden has a new manager named Patrick. Yosh said he helped facilitate an “internet of things” workshop with Verizon and attended an agriculture workshop on Oahu where he found Kilauea’s planning and implementation advanced compared with other state ag parks.

Yosh reported the Farmers Market roadway infrastructure construction is underway and that the center received a donation of 50 truckloads of repurposed asphalt from a Princeville development to support that work. The board noted these operational improvements while discussing how the center can continue to advance community agriculture activities.