Hawaiʻi DOE wants another $30M for a facility that hasn’t been built

Much of the approach makes sense on paper, according to Hawaiʻi Appleseed food equity director Daniela Spoto, but “there’s still a lot of unanswered questions about how these things will eventuate.”

What exactly that $30 million will go toward is unclear.

The Department of Education did not respond to several requests for comment.

Superintendent Keith Hayashi is scheduled to make a presentation Thursday on his agency’s vision to the Agribusiness Development Corp., which will be the agency’s landlord in Whitmore Village.