Strengthening Hawaiʻi’s food systems: keeping kupuna fed

Disaster preparedness experts have worried for years about Hawaiʻi’s food security, warning that importing 90 percent of our food makes us dangerously vulnerable. Daniela Spoto of the Hawaiʻi Appleseed Center for Law & Economic Justice tells us why Hawaiʻi’s kūpuna are among the most at risk for hunger during this COVID-19 disruption. Click here to read Hawaiʻi Appleseed’s “Feeding Our Kūpuna” report.

Noe Tanigawa

Hawaiʻi Public Radio

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