Put Agriculture Department issue on November ballot

There is a very real need for a Maui County Department of Agriculture to serve the small farmers on Maui.

It is a false flag to state it is another level of bureaucracy to place on the farmers. Far from it, it is instead a locally sourced, Maui-centric capacity to help Maui farmers envision their own future. And it is a resource and a support in a time of great uncertainty. It is being envisioned as a small department with minimal funding and has a very important job that isn’t being addressed today in our local government.