Building off the County of Maui Department of Agriculture 2024-2028 Strategic Plan, this recovery project involves the creation of a Lahaina Moku Agriculture Plan to develop and prioritize agriculture initiatives for Lahaina moku’s agriculture, farms, food systems, and ecosystems.

Goals of the plan include:

• Developing a regional sustainable and diversified agriculture industry
• Supporting local farming initiatives
• Building economic resilience
• Supporting the health of residents and ecosystems through natural resource restoration and stewardship
• Improving food security and access to healthy food

Key example efforts include:

• Supporting emergency feeding needs
• Supporting recovery of farms damaged in the fires
• Establishing new agriculture and agroforestry industry areas in Lahaina to turn former plantation lands into production
• Building agriculture infrastructure such  as cold storage and dry storage

Challenges include funding, the need for comprehensive collaborative strategies across community, private landowners, business and hotel owners, and government agencies. Political, community and tourist industry buy-in, conflict between tourism and other economic industries, water supply and water infrastructure in regions of Lahaina surrounding and mauka of the town, and industrial plantation land use from mid 1800s to 1900s changed the landscape and climate of Lahaina.

Building off the County of Maui Department of Agriculture 2024-2028 Strategic Plan, this recovery project involves the creation of a Lahaina Moku Agriculture Plan to develop and prioritize agriculture initiatives for Lahaina moku’s agriculture, farms, food systems, and ecosystems.

Goals of the plan include:

• Developing a regional sustainable and diversified agriculture industry
• Supporting local farming initiatives
• Building economic resilience
• Supporting the health of residents and ecosystems through natural resource restoration and stewardship
• Improving food security and access to healthy food

Key example efforts include:

• Supporting emergency feeding needs
• Supporting recovery of farms damaged in the fires
• Establishing new agriculture and agroforestry industry areas in Lahaina to turn former plantation lands into production
• Building agriculture infrastructure such  as cold storage and dry storage

Challenges include funding, the need for comprehensive collaborative strategies across community, private landowners, business and hotel owners, and government agencies. Political, community and tourist industry buy-in, conflict between tourism and other economic industries, water supply and water infrastructure in regions of Lahaina surrounding and mauka of the town, and industrial plantation land use from mid 1800s to 1900s changed the landscape and climate of Lahaina.