Goal 1: Education and Workforce Development

• Sustain educational priorities directly related to development of agricultural and food science competence at several UH campuses.

• Build educational capacities in areas of agriculture, aquaculture, biotechnology, marine science, ethnobotany, native nutrition, forestry, culinary arts, etc.

• Provide technical business and general industry workforce training, with entrepreneurship focus.

• Emphasize meaningful connections between subject content and environment, with special emphasis on Hawaiian culture.

Goal 2: Business and Community Economic Development Assistance

• Identify and prioritize development opportunities in Hawaii communities.

• Provide microbusiness support solutions for agricultural projects in progress and new startups.

• Seek additional resources from federal, state and local sources to assist agribusinesses to succeed.

• Help struggling businesses achieve profitability in a cooperative environment (among grant partners), with emphasis on Native Hawaiian owned businesses.

• Help establish local markets for local production and consumption in Hawaii.
• Collaborate with market professionals to develop local and overseas (i.e., mainland U.S. and international) markets for Hawaiian products.
• Work with computer faculty/specialists to develop sophisticated consortium-wide Internet marketing, inventory, distribution and financial applications.
• Emphasize development of minority-owned businesses, including those owned by Native Hawaiians.