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Impact to the Community:
Working Together & Growing the Economy
The Foundation’s programs and activities develop and strengthen the leadership abilities of its
participants and alumni. These leaders are trained in collaborative leadership and are fully
equipped to continue the process of bringing people together to address key agricultural issues
facing our state.
Our participants and alumni also include leaders from the related industries of environmental
preservation and conservation, tourism, urban development and renewal, Hawaiian cultural and
heritage groups and those concerned with food security and public health such as school and
community gardens and farmers markets, Hawaii 2050, Envision Hawaii, Sustain Hawaii and Slow
Food Hawaii.
The Ag Leadership alumni are currently working in major statewide positions of leadership
including:
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The President of Hawaii Cattlemen’s Council – an umbrella organization comprised of the five
county level Cattlemen’s Associations. 110+ member ranchers represent over 60,000 head of beef
cows; more than 75% of all the beef cows in the State.
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The Executive Director of Hawaii Farm Bureau Federation – the Hawaii Farm Bureau has a
membership of over 2200 and represents ten counties across the state.
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The Vice President of the Hawaii Tropical Flower Council – a statewide association of growers,
shippers, corporations and individual proprietors, the Hawai’i Tropical Flower Council directs
promotion and supports research of Hawaii's $70 million floral and nursery industry with 690
growers on 1,910 acres in more than 27.6 million square feet of greenhouses and artificial
shade.
- Particpants on the Hawaii Energy Policy Forum
Several of our alumni have gone onto elected positions in the State Senate and State House of
Representatives. As well, many of our alumni work for some of the most successful, innovative
and sustainable agribusinesses and organizations in Hawaii, including:
• Parker Ranch
– is among the nation’s largest and most historic ranches with 150,000 acres and 30-35,000 head of cattle
producing USDA choice beef marketed in the U.S. and Canada
• Kauai Coffee Company
– Hawaii's (and US) largest coffee grower, with 3,400 acres under cultivation on the southwest side
of the Island of Kauai
• Kona Pacific Farmers
Cooperative - located in the rural area of Napo'opo'o on the Big Island of Hawaii; 300 hard working
farmer members who grow and hand pick their Kona Coffee and Macadamia nuts
• Hawaii Commercial and
Sugar Co . - Hawaii's largest producer of raw sugar, accounting for over 60% of all of the State's
sugar; burns bagasse to provide 215 million kilowatt hours per year serving their own power
needs and sending excess to Maui Electric Company
• Green Point Nurseries
– grower / shipper / wholesaler providing services with Hawaiian tropical floral products in Hawaii,
and for export
• Hawaiian Host
- the largest exporter of chocolate covered Macadamia nuts in the world, and the fourth largest U.S. exporter of
chocolate candies
• Pioneer Hi-Bred
International - world's leading developer and supplier of advanced plant genetics to farmers worldwide
• Hawaiian Earth Products
- the largest producer of compost (Menehune Magic) in the State of Hawaii; locally composts only
recycled yard/tree trimmings and other organic recyclables keeping 20% of the waste out of
Hawaii landfills
• Wailea Ag Group
- Hawaii Island farmers experimenting, researching and working together to provide exotic tropical
flowers and foliage, tropical fruits and Hawaiian Heart of Palm for Hawaii and exported
internationally.
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