Hawaii papayas are safe to eat despite a salmonella outbreak that has resulted in illnesses reported in eight other states, local officials say. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the ...

The local papaya shortage is expected to be felt now as well as in the future, according to Eric Weinert, president of the Hawaii Papaya Industry Association. Weinert estimated at least 90 percent ...

Two of the Big Island’s major agricultural industries are working together to keep each other alive during the COVID-19 lockdown.

Papayas made their way to Hawaii at the end of the 18th century. Carica papaya is the fruit most often found in our markets. Less often encountered are the mountain papaya of the Andes, ...

HONOLULU, Hawaii (HawaiiNewsNow) - A multistate outbreak of salmonella has been potentially linked to whole, fresh papayas imported from Mexico. But there is no reason to avoid Hawaii-grown ...

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Academic scientists who have developed forms of papaya that can withstand the widespread, destructive ringspot virus are coming under fire in both Hawaii and Thailand. But the researchers say that ...

A new supply of fresh papayas from Hawaii will reach grocery-store shelves in Japan this year and consumers have biotechnology to thank for it. The first “Rainbow” papayas--genetically ...

LAIE, Hawaii - Genetic engineering saved Ken Kamiya's papaya farm on Oahu's north shore, and it may yet rescue the orchid from the grips of a nasty flower-killing virus.

Repeated natural disasters pummel Hawaii’s farms, affecting macadamia nuts, taro, papaya, flower harvests August 28, 2018 Extreme rainfall brought flooding to parts of Hawaii as Hurricane Lane ...

The Hawaii papaya variety is more pear-shaped than the Mexican ones you can usually find on the Mainland. The fruit inside can be golden yellow or a bright reddish-orange.

Thousands of papaya trees were chopped down on 10 acres of Big Island farmland under the cover of night last month, and farmers fear the destruction was the work of activists protesting ...