WHO WE ARE
The Hawaii Good Food Alliance is a diverse hui of community leaders who share in the production, aggregation and distribution of food to re-build thriving community food systems.
The Hawaii Good Food Alliance is a diverse hui of community leaders who share in the production, aggregation and distribution of food to re-build thriving community food systems.
We join together—with a sense of urgency—to raise community voice and support one another in the belief that each and every person in Hawaii can share in healthy, locally produced food.
Our Island Teams
Moloka'i
Chelsea Takahashi
The Food Basket
Hawai’i
Mercy Nakayama
The Food Basket
Hawai’i
Melissa Nagatsuka
The Food Basket
Hawai’i
Cheryl Ka'uhane Lupenui
The Kohala Center
Hawai’i
Deanette Staudinger
Kanaka Ha’a He’
Hawai’i
Charity Kaiwi Hartman
Maui Food Bank
Maui
Jamie Ronzello
Sustainable Moloka’i
Moloka’i
Tehani Kaalekahi
Sustainable Moloka’i
Moloka’i
Kukui Maunakea-Forth
MAO Organic Farms
O’ahu
Alicia Higa
WCCHC ‘Elepaio Social Services
O’ahu
Cali Hasegawa
WCCHC ‘Elepaio Social Services
O’ahu
Jesse Lipman
Kōkua Kalihi Valley
O’ahu
Christen Oliveira
Kōkua Kalihi Valley
O’ahu
Christian Zuckerman
Kahumana Food Hub & Organic Farms
O’ahu
Megan Fox
Malama Kauai
Kauai
Stacy Sproat-Beck
Waipa Foundation
Kauai
Board of Directors & Staff
Harmonee Williams
Executive Director - Staff
Hawai’i Good Food Alliance
Dr. Saleh Azizi Fardkhales
Project Director of Hawaii Food Hub Hui Hawai’i Good Food Alliance
Hawai’i Good Food Alliance
Tanner Keys
Administrative Assistant
Hawai’i Good Food Alliance
Betsy Cole
President
The Kokala Center
Kaʻiulani Odom
Vice-President
Kōkua Kalihi Valley
Kristin Frost Albrecht
Treasurer
The Food Basket
Nicole Milne
Secretary
The Kokala Center
Dr. Monica K. Esquivel
Board Member
University of Hawaiʻi Mānoa
Staff & Board Of Directors
Our Team
Jesse Lipman
Alicia Higa
Nicki Hasegawa
Monica Esquivel
Christen Oliveira
Kukui Maunakea-Forth
Kristin Frost Albrecht
Mercy Nakayama
Betsy Cole
Leelen Park
Chelsea Takahashi
Nicole Milne
Deanette Staudinger
Cheryl Ka’uhane Lupenui
Tehani Kaalekahi
Jamie Ronzello
Megan Fox
Jamie Ronzello
Charity Kaiwi Hartman
Our Advisors
Noah Fulmer
Bobby Cochran
Our Supporters
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Blue Marine is filling a niche in the NGO world, enabling marine conservation to happen fast and effectively. What differentiates Blue Marine is that we are well connected and determined; we seize opportunities as they arise and get things done. We forge new partnerships and challenge the status quo.
Blue Marine works using a combination of top-down intervention to improve governance of our seas and bottom-up project delivery to help local communities who are at the front line of ocean conservation.
Our key strategic interventions are as follows:
- Securing marine protected areas to ensure the protection of at least 30% of the ocean by 2030.
- Developing models of sustainable fishing proving that low-impact fishing benefits marine life, local fishers and communities.
- Restoring marine habitats to revive and protect vulnerable and threatened species and to sequester carbon.
- Tackling unsustainable fishing by highlighting poor practice and developing solutions.
- Connecting people with the sea and enhancing ocean understanding across generations.
SECURED COMMITMENTS TO PROTECT OVER 4 MILLION SQUARE
KILOMETRES OF OCEAN.
21 PROJECT LOCATIONS ALL OVER THE WORLD
Overfishing impacts the ocean’s biodiversity and ability to store carbon.
Our ocean is in crisis. Marine life is under threat from climate change, acidification, pollution and invasive species. But these threats are compounded by overfishing, which strips the ocean of life, and so reduces its capacity to produce oxygen, absorb carbon dioxide and regulate the climate. It’s estimated that almost 94% of commercial fish stocks are fully or overexploited and 90% of large, predatory fish are gone.
Overfishing therefore represents a major threat for the food security of millions and could have devastating consequences for Earth’s climate.
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OUR MISSION
Creating A Land Of Abundance
We join together to create a future of abundance for Hawaii. Through continued community support and collaboration we are creating a future Hawaii that is sustainable for generations to come.
By working together, we can turn the tide on overfishing and the destruction of biodiversity. By supporting Blue Marine, you can help to create marine reserves around the world.
Advisors
Noah Fulmer Fair Food Network
Denise Miller New Mexico FMA
Bobby Cochran Shift Health Accelerator
Lynne Toyofuku
Our Supporters
