Fellows mentioned in this story: Meli James, Cohort VII

From Hawai‘i Business Magazine:

Mana Up’s sixth cohort includes 12 locally owned small businesses that are offering their diverse consumer products to Hawai‘i residents, tourists and buyers worldwide.

“Many of the companies coming through cohort six support the local agriculture industry whether they create products using their own crops or source from local farmers,” says Meli James, cofounder of Mana Up. “This year, nine out of these 12 companies source their raw materials or ingredients from a local agricultural producer, adding to the already remarkable 82% of Mana Up’s cohort companies that did so in 2020.”

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