Fellows mentioned in this story: Erika Lacro, Cohort II

From University of Hawai‘i News:

A new facility in Wahiawā will house training programs that will provide participants with an opportunity to create new and unique food-related products while learning critical entrepreneurship skills such as marketing, branding, product development and business management, so they can develop their value-added products. The University of Hawaiʻi Community Colleges will start construction on the Wahiawā Product Development Center (WPDC) in July 2021.

“The Wahiawā Product Development Center will be instrumental in supporting the diversification of our local economy by adding value to Hawaiʻi’s agricultural and food sector industries. It will take the knowledge, creativity, innovation and uniqueness Hawaiʻi offers to the next level, creating a robust workforce pipeline and providing the tools and skills for local farmers and entrepreneurs to take their value-added food products to market and beyond. Bringing this to the heart of Oʻahu achieves a critical milestone for our state in food security and sustainability,” said UH Community Colleges Vice President Erika Lacro.

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