Food insecurity affects families across Hawaiʻi. From Oʻahu to Molokaʻi, food banks provide meals, groceries and community support through partner agencies, churches and mobile pantries.

Honolulu Skyline passengers may notice something different on their morning rail commute: more than half-a-dozen planter boxes full of growing tomatoes, eggplants, scallions and sweet potatoes

Funding for food stamp programs and food banks are under threat, grants to boost farming have been slashed and, now, the state might step up to help.

Honolulu has no shortage of places to eat, but three spots stand out this weekend for food, culture and conversation.

State officials say they have a contingency plan called the Hawaii Relief Program that would help at least a third of SNAP beneficiaries.