Vouchers for Farmers Market Spending Improves Nutrition Among Poor

The New York Times' "Well" Blog covers some recent UCLA research that found if poor families are issued vouchers redeemable at local farmers markets their consumption of fresh fruits and veggies goes up. No duh! But still, maybe a worthy idea for Hawaii where we really need to support local farming and have severe nutritional problems with some of the poorest residents.

No-Dam Hydro Possibilities: Hot Dam, Hawaii!

Hawaii has a fairly minimal amount of hydroelectric power. And we don't really want to build dams in fragile ecosystems. However, a new system from Hydro Green Energy can be slung beneath a barge and used to generate electricity by capturing energy from rivers without building up a superstructure from the waterways' bottom. Test projects are currently running in five states. Hawaii should be the sixth.