Feeding Maui County: The impact of a pandemic on Maui's restaurants, farms, and food banks artwork

Feeding Maui County: The impact of a pandemic on Maui's restaurants, farms, and food banks

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Feeding Maui County seeks to understand the interconnectedness of Maui's restaurants, farms, and food banks during the pandemic and how they've grappled with the fallout that has lasted several months since the statewide lockdown in March. 

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Feeding Maui County: The impact of a pandemic on Maui's restaurants, farms, and food banks

December 13, 2020 15:58 - 19 minutes - 35.5 MB

When Hawaiian food restaurant Poi by the Pound announced that it would be closing its doors in September, Maui residents felt a deep loss for the restaurant they'd known and loved for over seven years. But no one mourned the restaurant more than Clarence Johnson "CJ" Ho'okano — the man who built Poi by the Pound from scratch with the help of his family. The impact of the pandemic doesn't stop with closing restaurants like CJ's — it goes on to hit multiple parts of Maui's food industry. What...