WASHINGTON, Feb. 9 -- Sen. Brian Schatz issued the following press release:
U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai'i) secured $2 million in congressionally directed spending, also known as an earmark, in this year's appropriations deal for The Food Basket, Inc. on Hawai'i Island. The funding will be used to build a new steel farmers market pavilion for local farmers, food vendors, and small businesses to sell produce.
"This new earmark funding will help more people on Hawai'i Island put healthy, locally grown food on their tables, benefiting both local farmers and families in need," said Senator Schatz, a senior member of the Senate Appropriations Committee.
The new pavilion will be part of the Food Basket's Ho?olako Agriculture Innovation P...