Leeward Community College Has Big Plans For Training A New Generation Of Food Innovators 1 The Wahiawa facility will support the development of new food products for local and export markets.
Leeward Community College is aiming to make its newest facility, the Wahiawa Value-Added Product Development Center, a hub for local food innovation that will embolden young people to try their hand at food entrepreneurship.
LCC is in the early stages of partnering with nearby Leilehua High School and Mililani High School to form a pipeline for students in the schools’ agricultural and culinary tracks.
The 33,327 square-foot facility won’t open until summer, but LCC is starting a program in January designed to help students and entrepreneurs create value-added items like pickles and sauces from local agricultural products, and bring them to market.
