The Maui Food Technology Center (MFTC) has been formed as a non-profit organization 501 (c)(3) to grow Hawaii’s food industry, connecting students, food producers and farmers through the practice of food science.
At the core of the MFTC strategy is the goal of encouraging and supporting entrepreneurship among Hawaii’s existing residents. MFTC expects to encourage, train and incubate a wide range of local residents, students, entrepreneurs and struggling agribusinesses seeking to earn a meaningful living from agriculture and value-added food production including culinary arts, food science and food technology.
As a result of this renewed community attention to agriculture, MFTC has been specified as a recommended project in the 2004 Maui County Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS).