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I I : i coalition members based on organizations that are committed to integrated solutions that meet the community's economic, equity, and sustainable development goals. The Food Basket Inc., Hawaii Island's Food Bank, provides services in every community island-wide and serves low-income and ethnic minority populations. The Food Basket supports local producers through innovative programs that promote the purchase and consumption of } locally grown foods in partnership with food retailers across the state. I The Hamakua Institute is a team of international development professionals committed to supporting market systems development using collective action. They serve as the convener and I facilitator of HIAP's action teams and committees. The Kohala Center is an independent research, education, and `aina(that which feeds) stewardship non-profit for healthier ecosystems. The Kohala Center's agroecosystems work has three main initiatives: 1) Rural and Cooperative Business Development Services, providing assistance to rural businesses statewide in the form of collective business models, capitalization services, and food systems development; 2)Namoku, a 7-acre demonstration farm serving as a waihona, or nursery, for native plants and people; and 3) Hawaii Public Seed Initiative, promoting biodiversity and food security via the production of and education around locally- adapted seeds. Ma`ona Community Garden is a non-profit organization established to increase the capacity and sustainability of rural food systems. Over the past eight years Ma`ona has been working to prototype the equitable organic waste management systems to capture and localize food and paper waste recycling for the benefit of agricultural producers and underserved communities. Big Island Resource Conservation and Development Council assists people in the County in achieving sustainable development while caring for and appreciating their natural environment, seeking to ensure broadened economic opportunities in ways that conserve, enhance, and promote the economic, cultural, and natural environment of Hawaii. East Hawaii Community Development Corporation is a nonprofit corporation organized to undertake community economic development, research, and charitable activities that seeks to revitalize local processing facilities to increase food entrepreneurs' access to certified kitchen facilities and business services. University of Hawaii as coalition member, represents many sectors of the University of Hawaii system such as The University of Hawaii College of Agriculture, Forestry &Natural Resource Management(CAFNRM), Aquaculture & Coastal Resources Center's (PACRC), University of Hawai`i College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources (CTAHR), GoFarm Hawaii, Hawaii Community College, Big Island Invasive Species Committee(BIISC), and The Data Sciences Institute. Component Projects. The Coalition projects represent strategic interventions derived from an agriculture and food system study completed in April 2021 that analyzed the opportunities for market growth within the cluster. It was conducted by the Hamakua Institute for HIAP and in partnership with the Hawaii Island Food Alliance (HIFA). Our proposed projects within the cluster are designed to support the development of a circular economic system, a model which is ideal and increasingly achievable for island states, and fall within three broad categories: (1) Value Chain Development, which will increase infrastructure and services for expanding the availability of diverse Canoe crop varietals to producers, aggregation to increase farms access to market, shared facilities for value-added production, and integrated systems within the cluster that utilize closed loop waste strategies and renewable energy to reduce the cost of production; Hawaii County Build Back Better Regional Challenge Phase I Proposal Narrative 2