Representatives for Grow Some Good and school staff asked the committee for continued funding for school garden coordinators and community‑farm support. Jesse O’Neil Prest, curriculum coordinator at Kihei Elementary, described school gardens as “outdoor classrooms” and said their garden serves more than 740 students; he credited Grow Some Good with helping raise academic achievement and student engagement.

Sophie Sellers, special projects and operations coordinator for Grow Some Good, described a network of 10 garden coordinators working in schools, cooking classes with student‑grown produce, distribution of roughly 2,000 pounds of fresh produce and 3,000 plant starts in the past year, and community food‑system garden work at the YMCA. Sellers said the organization’s goals align with the Maui County Food and Nutrition Security Plan.

Testimony emphasized hands‑on learning, stewardship, culturally relevant foods and food security for families; speakers asked the council to preserve current line items that fund garden coordinators and program support staff.

Ending: No formal council action occurred during public comment; Grow Some Good asked the committee to keep funding to maintain school and community garden staff positions.