Mealani's Taste of the Hawaiian Range and Agriculture Festival provides a venue for sustainable agricultural education, encouragement and support of locally produced ag products. The premiere ag-tourism event is a partnership between CTAHR, Hawai'i Cattlemen's Association, Hawai'i Cattlemen's Council, Kulana Foods, UH-Hilo CAFNRM, County of Hawai'i Dept. on Environmental Management and community volunteers. Sponsorship also includes the Hawai'i Tourism Authority, the Hawai'i County Research and Development, Hawai'i Community College Food Service & Culinary Program and KTA SuperStores. The quality and growth of this event are rooted in small business participation, sponsorship and in-kind donations.