The opening of the Blood Bank of Hawaii’s newly refurbished donor center at Young Street is one happy ending to a story about rail-construction disruption to the Dillingham Boulevard business community, where the main center had been located.

It’s likely to be the first of numerous changes to the Dillingham commercial landscape as the transit project chugs toward town.

Of course, the Blood Bank folks are crossing their fingers to see if there’s any change in donations due to the new, less familiar location. For those unaware, it’s now at 1907 Young St. — heading toward Diamond Head on King Street, take a left up Artesian Street (a few blocks past Punahou Street) and it’s just around the corner.

From farm to drone to table

Up in the air: It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s … farm-fresh produce!

Maui Tropical Plantation in Waikapu is taking the farm-to-table concept to new heights, using a new $4,500 drone to ferry just-picked crops from its fields to its Mill House restaurant to make meals. The drone flies no higher than 100 feet, has a wire basket that carries 7 pounds of ingredients optimally, and doesn’t have to deal with muddy farm roads in rainy weather.

The experiment has been so successful as an internal delivery option that the plantation owner is working to install autopilot, and is envisioning the day when drones deliver produce off-site to customers. Welcome to 2016 — and the farming future.