Handwritten index cards to track food costs, missing information on what food items are produced locally, and mainland lettuce washed on Maui to possibly pass as local produce are just a few of the reasons the education department is failing to meet local food purchasing goals, according to a state audit released on Thursday. The state Department of Education has been haphazard in its approach to increasing the amount of local food it purchases, the audit says, and the agency’s self-reported