Archive for June 2021
HFUU Community Music & Speaker Series #19: Ken Love with Music by Micah Nelson
Ken Love first fell in love with exotic fruits growing up in Chicago. Ever since he arrived in Hawai‘i thirty years ago, he has become enthralled with the wonders of exotic fruits and made it his goal for tropical fruit to be more accessible to everyone. Ken regularly works in Hawai’i and abroad, planting gardens, supporting…
Read MoreRegeneration Is What We All Need Now
The Hawaii Farmers Union United celebrates a decade of existence with a major conference and optimism for the future. By Vincent Mina This is a story about the power of regeneration, and it starts where most everything starts when you’re a farmer: in the soil. If we want vitality in our bodies, we need it in…
Read More2021 Policy and Legislative Updates
As many of you may know, HFUU is a division of the National Farmer Union (NFU). NFU has described that success and credibility of the organization has been the union’s grassroots structure in which policy positions are initiated locally- the policy process includes the presentation of resolutions by individuals, followed by possible adoption of the…
Read MoreHFUU Community Music & Speaker Series #18: Cacao Farmers Panel with Music by Alecia Haselton
Music & Speaker Series Event #18: Cacao Panel with Will Lydgate of Lydgate Farms, Robert Boudreaux of Haloa Farms & Steve Motherwell of Big Island Cacao Community. Music by Alecia Haselton. Presented by Hawai’i Farmers Union United. Will Lydgate co-owns Lydgate farms with Emily Lydgate, the great-great-grandchildren of William Ludgate who arrived in Hawaii in…
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