Hawaii Farmers Union Executive Board Meet To Integrate Wellness Into Annual Strategy For 2021-2022
For Immediate Release: August 13, 2021 Contact: Brynn Foster Bfoster@voyagingfoods.com Hawaii Farmers Union Executive Board Meet To Integrate Wellness Into Annual Strategy For 2021-2022 Kohala, Hawaii – Hawaii Farmers Union executive board members held their annual strategy meetings at Starseed Ranch on the Big Island this week and are committed to incorporating wellness and mental…
Music & Speaker #23: Soil Health Panel with Amy Koch & Dr. Susan Crow with Music by Noelani Love
Amy Koch is the Assistant Director for Soil Science for USDA NRCS Pacific Islands Area (PIA). In the 16 years she has served PIA as a soil scientist, Amy has developed expertise in the formation and properties of tropical and volcanic soils, including managing these unique soils for optimal soil health. Amy has a BS…
Music & Speaker #22: Kohala Chapter President Dash Kuhr with music by Jeff Tree
We are pleased to announce that for our 22nd Music & Speaker Series event we had Co-Founder and Executive Director of HIP Agriculture Dash Kuhr along with Big Island Musician Jeff Tree. Jeff Tree is a musician based on the Big Island of Hawaii. Jeff is a member of the HFUU Kohala branch and has…
Music & Speaker #21: Former HFUU Hana Chapter President Mikala Minn with Music by Fawn Helekahi-Burns
Music & Speaker Series Event #21: Manager of Mahale Farms in Hana, Maui Mikala Minn; Music by Fawn Helekahi-Burns. Presented by Hawai’i Farmers Union United. Mikala is born and raised in Hāna, now raising his family and a prominent person in the community. His paternal grandfather and grandmother came from Korea to Hana to work…
Music & Speaker #20: HFUU Lahaina Chapter President Kaipo Kekona with Music by Kūpaoa
Music & Speaker Series Event #20: Manager of Ku’ia Agriculture Education Center Kaipo Kekona; Music by Kūpaoa. Presented by Hawai’i Farmers Union United. Born and raised on the island of Maui, Kaipo is the Manager of Ku’ia Agriculture Education Center (K.A.E.C.) in Lahaina, Maui. K.A.E.C. specializes in traditional regional environmental Mahi’ai and restoring Ka Malu…
Holding on to a Self-Sufficient Lifestyle
By Scott Crawford The residents of Kīpahulu live off the grid. They generate their own power, obtain water through catchment systems and streams, and grow, gather, raise and catch their own food. The only public utility servicing the area is Hawaiian Telcom. It is a quiet, self-sufficient lifestyle. Located on the southeast side of Maui,…
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…
Regeneration 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…
2021 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…
HFUU 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…