Extension agents may not have the sexy aura of undercover agents, but for farmers, it’s no secret that the approximately 65 county extension agents across the state are indispensable. These agricultural experts affiliated with the CTAHR Cooperative Extension Service offer a range of help to the community, from individual farmers to entire industries, through diagnostic […]
Mama’s Fish House, which celebrates its 45th anniversary this year, has been working with local fishermen and farmers for so long, their relationships are now three generations deep. “Without those important resources, we wouldn’t be where we are,” says Perry Bateman, the restaurant’s executive chef. Mama’s Fish House, one of Maui’s most beloved institutions for
“The mushrooms were controlling me,” says Keith Silva of Lawai Valley Mushrooms, nestled in the cool valley of south Kaua‘i. “Mushrooms don’t take days off.” Silva is resetting his mushroom farm, which he began researching in 2012 after attending a mushroom growing workshop by Philly White, a mycologist and owner of Kaua‘i Fungus. White was
“People don’t graduate from high school saying they want to be hog farmers,” says Valerie Kaneshiro of Kaneshiro Farms in Koloa, Kauai. She herself married into the family legacy that started in 1920, and both her husband and father-in-law took every job they could to avoid the farm, only to find themselves back in hog
Invasive deer—it’s what’s for dinner, thanks to Maui Nui Venison. Deer were originally brought to the Islands by King Kamehameha V in 1888; without natural predators, they multiplied, and today, particularly on Maui, deer trample native ecosystems and leap over fences to feast on ranch land. Kimo Tuyay, who started Maui Nui Venison with Jacob
A lot of ink has been spilled about the closure of Hawaiian Commercial & Sugar and the end of an era, but it’s worth spilling a little bit more. The sugar plantations, after all, shaped the Hawaii we know today, both physically and culturally. Everyone who lives here now can see, hear, and taste the
Michelle Karr-Ueoka is drinking the moringa Kool-Aid. Or make that moringa iced tea. The chef and co-owner of MW Restaurant in Honolulu sprinkles the vivid green powder like fairy dust in drinks and desserts, mixing it with shiso and fresh pineapple juice and rolling Russian tea cookies in moringa and powdered sugar. “Why don’t more
Even by farmer standards, the women at Holoholo Farm, Jill Nordby and Jamie Sexton, have a lot going on. First, there’s their subscription service, which aggregates fruits and vegetables from farms around Oahu to deliver 2,000 pounds of produce weekly to 300 subscribers. Plus, they have a six-acre organic farm in Haleiwa, where they grow
