The “Cool Factor” Bonds Youth and Farming
By Andrea Dean Dashiell Hammet was a famous detective novelist. Dashiell Kuhr, of North Kohala, is the energetic, articulate, handsome (dare I say dashing) driving force behind the Hawai‘i Youth Agriculture Program and the operations of Uluwehi Farm and Nursery,…
Home on an Active Volcano: Visions from the 1984 Eruption of Mauna Loa
By Wayne Stier Island. The concept I understand with ease; it’s the reality of it that I have had to adjust to. I grew up as far from oceans and islands as a person can in America—in the center of…
Growing Our Own Fuel: Biodiesel Ventures Sprouting Up
By Alan D. McNarie Hawaii‘s lifestyle, for better or worse, depends on cars, trucks and buses. And cars, trucks and buses, unfortunately, depend on oil. Currently most of that oil comes to the island via ships from Alaska or Indonesia.…
Good Tasting and All Hawai’i Grown: Meet the Mind and Muscle Behind Our Local Food Producers
By Fern Gavelek Big Island ranchers are putting meat on the table at local restaurants—whether beef, pork or lamb. In fact, the island boasts about 60 percent of the state’s cattle operations. In addition, the Big Isle is considered the…
Then & Now: Ka‘awaloa
By Ann C. Peterson To reach the remote site of the Captain Cook Monument, you have to kayak, hike, or ride on horseback to this narrow stretch of land between the base of Pali-kapu-o-Keoua and Kealakekua Bay. This land’s Hawaiian…
Leo Papa–Voice of the Land
By Nancy Redfeather I knew something was up the day my third grade teacher asked, “Who would like to help me plant a salad garden?” I found myself standing beside my desk with my arm raised and waving only to…
Ka Puana: Rock Garden
Rock Garden By Wayne Stier With what cauliflower costs in Kona I concluded it was time to start a garden. I planned pragmatic rows of vegetables Outside my home On the lower slope of Mauna Loa where the land swirls…
