[In November 2018, MauiTime broke the story of the $262-million sale of 56,000 acres of Alexander & Baldwin sugarcane land and watershed to Mahi Pono, a joint venture between California-based Pomona Farming and a Canadian pension fund. Our Changing Maui: Mahi Pono series examines all facets of the sale and the changes it will bring to Maui. It is part of Changing Maui, a … [Read more...] about The Man With the Plan: Mahi Pono’s new general manager Larry Nixon wants more bees and bugs and less corporate hierarchy as he rehabilitates and replants Central Maui’s cropland
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CORRECTED: The radical plan to keep Maui green forever
[NOTE: This story originally reported that the SHAKA movement itself was behind the Maui Community Organic Farmland Initiative. That is actually not the case, though three of the five citizens who created the measure and are pushing for its passage worked to push for SHAKA's recent anti-GMO initiative. The five citizens who created the Farmland Initiative are Dr. Lorrin Pang … [Read more...] about CORRECTED: The radical plan to keep Maui green forever
Maui resident Lucas Miller talks about his experience on The History Channel’s reality show ‘Alone’
What was the most terrifying place you’ve ever been dropped off? Was it the kindergarten bus stop, or the front door of the DMV? Perhaps the docking harbor of an island with the highest concentration of cougar attacks? Maybe the island seething with buffed out cats wasn’t a childhood memory or a destination on last week’s errands list. The secluded North Vancouver Island was … [Read more...] about Maui resident Lucas Miller talks about his experience on The History Channel’s reality show ‘Alone’
MauiTime Food Issue 2012 From the Earth to your Plate
By Jen Russo All photos courtesy of Sean Hower, howerphoto.com There was a time when restaurant owners hid their kitchens behind closed doors and high walls. They bought their ingredients from factory farms and big agri-businesses, which traded relatively low prices for food grown under industrial conditions with pesticides, hormones and, ultimately, genetic … [Read more...] about MauiTime Food Issue 2012 From the Earth to your Plate
MauiTime Food Issue 2012 From the Ground to your Plate – Top Maui Restaurants 2012
All photos courtesy of Sean Hower, howerphoto.com There was a time when restaurant owners hid their kitchens behind closed doors and high walls. They bought their ingredients from factory farms and big agri-businesses, which traded relatively low prices for food grown under industrial conditions with pesticides, hormones and, ultimately, genetic modifications. Those days are … [Read more...] about MauiTime Food Issue 2012 From the Ground to your Plate – Top Maui Restaurants 2012