[I]t has been the risk-takers, the doers, the makers of things–some celebrated, but more often men and women obscure in their labor–who have carried us up the long rugged path towards prosperity and freedom. -President Barack Obama, 2009 Laura Ulibarri is trying to string a red ukulele while a six-legged robot the size of a Yorkshire terrier whirrs and walks about near her … [Read more...] about Maui Makers wants to help you, but first they need your help
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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
A little good news for those who want hemp to replace sugar on Maui
For those of you who look over Hawaiian Commercial & Sugar’s 36,000 or so acres of Central Maui that won’t be growing sugar anymore this time next year and think that maybe we might start growing hemp on at least a portion of that land, there’s good reason to be optimistic. Really optimistic, if state Rep. Kaniela Ing, D–South Maui, gets his way. “Hemp warrior, Rep. … [Read more...] about A little good news for those who want hemp to replace sugar on Maui
Alexander and Baldwin ending Maui sugar production this year
And now for some of the most extraordinary news I've seen in the last decade: Today Alexander & Baldwin (A&B) announced that it's getting out of the sugar business at the end of this year. With the end of the 2016 harvest, the company will close the Hawaiian Commercial & Sugar (HC&S) mill and move towards what the company's calling a "diversified agricultural … [Read more...] about Alexander and Baldwin ending Maui sugar production this year
Stop Cane Burning files first Hawaii Environmental Court lawsuit
The other day we told you that Hawaii had opened its first-ever Environmental Court. Well, the organization Stop Cane Burning wasted no time filing the court's first lawsuit in hopes of ending Hawaiian Commercial & Sugar (HC&S)'s practice of burning sugarcane in the field during harvesting. "On July 1 Stop Cane Burning filed suit against the Hawaii Department of … [Read more...] about Stop Cane Burning files first Hawaii Environmental Court lawsuit