Talk story with local farmers, ranchers and agriculture enthusiasts at Maui County Farm Bureau’s Maui County Ag Festival this Saturday at the Maui Tropical Plantation. The public is invited to touch, smell, taste and take home local treats. Festival highlights include the Grand Taste event in partnership with Slow Food Maui, Grown on Maui farmers, compositing, a live farm with … [Read more...] about Maui County Ag Fest happens this Saturday
Made on Maui
Sugar Mamas, The women behind Maui Cookie Lady, Sweet Paradise Chocolates, Donut Dynamite, Paradise Tropical Ice and Maui Macaroon
For anyone wanting to pursue artisan dreams of sugar and spice, expect equal parts blood, sweat and tears to go into your recipe. We're not saying that it can't be done, only that there's no easy way to do it. The women behind Maui Cookie Lady, Sweet Paradise Chocolates, Donut Dynamite, Paradise Tropical Ice and Maui Macaroons have all managed to build companies that sell … [Read more...] about Sugar Mamas, The women behind Maui Cookie Lady, Sweet Paradise Chocolates, Donut Dynamite, Paradise Tropical Ice and Maui Macaroon
Made on Maui: Backyard Juice is more than a Back Yard BBQ Sauce
The girls at Two Chicks in a Hammock make life sound like a lot of backyard fun, but they were busy bees in the kitchen coming up with a marinade that was just too good to keep to themselves. Katherine Crosby (Kat) started by tinkering with her grandma Katherine Helekahi Abreu's recipe. It really is delicious, taking the best of some of my favorite flavors like shoyu, limu and … [Read more...] about Made on Maui: Backyard Juice is more than a Back Yard BBQ Sauce
Grown Here Not Flown Here: Napili Flo Farm with Monica Bogar
Grown Here Not Flown Here: Napili Flo Farm with Monica Bogar All Photos: Sean M. Hower Monica Bogar is a self-taught soil geek. At first glance, it would seem ironic that she owns Napilo Flo Farm, which is an aquaponics operation. In fact, Bogar has engineered a very unique and proprietary system at her farm that utilizes every resource: soil, water, worms, fish, … [Read more...] about Grown Here Not Flown Here: Napili Flo Farm with Monica Bogar
Maui Gifts from the Bee Keepers – Handmade Maui Honey
The sweetest gift Maui has to give is a little jar of liquid gold. It’s cool, because you let the bees do all the hard work. Maui has a great selection of honey so buying local is easy! Look for different flavors like Kiawe, wild flower and Noni. Hawaiian Moons, 2411 S. Kihei Rd.; 808-875-4356 Mana Foods, 49 Baldwin Ave., Paia; 808-579-8078 Down to Earth, 305 Dairy Rd., … [Read more...] about Maui Gifts from the Bee Keepers – Handmade Maui Honey