Hawaii’s leading philanthropic institute is lending a hand to the employees and families left without work following the end of the sugar cane era. The Hawaii Community Foundation (HCF) has created a new scholarship fund designed to support the Maui sugar industry workers and their children after the recent closure of Hawaii’s last sugar mill. […]
As the sun sets on Maui sugar, we ask what the closing of A&B’s plantation means for us
Like most reporters in Hawaii, in the hour or so after Alexander & Baldwin’s Jan. 6 announcement that they would shut down their Hawaiian Commercial & Sugar (HC&S) mill in Pu‘unene by the end of this year, I watched with growing fascination as my email inbox quickly filled with statements from public officials wanting to […]
Maui Time Interviews Sammy Hagar about his Maui Beach Bar Rum
Rum is widely associated with tropical vacations, and as such is the primary spirit in favorite cocktails like the Mai Tai, Pina Colada and Lava Flow. So when rockstar Sammy Hagar resolved to create a new boutique spirit on Maui, it had to be a premium white rum. Hagar tapped Maui master distiller Mark Nigbur […]
MauiTime Weekly’s Maui Calendar of Events | March 12-18th, 2015
BIG SHOWS ON MAUI LAHAINA SECOND FRIDAY – Fri, Mar 13. Head West for Lahaina Second Friday Town Party; also a dance benefit for Ka Lima O Maui. Visitors and kama’aina are also welcome to enjoy champagne and live music at any participating gallery on Front Street! Learn more about West Maui’s history with candlelight […]
Feedback: Readers Diss Us Over GMOs, Haoles
HATES US BECAUSE WE NEVER RUN LETTERS You have to be feebleminded or incredibly stupid not to realized that the Federal Court Judge assigned to the Maui case is the same Judge who just held the Kauai case violated the preemption laws. Once a higher political entity covers a subject matter, any further attempt by a […]
Ocean Vodka Makers Now Getting Into The Rum Business
First, Maui had its own vodka. Now it will have its own rum, produced and distilled right in Upcountry Maui. Hawaii Sea Spirits, the makers of Ocean Organic Vodka, have announced it will be adding a new tropical organic spirit–Deep Island Hawaiian Rum Wave–to their product line-up. The rum is described as an ultra premium spirit […]
New Book ‘Sovereign Sugar’ Documents Sugar Industry Impacts On Hawaii
You guys still read books, right? I hope so, because University of Hawaii Press has just released one that has a great deal of importance to everyone who lives on and visits Maui. Written by anthropologist Carol A. MacLennan, Sovereign Sugar describes in fresh detail all the might sugar plantations’ environmental and socio-economic impacts on Hawaii […]
Chef Philippe Chin’s Sugar Cane Maui’s Tapas Menu and Happy Hour Lahaina Maui: Top Maui Restaurants
Tapas is a fairly new term in Hawaii, but it’s quite popular in Mainland dining. It’s a lot like pupus but the culture of the cuisine is a bit different. While pupus means appetizer or a starter, meaning you follow up with an entree, tapas are just a feast of small plates or “snacks.” Tapas […]
2013 Year in Maui Restaurants, Dining and Hawaii Food
Chef Philippe opens Sugar Cane Maui -Chef Philippe Chin and Chef de Cuisine Deciao Dacosta – photos courtesy of Sean Hower Local people love to eat. It’s a big part of our culture on Maui, and the restaurant industry sustains a lot of households. Whether it’s a big celebrity chef driven establishment or a small […]
Chef Philippe Chin Opens Front Street’s Newest Eatery: Sugar Cane Maui – New Maui Restaurant Review
Chef Philippe Chin and Chef de Cuisine Deciao Dacosta, photos courtesy of Sean Hower We hear so much about fusion cuisine these days that it’s almost become boring. Thankfully, Sugar Cane Maui, Lahaina’s newest restaurant, is anything but boring. There you’ll find an extensive list of crafted fusion by new Maui Chef Philippe Chin. He’s […]
UPDATED: Proposed Bill HB 754 On Air Pollution Still Exempts Sugar Cane Burning From ‘Nuisance’ Category
So there’s a new bill floating around the state Legislature dealing with air pollution “nuisances.” Introduced on Jan. 24 by Representative James Kunane Tokioka, D-Lihue, HB 754 “Requires a county to investigate and notify the Department of Health if a report is made about a possible nuisance involving air pollution.” It also “Gives the Director […]
Here’s The Sweet Mother Jones Expose of Sugar That HC&S Probably Doesn’t Want You to Read
The fiery controversy over Hawaiian Commercial & Sugar (HC&S)’s sugar cane operations on Maui–and specifically its use of the wasteful, toxic, ancient practice of burning cane in the field before harvesting–has mostly died down lately, but for those who hungry for more sugar bashing ought to check out this Mother Jones investigation on the efforts […]
SHOCKING – Maui Memorial Medical Center Not Really Helping Dr. Lorrin Pang’s Cane Burning Health Research
So I’ve seen two news stories this month basically reporting the same thing: Maui District Health Officer Dr. Lorrin Pang really wants to get down and do some solid research on how the cane burning conducted by Hawaiian Commercial & Sugar (a subsidiary of Alexander & Baldwin, Inc.) actually affects Maui residents’ lungs, but he’s […]
Stop Cane Burning Sends 8,730 Petition Signatures To HC&S
This broke too late for us to include it in our cover story this week. On Wednesday, Sept. 26, Karen Chun delivered a petition containing 8,730 signatures to Hawaiian Commercial & Sugar asking them to please stop burning sugar cane during harvest. Chun then met with HC&S GM Rick Volner and had what she described […]
Complaints About Sugar Cane Burns Are Flooding The County Of Maui And EPA. But Will Anything Change?
From March to November each year, Hawaiian Commercial & Sugar (HC&S) burns about 400 acres of its sugarcane every week. That comes to about 70 acres a day–roughly the size of the Disneyland theme park in Anaheim, California. The burning takes place, according to the company’s website, because it is “the only economical means HC&S […]
Hawaiian Commercial and Sugar GM Rick Volner Thanks You For Supporting Cane Burning
Everyone had a good Easter weekend, right? Didn’t eat too much chocolate, or get too much sun? Good and good. Me, didn’t do much besides hang out, visit some friends and relax. It was very chill, and part of the general happiness I felt was probably due to a very nice letter I received from […]