by Stu E.D. | Jan 28, 2015 | Farming
When you try to create a beautiful, sprawling permaculture garden with guys you meet in jail, it might not look like the glossy design handbook. “Do we hafta do shmarden hours today?” one of the guys in our drug and alcohol recovery home complained when we first...
by Stu E.D. | Jan 27, 2015 | Farming, Food, Hawaii
It was a sunny and picturesque afternoon on Monsanto’s 2300-acre grow-out station in Kunia. The Waianae mountain range loomed above and Pearl Harbor’s west loch sprawled out past the H-1 below. Taylor Kellerman, Kailua born-and-raised Operations Lead at Monsanto, wore...
by Stu E.D. | Jan 26, 2015 | Activism, Farming, Hawaii, Legal News
Vote Hemp, a major grassroots hemp advocacy group, on Thursday announced the introduction of complementary bills in the U.S. House and Senate, S. 134 and H.R. 525, titled the “Industrial Hemp Farming Act of 2015,” with support on both sides of the political aisle. The...
by Stu E.D. | Jan 26, 2015 | Farming, Food, Hawaii
Despite GMO supporters' claims in Hawaii, the “Chemical Agriculture Age” is not essential to producing enough food for all the planet's inhabitants. A recent opinion piece in the Maui News blog opposing organic agriculture and in support of biotech GE...
by Stu E.D. | Jan 25, 2015 | Ecotourism, Farming, Hawaii
Authenticity and sustainability are valued more than ever by travelers today. But one tour operator on Hawaii Island is going a step farther, combining the two travel trends with something just about everybody loves: chocolate. As Hawaii’s reputation as a premier...
by Stu E.D. | Jan 25, 2015 | Farming, Food, Hawaii, Health
Quality Controls Hawaii Imports Ball Park 90% Of Its Food With the islands importing such a large percentage of its' food it isn't much of a surprise that the farmers' market can be challenge when seeking out locally produced organic, or beyond organic, produce,...
