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Sometimes, when you meet someone, you get caught up in their upbeat energy, and feel invigorated just by being around them. That’s what happened to me when I met Cas Schwabe Lutton, owner of Akamai Juice Company.
Typically, tomatoes, summer squash, melons and bell peppers are hard to grow on Kauai. The fruit fly “stings” them, borrows inside, and lays eggs. The only evidence is a small, inward dent. Other than that, the fruit looks perfectly edible. But when you cut into it, it’s either teeming with eggs, or rotten. Continue Reading →
Kauai Roots Co-Op Fram Fresh Salad. Daniel Lane photo.
Last week, MidWeek Kauai ran my article on Grow Culture, a statewide virtual farmers market. The idea is for farmers to upload crops that are ready to be harvested, along with yields, and chefs place orders. I imagine that a chef who hustles will get the best farm fresh produce of the week! Continue Reading →
Writing about Kauai`s farmers every week for MidWeek Kauai, and providing video, text and photos for the Kauai County Farm Bureau‘s Kauai Grown campaign, has us visiting up to three farms every week. I enjoy it enormously because it allows me to form relationships with those who grow my food, plus I get to discover new things.
Several weeks ago, we went to Ono Organics, an organic farm in Moloaa run by farmer Ken Lindsey. Continue Reading →
Chard Ahi Wrap with cilantro lime vinaigrette, papaya salsa and cucumber namasu. Daniel Lane photo
The Garden Cafe at Common Ground in Kilauea, is one of my favorite places to eat breakfast or lunch. It’s the only farm to table restaurant on Kauai that literally cooks from farm to table. Right there, just 40 paces from the outside dining area, is a 1600 square-foot garden. The healthy menu is loaded with local and organic fruit, vegetables, grains, as well as island beef, pork and fish. Continue Reading →
