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 →
Archive | From Seed
Food growers of Kauai including farmers, ranchers, and fishermen.
You Say Annatto, I Say Achiote
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 →
