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Kauai Kunana Dairy

Today’s Pau Hana Cocktail is a Poipu Cooler from Brennecke’s Beach Broiler. Click picture for recipe. Daniel Lane photo.

Our friends at Kauai Kunana Dairy shared this good news with us.

“Finally, after three administrations and years of pleading, we are going to be able sell our value added farm products at the Kauai Sunshine Markets!  Look for our stand at the Kapaa Wednesday Sunshine Market and, hopefully, at the Koloa Monday Market.  Under the new market rules, qualified, bona fide value-added food products that contain 50% Kauai grown farm ingredients will be available for sale at all County Sunshine Markets.  All vendors are being required to reapply for market permits and have their applications reviewed to affirm that they are really farmers and not re-selling produce from Costco or another middle man. (Yes, sadly, this is all too common!)  A huge shout out to Derek Kawakami who introduced the legislation while he was on the County Council and to Councilmember JoAnn Yukimura for her support and work in initiating the first Sunshine Market in 1978! 

Another happy note is that our fellow farmers, Ned and Marta Whitlock received approval for their Special Use Permit from the Kauai Planning Commission to begin construction on their farmworker housing once the other county agencies have reviewed their building plans!

We presently have an overabundance of Certified Organic arugula, chard, and vine-ripened cherry tomatoes in our garden. Louisa also has a very limited edition of her select mold-ripened aged cheeses.

Ryan is making a killer mango lemonade juice drink lightly sweetened with agave.

That’s it for now, back to the garden!

SAY NO TO GMO!”

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