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Pau Hana Friday for September 7

By on September 7, 2012 in Pau Hana Friday

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The 22nd Annual Hawaii International Tropical Fruit Conference

Pau Hana Friday Lychee Sangria from Josselin's Tapas Bar & Grill. Daniel Lane photo

Pau Hana Friday Lychee Sangria from Josselin’s Tapas Bar & Grill. Daniel Lane photo

The 22nd Annual Hawaii International Tropical Fruit Conference kicks off September 13 -16 at the University of Hawaii at Manoa campus on Oahu and continues with free mini gatherings for Kauai, Maui, Hilo and Kona.

Open to the public and presented by the statewide Hawaii Tropical Fruit Growers (HTFG), the events are geared for farmers, educators, orchard managers and proponents of sustainable agriculture.

Kauai’s free 2012 post-conference mini meeting is 6 p.m. Monday, Sept. 17 at the National Tropical Botanical Garden Education Center, 3530 Papalina Road, Kalaheo. Continue Reading →

Pau Hana Friday for August 24

By on August 24, 2012 in Pau Hana Friday

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Kauai County Farm Fair

Tortilla Republic's Poipu Heat Margarita. Daniel Lane photo

Tortilla Republic’s Poipu Heat Margarita. Daniel Lane photo

With carnival rides, live music and a petting zoo, the Kauai County Farm Fair is the big news this week. Rides include a Century Wheel, Crazy Plane, Dizzy Dragons, FireBall, Merry-Go-Round, Pharaoh’s Fury, Bumper Cars, Spring Ride, Super Sizzler, and Umbrella and Zipper rides. It’s a festive sight, especially at night when all the rides turn their lights on.

The Kauai Grown booth is festooned with seasonal produce, mostly from Yoshii Farm, and features a rainbow of beautiful fruit and vegetables including dragon fruit, avocados, oranges, pineapple, mamey sapote, huge mangos, and lettuce. Last night, Honi Honi Honey their honey, which you could sample at the honey tasting booth. There were about 10 varieties, including an 8-year-old honey harvested from the Kauai Coffee Farm. It looked and tasted like molasses. Continue Reading →

Pau Hana Friday for August 17

By on August 17, 2012 in Pau Hana Friday

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Restore Kauai Farmers Market

The Perfect Margarita at Tortilla Republic. Daniel Lane photo

The Perfect Margarita at Tortilla Republic. Daniel Lane photo

The new Restore Kauai Farmers Market not only makes parking a lot easier, but the value added products are a welcome addition to the Wednesday farmers market. There is a nicely graded dirt pathway that leads to the hugely popular Kapaa Market across the street. Vendors such as Midnight Bear Breads, and Kauai Kunana Dairy line the entrance. Continue Reading →

Pau Hana Friday for August 3

By on August 3, 2012 in Pau Hana Friday

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Honua Lani Gardens

RumFire Mango Mojito and the Bom. Daniel Lane photos

RumFire Mango Mojito and the Bom. Daniel Lane photos

“I have a garden cart in front of my permaculture estate at 6200 Helena Lane, Kapaa, in Kapahai,” says Jai Roberts. “We sell bananas, green beans, greens of all sorts, turmeric and avocados. Everything is grown using organic practices with aged compost. I am passionate about growing food and sharing it with my community.”

Jai created Honua Lani Gardens as a model of sustainable tropical living. The property is on five-acres of botanical grounds with ponds, tropical flowers, sustainable vegetable gardens and a fruit tree orchard. Five bungalows offer a Mini-Resort experience that includes a spa featuring Lomi-Lomi massage, and a Finish style sauna for cleansing Hawaiian salt scrubs. For more information visit the Honua Lani Gardens website, or Facebook page. “I am co creator of the Kauai Sustainability forums, and we have a page for that on Facebook.  Continue Reading →

Fight Superbugs with Antibiotic-Free Meat

By on June 27, 2012 in From Seed
Gress-fed cows at A`akukui Ranch in Kauai. Daniel Lane photo

Gress-fed cows at A`akukui Ranch in Kauai. Daniel Lane photo

On June 21, the Real Time Farms blog wrote about a Consumer Reports article called Meat on Drugs. The report found that 86 percent of Americans want meat raised without antibiotics available in their supermarkets. And there’s good reason, the animals we eat consume more antibiotics than we do, making us susceptible to superbugs.

Out of the 136 supermarkets in 23 states, Consumer Reports found big differences in the availability of antibiotic-free meat. But one thing was consistent. More than 1,000 meat and poultry items made some type of “no antibiotics” claim on the label. Some of those labels were misleading.

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