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“Everybody paddle the canoes together; bail and paddle, paddle and bail, and the shore will be reached.
E lauhoe mai na wa’a; i ke ka, i ka hoe; i ka hoe, i ke ka; pae aku i ka ‘aina.”
― Hawaiian proverb
Sons Of Halawa Film Trailer – Quazifilms – Molokai
Roots Presently Honoring the Past Trailer for "Sons of Halawa" documentary about 'Anakala Pilipo of Halawa Valley, Molokai https://youtu.be/SIiBsgQfo1M
DOH Announces Medical Marijuana Inventory System
The State Department of Health has selected the on-line “seed-to-sale” tracking system that will manage Hawai‘i’s medical marijuana inventory. Florida based BioTrackTHC was awarded the contract yesterday. Their system will track every plant with a unique number,...
Study Shows Exposure to Animals in Early Childhood Supports Immune Development
A recent study from Finland suggests that exposure to animals in early childhood may play an important role in the development of a healthy immune system. The last century, especially the last several decades, has seen a steep rise in levels of allergies, asthma and...
Punachicks Farm fills void in poultry market
By IVY ASHE Hawaii Tribune-Herald “People are hungry for local food,” Emily Taaroa said on a bright Saturday morning as she walked between homemade chicken pens on 5.5 acres of Keaau land. Grass between the pens was mowed close to the ground, the better to discourage...
EPA Confirms Activists' Longtime Claims: Neonicotinoid Pesticide Threatens Honeybees
Environmentalists and honey producers have long suspected a link between the pesticide and rapidly declining bee populations. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced on Wednesday that a preliminary risk assessment of the pesticide imidacloprid shows that...
Hawaiian harvest: Exotic agriculture, pineapple wine
HAWAII ISLAND — Jim Reddekopp and his wife Tracy moved to the Big Island from Oahu 18 years ago because, he says, that island got "too busy." "My wife and I had dreams of raising our children in a rural environment," he says. "The Big Island is raw. It's still...