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Butter, Baby: Day 5 of 60 Days of Eating Locally Grown

admin — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 01:00:07 +0000

Butter, baby: Day 5- My Experiments with Food Truth- 60 Days of Eating Locally Grown
It’s a good day on the local foods front when one scored LOCALLY MADE BUTTER! I saw local butter on Vivienne Aronowitz’s Eat Local Week Menu Ideas, but I didn’t know where to score it. A fortuituos meeting with Mala’ai Garden leader Amada Rieux brought me to the butter. Amanda led the way to Tropical Dreams Ice Cream at the Lalamilo Farms lots where I met Kevin Cabrera of Sandwich Isle Bread Company (No I didn’t eat the bread, although, believe me, I wanted it BAD). Kevin’s wife Kay Cabrera is making the butter, brand name Hula Cow, with Tropical Dreams. Tropical Dreams, by the way, makes delicious ice cream from cream from local dairies and local fruit! What better way to enjoy this creamy butter but on fresh local corn? (I admit I did eat a big glob off a butter knife first, it’s that good.)

You can buy the butter in Waimea on Saturday at the Parker School Farmer’s Market, Tuesday afternoon at Kekela Farms (down Mana Road on the left) and if you catch someone there at the Tropical Dreams office at the Lalamilo Farm Lots.

Horses, Quantum Abstractions & Me: Peter’s New Art show at Living Arts Gallery

admin — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 03:53:40 +0000

Want to have a painting of me (but looking younger, more exotic and with bigger boobs) hanging in your living room? Here it is:

My portrait is a part (small part!) of Peter’s new show in the Living Arts Gallery in Hawi. There will be an artist’s reception from 5 to 9 p.m. on Aug. 28 at Living Arts Gallery, which is located on the main street of historic Hawi, 55-3435 Akoni Pule Highway, No. 10. You can come see the show until mid-September- the gallery is open daily from 10:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. For more information, call 889-0739.

Kamehameha Day Parade in Kapa’au

admin — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 20:47:42 +0000

Video Clips- North Kohala Eat Locally Grown Day

admin — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 08:59:22 +0000

Well… if you couldn’t be there (or even if you were) check out the highlights from our local restaurants, markets and night spots!

Craig Elevitch’s Local Pics of North Kohala Eat Locally Grown Day

admin — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 00:03:50 +0000

North Kohala Eat Locally Grown Day was on Sat, Jan 16, 2010. An initiative that came out of the North Kohala Food Forum (www.nkfoodforum.com), restaurant owners Joan Channon (Bamboo), Karen Rosen (Kohala Coffee Mill), Peter Pomeranze (Sushi Rock) and farmer Tom Baldwin (Uluwehi Farms) wanted to feature local, North Kohala grown food in our local restaurants to raise community awareness about our locally grown foods and to create new connections with local farmers. Well- we did it! Hawi and Kapa’au town were abuzz with local foods this past Saturday. The initial idea grew to include other local restaurants and markets- Bamboo, Sushi Rock, Kohala Coffee Mill, Luke’s Place, Kava Kafe, Pico’s, Fig’s Mixed Plate, Snack Shack, Hawi Farmers Market, Takata’s- all who rocked the local food, drinks, and music! North Kohala Eat Locally Grown Day started early at the Kohala Cofee Mill and the Hawi Farmers’ Market and ended late with local kava and local music at the Kava Cafe and Studio 54 at Sushi Rock! We ate, we danced, we raised awareness about local food and farmers!

Karen Rosen, owner of the Kohala Coffee Mill talking up the local specials- local roast beef sandwich, carrot ginger soup, asian wrap, local fruit smoothie and more!

Sushi Rock rolled up sushi rolls with local ingredients. Then they rocked Hawi at night with the Studio 54 dance party.

Visitors from California always eat at Bamboo when they come to the Big Island because they love the local flavors! When people come to Hawaii they want to experience the local flavors! Look out for the next wave- Hawi Regional Cuisine.

Takata's Store expanded the locally grown section and highlighted the local produce with signage.

Kukuipahu Ranch donated local citrus to Takata's Store- proceeds go to the North Kohala Community Learning Center. A great partnership!

Pico's was one of the restaurants who particpated in Eat Locally Grown Day. Taro chips, taro leaf spanikopita, sweet potatoe salad, and more...

Oliver & Tom Baldwin enjoying a locally grown lunch at Pico's. Tom helped coordinate the farmer's/buyer's market where restaurants ordered produce for Eat Locally Grown Day.

Local specials were highlighted at each restaurant.

In case you missed the signs coming into town!

Sustainable Land Use Design: Permaculture Class at Uluwehi Farms

admin — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 23:50:37 +0000

Learn permaculture amidst the ultramarine waters and multi-hued food jungles of the Big Island, Hawaii. Taught at a family’s extensive farmstead, Uluwehi Farm, students will gain hands on experience with small animal systems, perennial food gardens, naturalizing plant communities, and agronutrifiers – an integrated approach to wastewater management and food forestry. This experience will offer valuable skills and knowledge from a team of course instructors with broad ranges of experiences in Hawaii and around the world.

Learn More…

Location: Uluwehi Farm – North Kohala, Big Island, Hawaii
Instructors: Nik Bertulis, Tom Baldwin, Craig Elevitch and other special guests.
Cost: $900
Contact: Tom at UluwehiFarm@gmail.com / 808.889.5035 / PO Box 910, Kapa’au, HI 96755

North Kohala Food Forum Video Launched!

admin — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 20:00:23 +0000

Is your community interested in local food self-reliance? The North Kohala community came together on August 22nd at the North Kohala Food Forum to discuss how we can supply more of our food from local sources. Check out the North Kohala Food Forum video on You Tube:

Sunrise in Hawi

admin — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 17:11:52 +0000

Sun rising,moon setting- what a beautiful morning in Hawi.

Live Performance of the American Acronym Rant Chant

admin — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 07:52:14 +0000

A Rant/Chant that I wrote using acronyms about one aspect of the global economic situation- the inequity. Performed live for the first time at the Kava Kafe in downtown Hawi, North Kohala, Big Island of Hawaiii.

Bite the bullet Take the Pain Bite the bullet Take the pain

Move over people American Interests are coming through

Because you’re an LDC with no GDP
Aspiring to have new Mickey D’s

The IMF’s got you by the nuts
While the people clamor for the newest laptops

You’re goin’ 24/7 in your factories
Foreign workers slaving for their families
On their backs you crawl to the top of the heap
With your golden parachute you take the leap

Bite the bullet Take the Pain Bite the bullet Take the pain

I don’t like the size of my 401-K
So you people must suffer cultural decay
For a PDA with an LCD and a single soy mocha chi iced tea

Bite the bullet Take the Pain Bite the bullet Take the pain

And the WHO’s not worried about the GMO’s
There’s all in bed with the WTO’s

Trapped in the greed steady on the track
Of an all out full scale nuclear attack

Bite the bullet Take the Pain Bite the bullet Take the pain

Glossary
LDC: Lesser Developed Country
GDP: Gross Domestic Product
IMF: International Monetary Fund
PDA: Personal Desk Assistant
LCD: Liquid crystal display
WHO: World Health Organization
GMO: Genetically Modified Organism
WTO: World trade organization

Andrea & Green Power Girl- Trash Bash 2009

admin — Mon, 11 May 2009 21:36:57 +0000

Trash Bash host Andrea Dean welcomes Green Power Girl to bless the day by reading a poem by Alvita Soleil. The Trash Bash is an event in which people use recycled and founds objects to make haute couture.