If you don’t know this remote Maui region, its tricky to fully understand the obstacles of off-the-grid living. The Kahikinui Hawaiian Homestead does not have water. Homesteaders must drive 30-45 minutes one way to an Ulupalakua water source. This feat alone is laborious and costly. The region suffers from hydrophobic soil, which makes growing anything […]
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Damming Evidence
UPDATE The river of justice is still dammed. Annual, month-to-month Revocable Permit 7340, for Kaua‘i waters of Wai’ale’ale and Waikoko, has been approved again for Upper Waiahi Hydropower plant. Rubber stamp approval, again, for the 18th year even though it has not produced reliable power since April of 2018. Kauai Island Utility Cooperative (KIUC) does […]
Water Guns
In an astonishing series of events, an East Maui farmer has been attacked by corporate third-party aggressors in attempts to continue stealing water and they are using guns to do it. Hawai‘i has been in 127 years of occupation and those corporations who advantaged the illegal overthrow are pulling triggers to hold on to stolen […]
GenY Hawaiians Fighting Real Estate Fraud Ask Why?
The island of Maui in Hawai‘i has had one of the largest water battles in history. A hundred year plus battle. Long standing court cases, incestuous land and water boards, corporation control of government, all these and more have led a sad path for native tenants who merely want water to farm. Broken promises exhausted […]
Let the Solutions Flow ~ RESCHEDULED > Dec 26th
This Event Has Been Rescheduled for December 26th, 2020 • Mahalo for tuning in Resource Recovery Maui prepares for a free remote event focused on applied solutions. In it’s third year, Farmers Voice Hawai‘i is proud to announce this year’s event, Resource Recovery: Let the Solutions Flow on December 26th, 2020. This will be an […]
Resource Recovery Maui 2019 Replay
This event serves as a delivery mechanism for important education and awareness. Presenters spoke on subject matters relating to water, trash, energy, community organizing and cultural resources. We featured speakers that address contentious issues with vigor and resolve, environmental and social impact campaigns that boast direct action rather rhetoric and repeated failure. Bringing attention to […]
A&B and East Maui Irrigation Commit Massive Environmental Crimes
Waikamoi Farmer Faces Land Dispute, Gun Threats & Water Poisoning Lifetime farmer of the abundant watershed of Waikamoi, Jesse Nakaoka and his wife Ona expose multiple counts of environmental crimes. The roadwork along the Hana Highway has been a busy place with multiple road repairs. Three different major areas being worked on means that many […]
If there is Farming, The Water must Flow
During the last many years whenever there is a meeting regarding water and East Maui the question has always been raised, “How many farmers are there?” The question that ought to be asked is, “How many farmers could there be?”. The embattled thirty year fight for East Maui water with recently sold Alexander & Baldwin […]
There’s No Water Under The Bridge
There has been 150 years of water theft from East Maui by conglomerate sugar barons. Their gross entitled attitudes have overflowed into abuse of power in cooperation with status quo, bought-off politicians. The reprehensible damage done to this remote East Maui area is not all visible. The fallow fields of kalo that once were, are […]
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