Agricultural Crash Course History

The National Farmers Union came out to help the farmers decades ago. The Hawaii Farmers Union United has come along and become such an exciting alternative to past programs and groups. The Hawaii Farmers Union United is at this very moment working with it's members to prevent bills that endanger the small farmers in the name of food safety. Large corporate interests are influencing the government by slipping through bills and making laws that come under the guise of food safety and yet are just a cover for creating a world where the small farmer is an outlaw and the public is expected to support the large corporations.

Look at the food and produce you get from a small farmer, it looks like food always has. Look at processed foods and how they barely resemble what food is. Look at the ingredients and you may not recognize the ingredients on the packages of foods the 99% is expected to consume.

Sickness, obesity have become the norm. High health cost, high prices and low income and it's like we are back in the 1930's and 40's.

I would recommend you sit down with some popcorn (non GMO) and watch this movie.

The Makai Inn and their Aquaponics

It was a wet and wild day today and instead of staying indoors, I went for a ride to Lahaina and visited The Makai Inn and their aquaponics system. I found them online this past summer in my search for information on building an aquaponics system. Six months later, with my systems producing food, I got to see theirs. I didn't shoot any video or take pictures today, how unlike me, but here is some video from their youtube site that was taken last July, 2011. The plants have grown and changed some.

Hawaii Farmers Union United Whispering Winds Bamboo

The Whispering Winds Bamboo farm has been building a foundation for a viable source of bamboo products, primarily for building and soon for BioChar. At the January 2012 meeting of the Hawaii Farmers Union United, Rich Von Welshiem presents pictures and information.

Hawaii Farmers Union United Leo Smock Randall

Leo Smock Randall of the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service, presents information on how they can help farmers during the January Hawaii Farmers Union United meeting. There's so many ways that the NRCS can help with plans, support and monies.

The Hawaii Farmers Union United has a website at http://mauifarmersunionunited.weebly.com. Lehua Vander Velde has been responsible for helping to create this site and talks about the features presently and visioned for the future. A dynamic work in progress, like the Hawaii Farmers Union United events, the website is about you, the farmers, the foodie and so get involved and help provide Lehua with information for the site.