An acre of Maui Gold Pineapple’s farm is the location of a new test plot for biological soil amendment, organic liquid filled with nutrients and microbes created by SoilThrive by Environmental Solutions Maui.
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Just like a community of microbes coming together to make vibrant soil, so does the community of non-profit organizations, businesses, and community members coming together to create systems that serve our agriculture and landscaping.
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Malama Aina is an Education Research Center that is dedicated to promoting the importance of environmental conservation and sustainability through education and research.
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Once bamboo is 5 years old it is harvested every year thereafter and outproduces pine 10:1/A/yr while providing many environmental services. Additionally, at Whispering Winds Bamboo on Maui, bamboo was established without herbicides.
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Read MoreThe TFTT business foundation was completed at year's end...and the most exciting for us was submitting our 501(c)(3) nonprofit application along with a letter requesting to expedite approval of our application stating the urgent purpose of our TFTT project.
FSH has finished a successful hemp report for the County of Maui Mayor’s Office of Innovation and Sustainability. Just as this grant was finishing up FSH answered a State of Hawaii RFP for a four-month research grant to dig deeper into the potential for developing an industrial hemp industry at a State level.
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Food Security Hawaii recently reported to the Mayor’s office on Sustainable Material as a result of a grant. This research report will demonstrate why hemp, a pioneer plant, ought to be a mainstay crop on Maui, as we continue our work we strive to share the progress with all our supporters and followers.
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FSH received a grant from County of Maui’s Office of Climate Change, Resiliency and Sustainability (CCRS) to assist with Maui’s New Green Building Material Project. FSH researched the potential for growing bamboo, hemp, both eco-system healers, and developed soil regeneration systems. This installment of our blog highlights the results of our soil regeneration systems portion of the grant.
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Trees For Tomorrow Today (TFTT) has an ambitious vision to plant 10,000 trees in priority fire-affected communities across Maui over a two-year period. Our project's goal is to promote the fast recovery of living trees and plants in the Lahaina community...and return the lush beautiful tropical forests that make Maui so special for our Maui communities.
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