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Living Aloha is about sharing the breath of life and embracing this approach each and every day.

We invite you to join us on this journey as we explore ways you can increase your health and happiness by being authentic and aware of how we are all connected.

Today, humanity has the ability to create a world of sustainable abundance where everyone has access to everything they need and much of what they desire. But this requires a shift in long held societal views. Changing the view that money is a reward for hard work and private property is an extension of the self will be difficult. A shift in mindset is needed to see everyone as inherently worthy, rather than in terms of their ability to produce. It reveals some of the deep underlying flaws of our capitalistic economy and the way it views human nature.

Given these flaws, we need a shift in mindset from an age of ownership to an age of access for all.

More importantly, we want to help you share this concept of living aloha with others…to create a better world where we show love, compassion and respect for our own life, for the lives of other animals, the planet and for the lives of future generations.

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life meeting life Ancient Wisdom for a Modern World

by Jody Mountain

a livingRevolution How often have we heard the words: ‘as above, so below’. The origins of this mystical idea lie in far-ancient Egypt. Modern science has begun to observe that the macrocosmos is the same as the microcosmos. The complex organization of all aspects of the Universe are reflected in all aspects of the human body, and vise versa.

On a physical level, the Universe is reflected in the cell, the organelles, the atom, etc. As humans, we contain worlds within worlds, universes within universes. We, and the Cosmos are one and the same.

Ancient Indigenous people had an inherent knowing of their deep interrelationship with their environment, existing in an inseparable harmony with the rhythms of the earth, creatures, rivers, oceans, winds and stars. In a way, there was no inside and outside, but the natural embodiment of the continuum of Life.

We are currently suffering the effects of doing just the opposite: focusing on separation of ourselves from the environment. Our prevalent world view depicts us at the top of the evolutionary tree and all the other life forms as lesser beings. From this separated point of view, we have learned to dominate, take, manipulate and exploit anything which will bring us profit, comfort and power.

Corporations like Monsanto and most large agribusiness firms have created a paradigm in which contamination of the seeds, food, soil and water is reframed as ‘progress.

This comes from a mindset that recognizes human profit and control as the only criteria.

No matter how we ‘reframe’ it, however, the simple truth abides, that we are a part of Life — not the creators or controllers of it’s path. Coming into a new paradigm of interconnectedness means that we must begin to perceive from a different place. Honoring the life in the land and the Life in all beings begins with an awareness that we too are made mostly of Life Itself.

We are called upon to recognize Natural Order inside of us first, transforming the eyes through which we see to become beacons of connection rather than separation.

The origin point of our efforts to achieve a healed environment will determine its outcomes.

Many of us in the Western Mind paradigm are responding to an emergency of survival that may affect us, and certainly will affect our children and grandchildren. We have sprung into action out of a crisis. In many cases, even if it’s over the last 20-30 years, we have begun to recycle, grow our own food, and gravitate towards fuel efficient or electric cars, because we can see that the situation is getting dire. In a sense, we are responding out of concern, and likely fear, for our survival as a species.

Our Ancient Ancestors knew the land and human body/ mind/spirit to be different expressions of the same Life. If we drop our learned definitions for a moment, we can likely feel the motions of the river, the solid mana (energy) of the land, and the movement of the wind in our bodies. As you stand on the earth, in front of a body of water or under

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the stars, just open to feeling what rises in your body. Our ‘Indigenous Mind’ lives in each cell. We can begin to feel a deep resonance of our Universal family…if we are listening!

From this Source point, experiencing all of Life as related, those still connected with their Indigenous roots have cared for the land for Centuries, and probably millennia.

Interacting with the land and with all other Life Forms, and caring for them as members of our Family, brings a completely different resonance to our actions. We act out of Love, not out of fear. We act out of Unity rather than a desperate attempt to ‘fix the environment’. Our approach comes out of communion and reverence for all of Life.

Caring for the land becomes the same as caring for my family, including the family of my 100 trillion cells. Nurturing an environment as much for it’s own health as our own, will multiply the Love with which we do this. Growing our own food from this place nurtures all aspects of our system as well as the micro and macro ecosystems we inhabit in the process. We come into a deeper relationship with the soil, microorganisms, creatures of the environment, seeds, plants and their offerings. They eventually become a part of us — nourishing the body, mind, spirit, emotions and overall well being. We end up caring for the Family of all Life. We find ourselves in the flow of Natural Order, which nurtures health and vitality.

If we can begin to shift our origin point back to the inherent Life in all things, we will reverberate in the realm of the Sacred in all that we do. Coming back into relationship with the separated parts of ourselves, both inside of us and in our environment, will create a Revolution of health and vitality for all aspects of our world — the Earth, our fellow creatures, and all of humanity.

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HEALING CATALYST CORNER Inspiring you to make connections that heal

by Denise LaBarre

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Welcome to the Healing Catalyst Corner, a new column about healing. Here, I discuss healing our bodies, our emotions, our earth, and ways we can improve the connection between all of them. Illness, dis-ease, and disharmony result from disconnection. We have the potential to be healing catalysts—creative connectors who change our internal and external worlds through positive intention and practice. No matter how frazzled or overloaded we get, if we cut through the daily overload with actionable inspiration that realigns our physical and emotional well-being, miracles are possible.

Better Sleep, Easily Idea for today: Get Better Sleep Often the most profound ideas are the simplest. One of the best ways to improve your health is to improve your sleep. You’ve heard this before, but probably could use a reminder. Throughout a busy day, you get physically wound up as you pull energy into your head and then hold it up there with neck and shoulder tension + shallow breathing. You can reverse that wind-up by taking 5 deep, slow, belly breaths as you settle into your bed. This pulls the energy out of your head and recirculates it through your body – where it needs to be for good sleep. To make sure you’re not just thinking about breathing, put your hand on your lower belly to feel your belly rising and falling with your breaths.

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Trouble going back to sleep?

Here are some pointers for when you wake up and have trouble going back to sleep.

tighter areas. Feel and breathe into them, with your hand rising and falling on your belly. Notice the knots dissolving. This simple action and intention, repeated nightly as you settle down, can shift you into a whole new realm of bodycentered, better sleep.

Sometimes you awaken from a nightmare or startle awake with a racing pulse. Perhaps an unfamiliar sound or movement disturbs you and your thoughts get going, preventing you from falling back to sleep. Maybe you ate too much, or too late. There are many things that can disrupt sound, restful sleep. If this happens repeatedly, you may have established a pattern that is challenging to reset.

Another practice for better sleep is to spend more time tuning in to nature. If you can incrementally shift toward being awake in daylight hours and sleeping when it’s dark, you’ll have the support of Nature and her rhythms. Start a vegetable garden or grow some flowers. Even if you only have 30 minutes on a lunch break – make friends with a plant and visit it each time; watch some ants marching along the ground; or meditatively observe the leaves on a tree blowing in the wind. Tuning in on that fundamental level – like you did naturally as a kid – relaxes and centers you in a way that will realign your physical rhythms if you do it consistently.

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Whatever the cause, when you awaken, the important thing is not to let your thoughts take off. Your mind wants to wake up and do its thinking - that’s its nature – but don’t let it. Thoughts pull energy up into your head and out of your body – where you need it most to sleep. There are usually a few moments when you first awaken when your mind hasn’t completely taken over. If you can catch yourself in those moments and take a few deep breaths, you put your energy back into your body, which dearly |

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wants to go back to sleep. With this awareness and a little practice, you can gently take the reins from your mind the way you would with a team of horses that got spooked, and gently but firmly guide them back to calmness. It’s all in the breath. Calm, steady breathing works wonders. And square breathing (I give detailed instructions for Square Breathing in Chapter One of my book, Issues in Your Tissues) is the tool that distracts your mind with counting while opening space for your body to reset.

If you have a pattern of night waking, your body and nervous system have likely been overloaded for a while, and it may take steady practice to retrain yourself to settle down and trust that it’s safe.

Again, imagine those scared horses wanting to bolt. When they know a firm, wise handler “has the reins,” they will feel safe enough to calm

down. Even if you don’t manage to get yourself back to sleep the first night, breath deeply anyway and allow the calming effect of that.

Tell yourself that this is a process and we will get it, eventually. Tell your mind, “Tomorrow you can work. Now, we need to sleep.” Talk to yourself the way you would to a scared child (maybe you are talking to a scared child inside yourself) and reassure her/him that you can learn this, and that you’ll keep him/ her safe. It may help to imagine your young self being calmed by your older, stronger self or a wise elder. You may prefer to imagine yourself in a natural setting,

surrounded by friendly beings. Use whatever image comforts you. No matter what, deepen your breath and come back into your body. In time, you will find that this kind of empowered imagining and breathing does what you may have relied on medication for – but better! It’s free, with no side effects, and you have access to it any time you remember to do it.

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by Evan Ryan Hawai‘i has seen immense transformation within a very short period of time. Native forests and ethno-botanically diverse ahupua‘a systems once provided food, clothing, and shelter for the entire population living in Hawai‘i. With colonization, the land was turned into large monoculture crop plantations, invasive flora and fauna were introduced, and massive deforestation left barren desert landscapes throughout the islands. Wetlands were filled for urban development, while erosion, runoff and over-fishing continue to deplete our vibrant ocean reef systems. It is important to reintroduce a sense of responsibility to our roles as land caretakers within a very small, yet diverse ecosystem.

Regardless of where we were raised, we all have gardeners in our lineage, who were strongly connected with the land. In the past, land care techniques and practices were passed down through multi-generational mentorships that honored the land, streams, and oceans as sacred. This is rarely practiced today, leaving us seeking teachers in our communities, and guidance in local libraries, bookstores, and online.

Hawai‘i and many places in the world are currently witnessing a regenerative agricultural revolution. More and more people are supporting the local, organic food movement, and more and more organizations are working to build a thriving agricultural model for the future.

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funding to agricultural education and support systems such as Korean Natural Farming and nutrient recycling centers. HFUU has also launched the Farm Apprentice Mentoring Program that is offering new farmers the tools and skills they need to be successful at farming in Hawai‘i.

These programs are just a few examples of the organizations throughout the state that are supporting functional land care systems that will support our local communities economically and environmentally, while putting nutrient-rich, locally-grown food on our tables for years to come.

No matter where you live, there are ways to get involved in the farm and garden movement by supporting the various organizational efforts, shopping at your local farmer’s market or tending a garden in your own backyard. By doing so, you create a cleaner, richer environment, providing food, medicine, beauty, clean air, abundant water, healthy soil, and an inspired, wellnourished island community.

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you are not able to prepare your garden beds in time, and the window of opportunity passes to use those starts. Vegetables are mostly short cycle crops and their quality quickly diminishes in the pots. They can get rootbound, go to flower and seed, or lose their vigor. For these reasons, prepare garden beds prior to purchasing baby veggie plants.

Unless you are one of the few people that have the time, knowledge, and physical capabilities to jump right in with an extensive garden area, the best strategy is to think big and act small. Thinking big means considering all of the long-term visions for the home and land, and acting small means being honest about how much of your life resources will be dedicated to the garden in the immediate future. Creating something manageable will support discovering what works for you, and will inspire you to continue to grow food for years to come!

The goal in starting a garden is create beds that are level so that soil nutrients do not wash away. In addition having beds that are slightly raised will prevent the garden from getting flooded when it rains a lot within a short period of time.

Planting the edges of the garden with a soil stabilizing plant such as comfrey or lemongrass, or stabilize it with a hard material such as wood or concrete blocks, will prevent erosion and minimize weed pressure from creeping grasses that can walk into the garden.

Borders can serve to provide weed management, wind protection, nutrient cycling, organic matter for compost or mulch, erosion control, beauty, and definition. An ideal garden would include a variety of edges that combine to offer all of these benefits.

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• Take a soil sample of the garden area, and have it tested.

• Mow or weed eat as needed to bring down the grass level.

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• Fill raised beds with a minimum of six-inches of compost over the cardboard.

• Add organic fertilizer based on your soil test, and biologically activated materials, such as compost and worm castings.

• Aerate the bed with a garden fork, leaving the cardboard layer intact.

• Prepare the watering system.

• Plant edges if not using a hardscape edge, such as wood.

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• Take a soil sample of the garden area, and have it tested.

• B uy, rent, or borrow a rototiller. There are three main sizes available. A lightweight tiller is easy to maneuver, but barely gets the job done. A mid-size one re- quires some vigor to use, but is quite effective. A large one that attaches to the back of a tractor requires a paid operator to do the job. A tractor is recommended to save time and labor if the new garden space is over 1000 square feet.

• R ototill the garden area, making sure to till at least a few inches extra on each side of the beds that are to be planted.

It may take a few passes to penetrate down the desired depth of one-foot or more.

•W ait one week for all the organic matter to die. Remove all grasses, weeds, rocks, and other debris revealed in the tilling.

• S hape the beds, defining the edges with living material or hardscape, while taking care to step in the beds as little as possible.

• A dd organic fertilizers, based on your soil test, and microbially activated amendments, such as compost and worm castings.

• P repare the irrigation system.

• A erate the bed with a garden fork.

• P lant seeds and starts.

• Celebrate!

Slow Approach This strategy will take three months or more and will build superior soil by increasing the soil’s organic matter allowing beneficial microbe populations to get established and work their magic. This approach can also be a helpful way to restart your garden when it has become depleted of nutrients.

• Take a soil sample of the garden area, and have it tested.

• Mow or weed eat as needed to bring down the grass level.

• Rototill the garden space, or hand till with a fork or shovel.

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• Weed out any substantial roots.

• Prepare the watering system.

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• Plant borders or build raised bed edges.

• Layer compost over the cover crop plant material.

• Add soil and compost to the raised beds to fill them if necessary.

• Add organic fertilizer based on your soil test results.

• D irect seed a cover crop such as soybeans or sunn hemp.

This planting will cover the entire bed and be used to accumulate nutrients and build organic matter that will be incorporated into the soil.

• Add mulch, weed mat, or organic matter to pathways to suppress weeds and make a more comfortable walking surface.

•W ait two to four weeks for the cover crop material to break down.

• Plant vegetable seeds in pots.

• Aerate the bed with a garden fork.

• O nce the cover crop plants begin to flower, cut back the cover crop with a machete, sickle, weed eater, or spade.

• Rake beds to create a smooth, level surface.

• L eave the cut plant material from the cover crop in the garden beds.

• Celebrate!

• Plant vegetable starts and seeds.

Farm and Garden Tour Join Evan Ryan for a tour of Pono Grown Farm Center in Makawao on Sunday, April 9 from 9am to noon to celebrate the launching of the new resource book Hawaii Home Gardens.

Pono Grown Farm Center is a 501c3 non-profit organization focused on agricultural education with a mission to increase the connection people have to the land, and empower them to better care for it. The production and educational farm hosts a diverse landscape that includes a half-acre of vegetables, a two-acre food forest, extensive orchards, a medicinal herb garden, native plantings, chickens and bees.

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Connection to the Garden

by Miri Chamdi I grew up in a small desert town in the south of Israel in the mid 70’s. My parents built a fivebedroom home to accommodate their growing family. We were what could be considered a normal family by many values with a father as the provider, a mother as the housewife, and lots of sibling rivalries. My childhood home still visits my dreams today, some 40 years later.

What made this home and my family different than others in our neighborhood was the yard. When he was not running his own businesses, my father was a gardener. Well, more like a farmer according to today’s standards. The front yard boasted colorful flowers of all types, arranged neatly around the grass. The walkway from the gate to the front door was defined by chrysanthemum hedges on both sides.

Bees and butterflies roamed the air adding to the mystical aura and scents. My father was proud of his landscaping design, which caught the attention of neighbors to come look around and ask for his advice.

Flowers are beautiful and uplifting and certainly make this world a better place, yet, what I remember most is the back yard and the side yards. Behind the house, the land was raw and fertile. That is where our food grew. Just like on a farm, the back yard was a symmetrical array of rows where veggies of all kinds grew in the ever-present desert sun. We had three kinds of lettuce plus carrots, green onions, kohlrabi, radishes, tomatoes, parsley, cilantro, and cucumbers, to name a few. In the afternoons and on weekends, I would find my father working tilling the land, digging, planting, and weeding. I would sit there in silence and watch him as he told me the importance of upturning the soil so the veggies would have room to “breathe.” To my little girl’s eyes, the land stretched forever, where lots and lots of veggies breathed in the dry desert breeze.

at his side, he would use a wooden hammer to crack them open (“to let out the bitterness”) and would fill them in large glass jars so they would pickle. Besides being famous for his flowers and the abundance of veggies, he was famous for his olives. Eating a salad of freshly picked veggies with a handful of olives for dinner was a normal evening scene at our home. To me, eating off the land was a given part of life, nothing too special, except of course for the olives, which were given away as gifts to people my father really loved.

Many years have passed since those simple meals, or as my father would say, “lots of water flowed under the bridge.”

We immigrated to America and although my father would still nurture gardens wherever we lived, not one of them came close to the abundant desert oasis of my childhood home. After leaving the nest, I travelled and lived in many places. Vegetables and fruits were items to be bought at the store among the rest of the groceries. In my younger years, I didn’t give too much thought to the labor of love my father sweated over all those years. Sometimes I even felt relieved that there isn’t a garden to tend to or olives to be picked or grapes to be clipped in clusters. It was so much easier buying these foods at the store, paying for someone else’s labor, so I could go on with the endless tasks that I’ve created in my life.

eating off the land was a given

The side yard was a mini orchard of olives, figs, loquats, and grapes. Every summer, my father would recruit two of my brothers and I for the annual olive harvest. Between complaining and moaning we would climb up the trees and pick thousands of olives, one by one. My father would then sit by a huge table, large plastic tubs filled with olives 14

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My father is long gone along with his special gardens and mini farms. I now live in Hawai’i and my desert home is a well-kept memory I treasure.

In today’s Hawai’ian reality, if one is not a home-owner, one is a well-seasoned tenant. Most people, including myself, home hop a lot, in hope that circumstances would keep them long enough in one place. Every time I move, one

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of the first things I look for is a gardening space. Not that I would grow a garden every time, but to have a space that could “someday” be a source of food was always comforting.

As a vegan and a mother to a vegan teenager, there is a romantic or nostalgic notion that I could grow our own food if I wanted to.

Sometimes I even grew herbs and cherry tomatoes in pots, knowing that if we have to move again, the labor of love would not go to waste. If a place I moved to have a papaya or a banana tree in the yard, I would get really excited! “Look!” I would say to my son, “food!”

crown flower tree to geranium flowers, I see little birds that look like hummingbirds fluttering between banana trees, drinking from the water collected in the crevices of the trees from last night’s rain. My eyes roll over to that rectangular space, the one which awaits my sweat and sowing of seeds. This one I will put to good use. This will be the joint project for my son and I. This one will be fertile with greens and kitchen herbs.

growing my own food is nostalgic

I learned that I could get creative. Food could grow almost anywhere. In homes with a yard one could obviously grow food straight in the soil with an added mixture of compost and good organic potting soil mix. In small spaces with no yard, food could be grown in pots, both indoors and outside. Little patches of sunlight coming through a window could magically be transformed into a little herb garden. A little imagination and education of growing food could go a long way.

A couple of months ago, I was given notice by my landlord that I would have to move out because of her personal circumstances. There was a moment of panic, as finding a new affordable home, in today’s crazy rental market and in the middle of winter and as a single mother, at first seemed impossible. But me being me, I decided to take on the challenge with a smile, a knowing that something better is coming our way. And it did. The first thing I noticed as I drove into the driveway when coming to check out our new home was not the bright turquoise color of the house.

Neither was it that there were neighbors above and beside the rental unit. It wasn’t the large square footage of the unit either, although it sure impressed me. It was the land. Wow! I had arrived in the Garden of Eden! I asked the new landlord to show me around the land before I even saw the inside of the unit. She showed me the different banana groves, the three different kinds of avocado trees, one in which the avocados are the size of small melons. She showed me the orange trees, the mango trees, the papaya, guava and a magnificent purple apple tree. A coconut tree, tangerine trees and to top it all off, a perfect large rectangular space for a vegetable garden. It was a clear “yes!” this was to be our new home.

As I sit and write these words, I look out the window and see these trees, this source of food, swaying in the morning Haiku breeze. Although this land is on the opposite side of the globe and in a different climate, this is the first time I feel at “home” since being plucked out of my childhood sanctuary in the deserts of Israel. I see wild chickens freely roaming the land, butterflies and bees fluttering from the MARCH–APRIL 2017

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You see, it is not only about picking fresh food from the land, which excites me about this new home. It is not only about having organic food at a close reach. It is not even about not paying an arm and a leg for organic produce at the local natural food store. There is something more poetically meaningful about this Eden. It is raw, it is primal. I can literally not only live off this land, but thrive off of it! I feel like Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden when humans were gentle, healthy, and vegan and pure food was within arm’s reach! Sowing the seeds of food is by definition, in today’s chaotic world, sowing the seeds of change. A change of awareness.

The awareness that we could feed our bodies with fruits from the trees and the soil, as opposed to purchasing butchered bodies of suffering animals all wrapped up nicely in Styrofoam packages laid neatly in rows on the supermarket shelf or the seemingly-perfect fruits and veggies displayed in all their toxic herbicide and pesticide glory. It is an unlearning, or shedding off, of ideas about food and where it comes from. Going back to our roots where growing food was a natural part of life. The cool thing about it all is that I have enough produce to share and trade with others. I give you oranges, you give me lemons. Simplicity that requires only the desire and the awareness to step outside the destructive, capitalistic matrix and back to the “Garden of Eden.”

I look outside my window and I can almost see my father walking slowly from tree to tree turning an avocado here, an apple there, explaining in his own way how to tell when the perfect time for harvest is. He is peaceful. I wish I could share this heaven with him. I will forever treasure the gift he gave me-the gift of growing food and the immense satisfaction of eating the live, abundant, and vibrant nutrients of the earth.

Miri Chamdi is a massage therapist of 15 years.

She also counsels on plant based nutrition and stress management techniques. She is in the process of publishing two books and is an active advocate for animals. Her motto in life is “live like someone left the gate open”.

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’Olena aka:

Turmeric

by Dr. Lew Abrams The first Polynesian sailing canoe voyagers who made it to the islands of Hawaii carried with them several key plant species they knew would help them survive in their new home. These “canoe” plants were selected for food, medicine, tools, and shelter.

Olena- Curcuma Domestica, also known as turmeric, is believed to be one these useful canoe plants and has been utilized for generations as both food and medicine as well as a golden yellow dye. Turmeric has gained attention recently from natural medicine enthusiasts as over 40,000 peer reviewed research studies have documented its powerful anti-inflammatory and other health enhancing qualities.

Hawaii’s semi-tropical climate, volcanic soils, and ample rainfall in windward areas are ideal for cultivating turmeric.

To achieve turmeric’s maximum growth and potency, building soil fertility is essential. Ahimsa Sanctuary Farm in Haiku on Maui’s north shore has been exploring a range of natural strategies for restoring soil health and vitality using organic farming practices. These regenerative farming techniques involve careful preparation and supplementation of the beds prior to planting to restore the balance of nutrients and microorganisms. As we unearthed a bountiful harvest of turmeric rhizomes this week, we were 16

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pleased to confirm that our efforts to malama the a’ina are bearing fruit.

We began establishing a new field for planting turmeric by creating a long arcing berm made from cane grass (Guinea grass) pulled out and piled 6 feet high with an excavator. This wind row was turned into rich compost by running a drip line on it to keep it from drying out, and covering it with weed mat for several months.

We also pumped living algae-filled water from a nearby tilapia pond onto the berm to inoculate it with beneficial microorganisms. After three or four months we uncovered the pile and turned it with an excavator to ensure that any remaining clumps of undigested grass and roots would be broken down. Six weeks later we spread the cane grass compost into a raised garden bed about 200 feet long by 16 feet wide. Earthworms from other areas of the farm were introduced to the planting bed and we spread bags of oyster shell lime, glacial rock dust, kelp (from Nova Scotia) and a truckload of black cinder to re-mineralize the soil and help with drainage. Bio-char, a mixture of charcoal and manure, was then tilled into the top foot of soil. Truckloads of wood chips were delivered and spread into a 6 inch thick layer, covering all exposed soil from the sun’s damaging UV rays. Finally the wood chips were saturated with a solution of indigenous

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microorganisms brewed in the tradition of Korean Natural Farming.

After leaving the field undisturbed for a couple more weeks, when the top layer of wood chips was pulled back, we were excited to discover a white web of mycelium, the telltale sign of a burgeoning colony of micorrhizae, the beneficial fungi that live along the root hairs of plants, helping them to absorb nutrients from the surrounding soil.

Finally, it was time to plant small, pinkysized pieces of turmeric a few inches below the surface in rows about 2 feet apart. Vetiver grass for mulch and oregano as a ground cover were planted around the perimeter of the olena bed. Non-GMO Papaya trees were interspersed along one edge of the bed, providing some shade.

Soon the first green shoots began to appear and within a month the vibrant striated green leaves of the young turmeric plants concealed most of the woodchip mulch. They shot up to three or four feet high and then produced some strangely beautiful waxy pale green flowers nestled among the leaves. As winter solstice approached, the edges of the leaves started to yellow and then just when we reached the shortest day of the year, the turmeric plants suddenly laid down and began to die back, signaling that it would soon be time to harvest. Earlier test harvests revealed pale yellow tubers but by waiting MARCH–APRIL 2017

until February, the turmeric rhizomes have developed a rich yellow-orange color and pungent aroma and flavor. Using a flat bladed digging fork we have begun popping out brainsized chunks of turmeric rhizomes embedded in dirt. When these clumps are carefully washed off with running water, clusters of bright orange tubers are revealed, resembling coral heads. The clusters are cut apart to allow additional soil

removal and cleaning and then are set out on stainless steel mesh counters to dry. In a few days they will be ready for packing into boxes for sale, or will be loaded into a distiller for the production of turmeric hydrosol and essential oil, powerful plant medicines from the sacred A’ina.

Special thanks to Randyl Rupar for sharing his olena wisdom and to Simon Russell for the planting bed preparation protocol.

Lew Abrams, Ph.D., also known as Blue Mountain, is a licensed psychologist, interfaith minister, sculptor, and organic farmer developing a range of medicinal herbal products, included Maui Sacred Earth Soothing Herbal Tea Blend and a variety of essential oils.

He leads Permaculture Farm Tours at Ahimsa Sanctuary Farms by appointment. Email him at DrAbrams@AhimsaSanctuaryFarm.com..

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Thursday, March 16th at 7:00 PM, Free Event Daily Dose of Natural Medicine Presented by Miki Purnell, MD Velma McWayne Santos Community Center 395 Waena St., Wailuku, Maui, Hawaii

Tuesday, March 14th at 7:00 PM, Free Event Daily Dose of Natural Medicine Presented by Miki Purnell, MD At Ala Wai Golf Course Clubhouse 404 Kapahulu Ave., Honolulu, Hawaii

Sunday, March 26th at 3:00 PM, Free Event Movie Screening of Gary Yourovsky’s “The Most Important Speech You Will Ever Hear” Kaunoa Senior Center 401 Alakapa Pl, Paia, Maui, HI 96779

Wednesday, March 15th at 5:30 PM Vegan Dine Out with Miki Purnell Greens & Vines Restaurant 909 Kapiolani Bl., Honolulu, Hawaii

Thursday, April 13th at 7:00 PM, Free Event “The Ultimate Diet for Feeling Fantastic” Presented by Jerome Kellner At Cameron Center 95 Mahalani St, Wailuku, HI 96793 Sunday, April 30th at 3:00 PM, Free Event Movie Screening of “Cowspiracy” Kaunoa Senior Center 401 Alakapa Pl, Paia, Maui, HI 96779

Wednesday, March 29th at 6:30 PM Presentation and dinner discussing his book Millenial Vegan: “Tips for Navigating Relationships, Wellness, and Every Day Life as a Young Animal Advocate.”

Campus Center, University of Hawaii at Manoa www.vsh.or/uhdinner or call 808-321-3522 Tuesday, April 11th at 7:00 PM, Free Event “The Ultimate Diet for Feeling Fantastic” Presented by Jerome Kellner At Ala Wai Golf Course Clubhouse 404 Kapahulu Ave., Honolulu, Hawaii

Kauai Sunday, March 5th at 4:30 PM, Free Event “Cookoo For Coconuts” Coconut Cuisine by Thomas & Janie Eisendrath Sun Village Clubhouse 3-3400 Kuhio Highway, Lihue, Kauai, Hawaii Sunday, June 18th at 4:30 PM “What A Fish Knows” & Potluck Presented by Jonathan Balcombe, PhD Sun Village Clubhouse 3-3400 Kuhio Highway, Lihue, Kauai, Hawaii

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Thursday, May 4th at 7:00 PM, Free Event “What I Wished Someone Told Me In Medical School” Presented by Michael Klapper, MD Tuesday, May 9th at 7:00 PM, Free Event At Cameron Center “What I Wished Someone Told Me In Medical School” 95 Mahalani St, Wailuku, HI 96793 Presented by Michael Klapper, MD At Ala Wai Golf Course Clubhouse Thursday, June 15th at 7:00 PM, Free Event 404 Kapahulu Ave., Honolulu, Hawaii “What A Fish Knows” Presented by Jonathan Balcombe, PhD At Cameron Center 95 Mahalani St, Wailuku, HI 96793

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Farming& Gardening r e sp o n s i b ly

I’ll be honest with you, I am not a gardener. I rely on farmers to provide my veggies and fruits. Having said this, I did a little

that Bill Mollison probably had an intuitive flash in 1978, when he envisioned the holistic form of farming he coined “permaculture”. Bill wanted to sustain the earth’s resources rather than deplete them. His idea for a new way of farming, called permaculture is to harmonize with the land and its terrain, and to have the farmer work with nature rather than against it. Also, at the same time, to have permaculture farming have as low an impact as possible on the environment. This intuitive insight came to Mr. Mollison at a time when industrial farming using mono-cropping methods was actively raping the land of all its nutrients.

According to Tasha Miles from the Grow Network, “In humans, a ‘feeling’ that helps us see beyond present circumstance to some future outcome is called intuition.

It is the intersection between what we consciously know, unconscious details we may not even be aware we have noticed, and our resulting formulations on how to use that information.” If we apply this intuitive ability to gardening, then more and more ‘out-of-the-box’ solutions for solving new and different gardening problems will be discovered. These intuitively inspired changes can transform the way gardening and farming are done and provide a sustainable future for our planet.

Joel and I then went on to discuss organic farming, which has become quite popular since the education of the public about the effects of GMOs (Genetically Modified Organisms). Organic farming focuses on building the soil quality up through natural biological means like manure that increase the microbial content. The effectiveness of the soil to store water is increased and therefore plants grow better and are more resistant to pests. I was surprised to learn that although food can be labeled “organic” by the FDA, it may not really be completely organic. He explained that as long as no chemicals (pesticides or fertilizers) or Genetically Modified Seeds are used in the growing of the crops, then that farm can be certified organic. However, these crops can also be labeled organic if they have been treated with natural fertilizer which contains the bones of cows that were not organic or GMO free. While intuitively this just feels wrong to trick the consumer, the farm industry is counting on the ignorance of the shopper

research into various farming and gardening approaches and styles and was amazed at what I learned. There have been some major shifts in the production of food in the last 40 years. Conventional farming with pesticides, GMOs, and long rows of veggies that strip the soil of life are no longer the only means of farming. There is a new slant to farming that encourages the grower to use their intuitive knowledge in order to be the best farmer they can be.

Curious to know more about farming, I sat down with my son Joel, who has a green thumb and a degree in horticulture, as well as years of experience working on many different organic, local and permaculture farms. We discussed various types of farming, including permaculture and organic farming. Joel shared with me 18

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to overlook this important detail. Joel said it takes a lot of integrity and a very high ethical standard to grow crops completely organically on all levels. There are also certification standards that must be met annually. He suggested it is beneficial to get to know your farmer and if you instinctively don’t feel good about the farmer and their practices, then to shop elsewhere.

Another option may be that each of us plant organic food in our own back yards and not have to deal with farmers at all. If everyone planted gardens instead of having lawns then food would be plentiful. However, not all of us have the knack for gardening or the time to garden, as I found out when I helped my daughter build and plant a large garden last summer. We spent hundreds of dollars to terrace the land, prepare and enrich the soil, plant the plants, install irrigation, put up trellises and compost the garden only to have a tiny yield. Turns out neither of us had the free time to tend the garden’s needs such as: watering, weeding, eliminating bugs and harvesting. There is an art to gardening intuitively rather than mechanically, and with my busy schedule, I never mastered that art. I did however, develop a deep appreciation for farmers and for the care they give to their crops. Conscious gardening takes both a commitment to the environment and a willingness to work hand in hand with Mother Nature as well as a desire to garden successfully over time. As with any art, it takes practice.

Since most of us rely on farmers to grow our food, it is important that we educate ourselves on the integrity of different farming practices and choose to buy our veggies and fruits from a reliable source. Although there is not one right way to grow food, the farming practices that work with sustaining the environment and not polluting the earth are the most intuitively positive approaches to growing food. Hopefully over time, more and more people will be guided to tune into the needs of the land and find complimentary ways of farming that can sustain us all in a healthy way, for ultimately each of us is responsible for the planet and for our ecosystem.

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Liah Howard is a professional psychic/channel/ medium,author, teacher and radio show host. She offers 20 free on-line multi-media classes in psychic development and a free e-book on her web site: www.liahhoward.com. 808-269-3137 or liah@liahhoward.com

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by Dr. Will Tuttle

COMPASSION • Truth • Healing Can you remember times in your life when you’ve been blessed by someone’s compassion?

I remember times when I’ve been under the weather or stressed out, and received the compassion of a loving touch, when I’ve been on stage in front of a large crowd and received the compassion of an encouraging, smiling face, and I think we all know we would never survive our early months and years without the loving compassion of our mothers.

What is compassion?

Compassion is an inherent potential within us all. It is not simply a sense of caring and kindness toward the being before us. It isn’t merely a warm-hearted feeling of empathy for the suffering of others. It is also the determined and practical resolve to do whatever is possible to relieve their suffering, the sustained urge to reduce and eliminate the suffering they are experiencing.

For this reason, compassion is often referred to as the highest form of love, and flows out of the truth of our felt interconnectedness with others. Not confined merely to the realm of feeling, compassion rouses us to action, in much the same way we are instinctively roused to action to defend our own lives, well-being, and interests. What a blessed miracle compassion is, and though it’s virtually unexplainable by our culture’s materialistic orientation, it is a vital and unrecognized key to social harmony, to spiritual growth, to fulfilling relationships, to living a meaningful life, and to healing of all kinds.

to others as independent beings. So it is in our early years that we develop the foundation for compassion through the models we see around us, and learning to imagine and understand the perspective of others.

This is basic moral development.

This natural development of compassion is unfortunately shortcircuited, though, by forcing young children to participate in meatbased meals. What we don’t realize as a culture is that we desensitize children and all of us through our daily meals. The subtext of these meals is one of systematically excluding certain animals from the

sphere of our compassion and moral concern. In our daily food rituals, beings are systematically reduced to things, and these rituals instill in all of us the mentality of exclusion and reductionism that is the antithesis of compassion. This is the hidden root of disease, the underlying disaster churning at the core of our culture that causes so much of the physical, social, psychological, and environmental illness that we see proliferating around us.

Compassion brings healing, because whenever we wake up from this acculturated consensus trance that sees beings merely as things to be

As newborn infants, we are deeply identified with our mothers, and as we develop, we gradually become aware of ourselves as separate from her, and go through a stage of being quite self-absorbed, and then we gradually develop to be able to relate 20

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used, we become more alive, more aware, and more filled with what the ancients called Sophia: the wisdom of intuiting the interconnectedness that underlies the apparent outward separateness. This is a wisdom that is actually lived, not merely intellectualized. There is a pithy and illuminating proverb: “To know, and not to do, is not to know.”

As Sophia awakens in us, bringing wisdom, compassion, and healing, we are relentlessly confronted with our acculturated food habits, and as we eat more living, plant-based foods, and less of the inherently cruel animal-based foods, we experience healing, both physically and on the deeper causal levels of our being. Our bodies function better and begin to cleanse and purify, our mind is clearer, our emotions are more positive, our relationships become more harmonious, our buying patterns are more ecologically constructive, we begin to care more deeply about the Earth, others, and ourselves, and we evolve spiritually to a felt awareness that there is much more to life than our cultural programming has revealed. In short, we become a threat to the established order!

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We might find people saying to us, “Hey, you can eat how you like, but don’t tell me what to eat!” We realize how ironic this is. The only reason anyone in our culture eats animalbased foods is because they’ve been told to do so since birth by every institution in our culture: family, media, religion, government, education, and business. It’s never a freely-arrived-at choice: we’ve all been, and continue to be, inundated with messages that eating animalderived foods is a natural, normal, and essential characteristic of human behavior.

I don’t remember my parents telling me that I could freely choose whether to eat the first little blobs of meat they presented to me, or that they explained to me that they were the flesh of pigs and turkeys who had been confined their entire lives and killed in terror and pain. I don’t remember my schoolteachers helping me to understand that fish are highly intelligent, social creatures with the same pain receptors we have, and I don’t remember my minister pontificating about the suffering of dairy cows, whose babies are serially stolen from them so we can steal their milk, or the TV informing me of the nightmarish conditions endured by chickens on egg-production facilities.

I was never given a choice and was forced into complicity, completely oblivious to the repercussions of my actions. Without knowing the truth, how could I ever practice compassion?

The exquisite beauty and potential of our brief adventure on this Earth is that we can grow, evolve, and awaken to greater capacities of love and wisdom. This is the underlying message of the yogic tradition, which

is founded, at its core on ahimsa, non-violence, the universal spiritual wisdom that we reap what we sow, and that we’re all interconnected.

By deepening our understanding of ahimsa and vegan living, we can become a force for spreading freedom, peace, and healing. With any inner healing, there will be outer healing, and with any healing, there will be change. With any meaningful change, there will be risk. We may find ourselves alone, losing cherished relationships because we no longer eat the same way, and no longer respond unquestioningly to the pervasive social conditioning.

We find, though, that we are connected to a deeper source of joy and inner peace. As we bring our lives into alignment with the truth we have discovered, and the compassion that has grown in our heart, we realize that the rewards are worth infinitely more than what we risked. At a deep level, our self-esteem returns, and we realize how participating in the violence pervading our culture’s meals had reduced our awareness and sense of self-worth. Newfound joyfulness blossoms in our heart and we intuit it all directly: truth, compassion, healing—these three are inseparable sisters. Cultivating one cultivates the others. We are all connected, and the more deeply we heal ourselves, the more we bless others. Cultivating compassion is an essential and often unrecognized key to authentic healing. It’s never too late to begin practicing it! The more we bless others, the more we are blessed.

Dr. Will Tuttle, a former Zen monk and author of the best-selling book, The World Peace Diet, published in 15 languages. A vegan and yoga practitioner since 1980, and recipient of the Courage of Conscience Award and the Empty Cages Prize, he’s also the creator of several wellness and advocacy training programs, and is an acclaimed pianist and composer. www.worldpeacediet.org |

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Our Invitation TO YOU

Alo

means “to share”

Oha

Ha

means “joyful”

means “the breath of life”

The word “aloha” literally means “to joyfully share the breath of life.”

LIVING ALOHA is about embracing this approach each and every day. We invite you to join us on this journey as we explore ways you can increase your health and happiness by being authentic and aware of how we are all connected.

More importantly, we want to help you to share this concept of living aloha with others…to create a better world where we show love, compassion and respect for our own life, for the lives of other animals, and for the lives of future generations on our planet.

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conscious company spotlight by Carlos Garcia

www.followyourheart.com

In 1970, four friends began operating a 1,300-square-foot health food store in Canoga Park, California called Follow Your Heart, a name that summed up their business philosophy to always remain true to their ideals—even if doing so flew in the face of conventional retail wisdom. “ Our objective “All four of us were vegetarian, and the idea of selling Then, in 1988, two of the was never meat for profit was not following our hearts and was out founders, Bob Goldberg and of sync with what we believed,” partner Bob Goldberg Paul Lewin, started Earth Island, to be a says. “A lot of people warned us that this would cause the which manufactures Follow megastore, store to fail, but it turned out there was a large amount of Your Heart proprietary products but a gem. people who actually preferred to shop at a meatless store.” like Vegenaise, an egg-free and Gems don’t dairy-free mayonnaise alternative, Twenty years ago Follow Your Heart (FYH) carried many have to be big Vegan Gourmet cheese free magazines outside of their store. Before I ever heard to be really alternatives and VeganEgg. of the terms “healthy living” or “wellness”, I remember These products surprisingly beautiful.” that many magazines they carried had a health theme to them. One in particular was called L.A. Resources and turned out to be my life’s introduction to healthy living.

I was the classic McDonald’s, Burger King, Jack-In-The-Box and Wendy’s “healthy eater” thinking that instead of beef burgers and Cokes, I ordered chicken sandwiches with cheese and milks instead. The first time I went to FYH’s deli section I saw this amazing looking sandwich so I ordered, loved it, then found out it was vegan. That sandwich and Follow Your Heart’s free magazine racks section started my vegan journey. This store has changed my life.

taste a lot like the original dairy products, are GMO Free, mostly organic and are found in grocery stores and restaurants across the country.

Follow Your Heart provides quality, tasty and healthy products and is actually saving lives on a daily basis. Their 3 main products are replacing unhealthy fats and cholesterol, the biggest cause of strokes, heart attacks and other heart ailments plus diabetes, kidney problems and more.

Thank you… Follow Your Heart … for Living Aloha!

Crustless Mini Quiche — Vegan Yields 12 Mini Quiches • Ready in 45 minutes INGREDIENTS:

Instructions:

¾ cup Follow Your Heart VeganEgg + 3 cups ice-cold water

1. Preheat oven to 400°F. Position rack in the center of your oven and lightly grease a 12-slot standard size muffin pan.

1½ cups chopped brown mushroom

2. In a large mixing bowl, put VeganEgg first then pour in icecold water and whisk until mixed well and smooth.

1 cup shredded Follow Your Heart Garden Herb Cheese Alternative 1 cup coconut milk (full fat) ½ cup finely chopped flat leaf parsley 1½ Tbs. chopped sun-dried tomatoes in olive oil 1 tsp. sea salt

3. Add in remaining ingredients and mix together.

4. Divide the mixture evenly among the prepared muffin cups.

5. Bake 30 to 35 minutes, or until the mixtures are set and the tops are lightly golden. Let cool on a rack for 5 to 10 minutes. Remove gently with a butter knife.

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Ayako Hashimoto is a vegan chef and owner of vegan food company, Zen Island Kitchen. Based in Hawaii, she offers meal kit and private chef services, chickpea nuggets, fermented rice and adzuki brownies. www.zenislandkitchen.com

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Earth:

COMMON

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such a magnificent planet, with her stunning beauty, delicate flowers and magical forests, inviting pools, rivers and seas, mysterious caves, expansive spaces and secret places, bountiful gardens, and delightful animals.

by Melani Ellis

We are truly fortunate to be living in such a flourishing, welcoming location, to be able to experience such a wide diversity of life, of being in a body feeling with all our senses so many sensations, to be able to grow food in our back yards, drink fresh, nourishing water, pick delicious fruit from trees, receive cozy shelter from the storms, explore a virtually endless variety of adventures, with the companionship of the animals and humans.

What an incredible array of gifts we’re offered daily, and how grateful most of us are to be able to call this precious planet our home.

small elite group essentially controlling humanity. But what often goes unacknowledged is the way that we the people contribute to this mass slavery by accepting the lie that we are powerless, that we need guidance. We’re allowing ourselves to be manipulated.

For instance, look at the way people spend so much time and energy on politics. People are voting for a new leader who will fix the mess we’re in, when they could be spending that same amount of time and energy in their backyard growing food, actually creating a better world.

People could be spending that time planting trees, setting up sustainable systems for their families and communities, which is actually quite simple to do once you decide to do it. (See Permaculture) People could be restoring the Earth

Yet when we observe the reality today on Planet Earth, that’s when our hearts start to break and tears begin to flow. We’ve desecrated the pristine Garden of Eden.

We humans have gotten ourselves and WE’VE GOT TO ACT NOW everyone else on this planet, including the Earth herself, into a lot of trouble, themselves, making changes in their own lives, but instead in a relatively short period of time. We’ve got to do they continue to accept living unsustainable lives and something, and we’ve got to act now. expect that someone else is going to come up with some We’re facing so many problems with the shape our world kind of solution. What we need is to become sustainable is in today, and so many solutions are being offered, but human beings who are taking care of ourselves, who have what’s really being accomplished? Very little. Tragically, this a direct relationship with the Earth and our food and water is part of a master plan: to keep the masses spinning their source, as our ancestors did, not very long ago. wheels in futile actions, so they continue to contribute their daily energies to sustain an entity other than themselves.

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Unfortunately, government is generally corrupt and isn’t encouraging the people to be sustainable because then the people wouldn’t be dependent on them. If we truly want to be sustainable, I believe that we’ve got to do it ourselves. We need to reclaim our power. We need to work together to share what we have collectively, so all our needs are met. The problem lies not in lack of food, water and land, but in the distribution of these essentials.

Government has seized control. But is it really control? Do But how do we do this, as it becomes more and more the people truly lose their power and their relationship to challenging to even have a home at all in this world, much the Earth, because of a perceived authority’s prescriptions? less obtain rights to access it longterm? And when it costs No. Government only has the power we as a collective give it. We must stand together WE MUST STAND TOGETHER AS ONE as one people for the Earth and our future as humankind.

If we continue to blindly listen to what we’re so much to have the “privilege” of living on the land that being fed, we’ll go extinct, as we’re already quickly in the those who have access are too busy working to pay for it process of doing. to actually grow food? How do we the people take back The issue here stems from people embracing the illusion our power, the power to simply survive without being that they can own land, a concept fed to them by, yet dependent on the system, to live sustainably? again, the government, in their scheme to have slaves.

We can beg the government for what we want, but how When we begin to acknowledge, as a collective, that effective is that in the long run? Not very, considering the land ownership is a delusion, we can begin to have right variables involved in a state essentially set up to dominate relationship with the Earth. We can start the process of and make the masses subservient. We can try to get them becoming sustainable human beings by growing our to make changes in policy, to grant families land into own food instead of relying on others to do it for us, and perpetuity. This would work if and only if if we lived in a exchanging the paper money we work for within the place where government isn’t corrupt, a rare thing indeed. system for the food we eat. Eventually we can create the Actually, in Russia right now, under Putin, the government necessary changes to live on the land without paying has been giving land to families for growing food, and this taxes, rent, and mortgage — as stewards, who care for, has created a revolution in sustainability. Russia is now protect and preserve the land. producing almost all its own food, through small-scale to grow our food and survive from the earth anymore.

It is essential for us to return to the land and become sustainable human beings if we are to survive. This single element, the land being returned to the people, the people returning to the land, is the single most viable solution, the exact catalyst we need to actually make real changes and restore this earth, becoming sustainable everywhere on the planet.

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do have access to land to share it with those who don’t, those who will cultivate the soil and grow food, medicines and trees. And not in the way that’s been done, where the one with land access becomes a master over the other. I’m talking about true sharing, where someone grants a family the right to be on that land indefinitely, to pass it on from generation to generation. Without this, it’s just the same old pattern of master and slave, regardless of its WE NEED TO TAKE CARE OF THE EARTH current form.

People need to belong to the land, they need to feel that they have a relationship with the land that cannot be taken away.

Once that connection with Planet Earth and nature is established, a human being naturally longs to plant trees for the next generation, to cultivate gardens to feed her family, to create beautiful spaces. Returning the people to land is the best way we have to feed this world and bring bountiful abundance of all things.

Another solution is to create nature preserves and food forests which are protected from being sold into perpetuity with land trusts, shared by many people collectively.

We can take steps toward sustainability even without having access to a homeland. We can tend to the land wherever we are, growing gardens if possible, and planting trees. If you aren’t able to have a garden in your own yard, you can grow food inside your home or offer to install and maintain a garden in someone’s yard. We can begin to focus on becoming locally sustainable within our communities, by trading with one another, giving and helping one another out with whatever we need, forming groups to tackle community projects together, helping each other with large projects at home by having work parties, collaborating to create community gardens that feed everyone, along with communal sharing of tools and household items.

We can fairly easily make government obsolete by decentralizing and becoming locally sustainable. This is the way indigenous tribes have always lived because it makes sense. We can circumvent governmental interference by sharing with each other, caring for one another. We will dissolve the destructive paradigm that’s been forced upon us, the one that claims we humans have dominion over the Earth, by acknowledging and agreeing that the earth can’t be “owned” and that we are her children, collectively agreeing to be the Earth’s stewards who take care of her, like she takes care of us. It has to be a reciprocal relationship for our survival.

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Regenerative agriculture

by Adam Lottig

Regenerative Agriculture sounds cool. Just the word “Re-Generative” resonates on some level with those of us who see the need for the restoration of healthy farmland, forest land, or any other system that has been compromised. So, given our current eco/social/ political/economic climate, it makes sense that Regenerative Agriculture seems to be kind of a buzz word these days. Regenerative practices through the teaching of Ernst Gotsch’s principles of Syntropy, show us how using simple and cost effective methods, we can create incredibly dense and diverse, multi-level forest systems in any climate with any mix of plants from anywhere on earth. Syntropy, the opposite of Entropy, is the phenomenon of Life systems to become more complex, rich and organized when designed from the beginning, to maximize abundance by focusing on biodiversity.

Succession is the study of a forest or any other type of ecosystem as it moves from less complex and diverse to more complex and diverse through time. By studying succession, Ernst Goetsch teaches us how humans can be the catalysts for, and caretakers of diverse and abundant forest ecosystems. This Forest structure provides a vast majority of the important resources to life on Earth. From healthy soil, fresh air, clean water, fruits, woods, many other medicinal and valuable resources, all the way to being one of the most powerful influences of the planet’s weather cycle through the transpiration process and the uptake of carbon and the creation of oxygen. Forests are clearly one of, if not the single most valuable resource on Earth that we have an active interaction with.

Starting with the pioneering weeds, grasses, and fast growing plants, and moving through the different levels of increasingly dense and diverse “accumulating” plants and trees, a forest grows in density, complexity, biodiversity and abundance, until arriving at the level of Climax Forest. This was the state of the original Hawaiian forests, the Amazon Rain forests, and the vast Boreal forests of the north.

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Mauricio Hoffman is an Agronomist and Agroforester from central Brazil who has been traveling to and teaching some of these principles and methods all over Brazil, and also here to Maui and to Haiku Aina Permaculture Initiative (HAPI) for almost 4 years now.

Learning from his theory and methodology, we have worked together in grasslands, young weedy forests, thick eucalyptus groves, old coffee orchards, and dense guava forests. We have transformed these areas from simple and stagnant, with very little bio-diversity, to incredibly complex, dense and full of food, medicine, valuable wood, habitat for many different creatures, and other intangible and invaluable resources such as bio-mass, humus, and living seed banks for the future.

Recently, I had the privilege of traveling to the piece of land in Brazil, where Ernst has transformed over 1000 acres of degraded pasture land into a diverse native and abundant cacao forest complete with hundreds of other types of fruit, hardwood, and many beautiful

and beneficial flora and fauna. All of this while being able to employ a large number of the local population harvesting and processing cacao from his overly abundant forest system, replenishing the water table, and positively affecting the local weather.

The methods he practices are simple, and while the understanding he has and teaches is quite technically advanced, it is very attainable. If we can learn to apply some of these simple principles of non-competition, strategic utilization of resources, and working with the very powerful force of nature, the possibility of Regenerating our backyards, our communities, and our Islands is a very present reality.

Stay tuned, because we want to have interested people over here to learn, explore and work together in regenerating a little piece of Maui together, in the hopes that a small seed of cooperation and learning together can help be a part of this bigger piece we all want to see restored in a beautiful and abundant way.

COMING SOON At the end of March or beginning of April, they will be presenting a program called “Course for Professionals and Advanced Agriculturalists.” Contact them for the exact date.

Check out www.agendagotsch.com for some inspirational videos.

Check out www.hapimaui.com and see a little bit of what they have been up to.

Adam Lottig is a professional trail builder with his own company called Flow Farm Pacific. He is Forest Resource Manager at HAPI and is combining his work of Recreational land use and Agriculture. He’s currently developing a plan to combine Agriculture and Public Land access to create a new way to address Community land use and local agriculture.

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Resources Grow Some Good Grow Some Good’s program was created in 2008 under South Maui Sustainability’s School Garden Committee to support gardens created at Kihei Elementary, Lokelani Intermediate School and Kamali’i Elementary.

Members of South Maui Sustainability felt that working in schools was reaching our future generations to instill much needed knowledge about sustainability, our environment and nutrition. Since its inception, the program has expanded its outreach from one teacher at Kihei Elementary and three small raised beds to 12 schools and more than 3000 students participating in outdoor learning programs every month.

Grow Some Good is always on the lookout for new garden volunteers. Typically, hours are 8 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. (watering and general maintenance) and 10:30 a.m. – 2 p.m. (class time with students). They also have a Work and Learn Day usually scheduled the second Saturday of each month where volunteers help with general maintenance and are encouraged to bring gardening questions and share with the garden community.

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Pono Grown Farm is a non-profit production and educational farm with a diverse landscape that includes vegetables, a two-acre food forest, extensive orchards, a medicinal herb garden, native plantings, chickens and bees. The center is focused on agricultural education with a mission to increase the connection people have to the land, and empower them to better care for it.

Located in Makawao, the 15-acre farm hosts classes and workshops, residential internships and has community workdays.

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Ayurvedic Yoga Massage: Achieving Balance in the Body’s Energy System

by Tai Souza

Ayurvedic Yoga Massage is a unique form of yoga-based bodywork that combines the remedial benefits of yoga stretches and breath work with the healing benefits of Ayurvedic medicine.

Through pressure point massage, the use of organic oils and deep, assisted yoga stretches, this treatment provides a detoxifying experience that realigns the body and stimulates the natural flow of energy. The combination of Ayurvedic massage and the Iyengar Yoga method balances the nervous, respiratory and circulatory systems, eliminates toxins, realigns posture, improves muscle tone and increases range of motion.

The Roots of Ayruvedic Yoga Massage Ayurveda is translated from Sanskrit as “the knowledge of life”, and is the ancient Indian practice of treating diseases and maintaining health.

Ayurveda incorporates the use of natural herbs and practices that adjust the intercellular fluid in the body (known as lymph) to establish an electrical and chemical balance between the nervous system and all of the body’s functions.

Developed in the early 1980’s by Kusum Modak in Southern India,

Ayruvedic Yoga Massage was born through Kusum’s attempts to fight disease that was taking over her body. She simultaneously began seeing an Ayurvedic doctor, started practicing yoga under the master B.K.S. Iyengar and began to learn the art of Indian Deep Tissue Massage. The powerful healing qualities of all these practices lead her to create a treatment that combined elements from each, and has come to be known as Ayurvedic Yoga Massage.

What to Expect The massage is performed on a mat using pressure (applied by hands and feet), traction, and conscious breathing, to prepare the body for passive yoga stretches. The steady and rhythmic breath work utilized and encouraged by the therapist during the massage redistributes oxygen throughout the body, replenishing internal energy reserves to allow for better sleep quality and improved levels of concentration.

The Ayurvedic herbs used for the massage are sattvic in quality, and

as such purify the blood and organs to speed up detoxification and stimulate the natural flow of energy.

These factors make Ayurvedic Yoga Massage the ideal complement to any cleanse or detox.

Benefits • Harmonizes the flow of vital energy (known in Sanskrit as prana) to induce a deep sense of release and opening • Increases breath capacity and promotes better circulation of all fluids in the physical body • Releases muscle tension and joint stiffness • Stretches the fascia and connective tissues to re-align the body for better posture • Increases the body’s range of motion • Induces a deep sense of relaxation and peace of mind I advise anyone to try this treatment.

Your body will thank you.

Tai Souza is a highly skilled and licensed massage therapist, offering Ayurvedic Yoga Massage at Om Maui Health and Fitness in Pukalani on Maui. She has studied this treatment directly at the source with Kusum Modak in India. Tai has a background in physical education, yoga instruction, fitness and personal training, providing her with extensive knowledge of physiology, kinesiology and the importance of yoga for a balanced lifestyle. For more info visit www.ommauistudio.com or all 808.573.5566.

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WEST SIDE Spa Montage Kapalua Bay 808-665-8282 • spamontagekapalua.com Maui Massage & Wellness 808-669-4500 mauimassageandwellness.com Zensations Spa 808-669-0100 • zensationsspa.com Galan Sports - Chiropractic & Massage 808-344-5066 • galansportschiropractic.com

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Doucette Chriropractic & Kinesiology 808-893-2427 Fabian Physical Therapy Erika Fabian 95 Lono St., #202 - Kahului 808-872-3333 • fabianpt.com Christine Wilkinson Karuna Reiki Master Wailuku, HI 96793 • 603-203-0102 Jeffrey A. Tice, L.Ac Acupuncture 808-281-2727 • taotonow.com Karine Villemure - Massage Therapy and Clinical Skin Care 808-298-9512 Maui Therapeutic Massage Dean Nicklaw 808-250-1073 Green Ti Boutique and Massage 808-242-8788 • greentimaui.com Bowenwork Maui Jennifer Carey 808-269-3498 •bowenworkmaui.com

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Reiki Natural Healing Treatments & Trainings Jenna Keck, Reiki Master 408-621-4102 • reikiwithjenna.com

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Naturopaths Dr. Marsha Lowery ND (Upcountry & Central locations) 1135 Makawao Ave., Ste 101 Makawao, HI 96768 808-633-8177 • mauiND.com

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The Pole Room 142 Kupuohi St, F2 • Lahaina, HI 96761 808.283.2606 • thepoleroom.com

Reps-Training Center 161 Wailea Ike Pl. • Wailea, HI 96753 808-875-1066 • repsfitness.com WEST SIDE

Talking Hearts Heart Intelligence Coaching and Retreats with Tomas and Joan Heartfield, PhD 808-572-1250 • talkinghearts.com

Body in Balance 142 Kupuohi St. - Bldg. # F2 Lahaina, HI 96761 808-661-1116 • bodybalancemaui.com

SPIN/CYCLING STUDIOS

Crossfit State of Mind 219 Kupuohi St. • Lahaina, HI 96761 808-446-6007 • crossfitstateofmind.com

Enjoy The Ride MAUI 118 Kupuohi St, C-2 • Lahaina, HI 96761 808-667-7772 • enjoytheridemaui.com Free 30 minute intro class every Saturday at 5:00 PM

Lahaina Cross Fit • Megan Hildebrand 219 Kupuohi St. • Lahaina, HI 96761 808-286-9422 • lahainacrossfit.com Team Beachbody • Laura T. Pelayo 808-298-6288 • yourabsstartthere.com

GYMS & FITNESS TRAINERS UPCOUNTRY/EAST MAUI

Kapalua Spa • Thomas Ockerman 808-665-8282 • kapalua.com

In Home Personal Trainer Functionalty / Core Training Marco 310-367-6002

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Maui Family YMCA 250 Kanaloa Ave. • Kahului, HI 96732 808-242-9007 • mauiymca.org Curves 180 Wakea Ave., #1 •Kahului, HI 96732 808-877-7222 • curves.com Cross Fit RFM 1790 Mill St. Wailuku, HI 808-298-5604 • rawfitnessmaui.com

The Gym Maui 300 Ohukai, B 202 - Kihei 808-891-8108 • thegymmaui.com

Valley Isle Fitness Center 41 E. Lipoa St., Kihei, HI 96753 808-874-2844 • valleyislefitnesscenter.com

Temple of Tantra 1371 Malaihi Rd in Wailuku 808-244-4921 • schooloftantra.com

Ho’omana Spa Maui 808-573-8256 • lomimassage.com

Anytime Fitness 3390 Old Haleakala Hwy - Pukalani 808-633-6463 • anytimefitness.com Crossfit UpCountry 850 Haliimaile Rd. • Makawao, HI 96768 808-281-6925 • crossfitupcountrymaui.com

Gold’s Gym-Wailuku 871 Kolu St., # 103 • Wailuku, HI 96793 808-242-5773 • goldsgym.com Maui Sports Conditioning 530 E. Uahi Way • Wailuku, HI 96703 808-357-1303 • mauitrainer.com NATURAL FOOD MARKETS Mana Foods 49 Baldwin Ave. – Paia 808-579-8078 • manafoods.com Hawaiian Moons 2411 South Kihei Road, Kihei 808-875-4356 • hawaiianmoons.com Alive & Well 340 Hana Hwy. - Kahului • 808-877-4950 Farmers Market 3636 Lower Honoapiilani Lahaina, HI 96761 • 808-669-7004 Down To Earth Market 305 Dairy Rd. - Kahului, HI 96732 808-877-2661 • downtoearth.org Whole Foods Market 70 E. Kaahumanu Ave.-Kahului, HI 96732 808-872-3310 • wholefoodsmarket.com

24 Hour Fitness 150 Hana Hwy. – Kahului 808-877-7474 • 24hourfitness.com

FuzionFit, Inc 810 Kokomo Rd • Haiku, Hi 96708 808-214-9011 • fuzionfitinc.com

Targeted Massage Therapy Muscle Specific Therapeutic Massage Structural Alignment • Treating Sports/Work/Accidental Injuries • Chronic Pain, Plantar Fasciitis, Functional Scoliosis • Workmen’s Comp and No-Fault Insurance Accepted •

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VEGAN•VEGETARIAN•RAW FOOD RESTAURANTS Choice Health Bar 1087 Limahana Pl. • Lahaina, HI 96761 808-661-7711 • choicemaui.com Maka By Mana 115 Baldwin Ave. • Paia, HI 96779 808-579-9125 • makabymana.com Down To Earth Market 305 Dairy Rd. • Kahului, HI 96732 808-877-2661 • downtoearth.org Farmacy 12 Market St. • Wailuku, HI • 808-866-4312 Farmacy - Pukalani 55 Pukalani St., Ste 11 • Makawao, HI 96768 808-868-0443 Maui Kombucha 810 Kokomo Rd #136 • Haiku, HI 96708 808-575-5233 • mauikombucha.com Veg-Out 810 Kokomo Rd. • Haiku 96708 808-575-5320 • veg-out.com

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Body Temple Gourmet Brook Le’amohala & Ava Raw Vegan Chef & Instructor 808-250-6578 • bodytemplegourmet.com

Honokowai Farmers Market Mon/Wed/Fri 7 AM to 11 AM 3636 Lower Honoapi’ilani Lahaina 808-669-7004

Indian Food – Vegan Catering Manju - 808-281-3323

Hana Fresh Farmers Market Mondays: 3 PM to 6 PM Thursdays: 11 AM to 3 PM 4590 Hana Highway in Hana

Angel Green Certified Gourmet & Pastry Raw Vegan Chef & Instructor 808-866-0857 • angelfoodwellness.com Jessica Qsar - Health Supportive Chef & Wellness Coach • 808-264-4939 Satrang Catering • North & South Indian 808-269-2778 • satrangcatering.com MAUI HOME PRODUCE DELIVERY (CSA) Island Fresh Delivery 808-664-1129 • islandfreshdelivery.com FARMERS MARKETS

Farmers Market 3636 Lower Honoapiilani Rd. Lahaina, HI 96761 • 808-669-7004 VEGAN ICE CREAM Coconut Glen’s Ice Cream Vegan Ice Cream On the road to Hana - mile 27.5 808-248-4876

The Original Organic Makawao Farmer’s Market Wednesdays: 8 AM to 1 PM EBT Accepted • 808-419-1570 Waipuna Chapel 17 Omaopio Rd., Kula, HI 96790 On Kula Hwy at Omaopio Rd. Upcountry Farmers Market Saturdays: 7AM to 11AM Kulamalu Town Center 55 Kiopaa St. in Pukalani

VEGAN & VEGETARIAN CHEFS • CATERING Liz Selva Wellness Guidance & Vegan and Raw Food Chef for Health 808-740-3440 • LizSelvaWellness.com Macro Vida Maui Holistic, Macrobiotic custom meals made fresh in your home 212-300-5914 • MacroVidaMaui.com

Kahului Farmers Market Saturdays: 7 AM to 1 PM 310 W Ka’ahumanu Ave. Kahului 808-244-3100 Kihei Farmers Market Saturdays: 8:30 AM to 11 AM 95 Lipoa St.– Kihei • 808-357-4564

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Napili Farmers Market Wednesdays: 8 to 11 AM 4900 Honapiilani Hwy-Napili 808-633-5060 Coconut Care Coconut Harvesting Ryan Burden- Climber, Planter, Educator coconutinformation.com Coconut Care mauicoconutcare.com Pono Coconuts Hogan - 808-419-8977 Coconut Harvesting John Dillon - 808-419-8998 Financial Services Financial Services for Farmers Farm Credit of Hawaii PO Box 31306 - Honolulu, HI 96820 808-836-8009 Community Groups Vegetarian Society of Hawaii PO Box 23208 - Honolulu, HI 96823-3208 808-944-8344 • VSH.org Hawaii Farmers Union United Bill Greenleaf 808-283-5417 • mauifarmersunited.org Herb Shop Dragon’s Den Herb Store 3681 Baldwin Ave. - Makawao, HI 96768 808-572-2424

Conscious Funeral Services Doorway Into Light Reverend Bodhi Be PO Box 1268 - Haiku, HI 96708 808-573-8334 • cell-808-283-5950 DoorwayIntoLight.org Psychics-Channeling Psychic Channeled readings and classes by Liah Howard 808-269-3137 • liahhoward.com ANIMAL CARE & VETERINARIANS Leilani Farm Sanctuary 260 East Kuiaha Road in Haiku 808-298-8544 • leilanifarmsanctuary.org Animal Reiki & Instruction Allison Chun 808-283-8110 • allisonereiki.com Eco Dogs & Cats ecodogsandcats.com BooBoo Zoo East Maui Animal Refuge 25 Maluaina Place in Haiku 808-572-8308 • booboozoo.org West Maui Animal Clinic 232 Lahainaluna Rd. • 808-662-0099 westmauianimalclinic.com Reiki for Animals by Dung Le 805-377-4395 InternationalHealingDragon.weebly.com Pacific Primate Sanctuary 808-572-8089 • pacificprimate.org Permaculture/Landscape Design Discovery Gardens Permaculture/Landscape Design & Consultation 360-385-4313 • discoveryindesign.com

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HIP Agriculture’s First Tropical Farm Retreat Full details, including online enrollment, can be found at hipagriculture.org/education/immersion The Hawai’i Institute of Pacific Agriculture is offering a week long immersive experience in conscious agriculture, plant medicine, nutrition, and healthful living this summer. This tropical farm retreat will take place June 5 - 10th, in Kohala, on the north side of The Big Island. Daily offerings include morning yoga, handson gardening and permaculture workshops, 3 organic, farm fresh meals, and eco-adventures, while integrating cultural ceremonies.

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constructed yurts, overlooking coastal views of Maui on the historic coast. Enrollment is now open online at hipagriculture.org for the summer 2017 retreat.

Founded in 2011, HIP Agriculture, an educational non-profit tucked away in Kohala on the Big Island of Hawaii, offers a bi-annual 6 week farm internship, hosts field trips for local youth, conducts workshops on health, food, and gardening at local schools. Additionally, the organization hosts the annual Kohala ‘Aina Festival, an event celebrating local harvest and mobilizing individuals to become

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This will be the first year HIP Agriculture offers a summer immersion program. The intention behind the course is to bring gardening, nutrition, and conscious agriculture to individuals who may not be able to devote 6 weeks of study to the internship course. It is a great opportunity to refresh, recharge, get inspired about gardening, getting back in touch with nature, and developing skills to uplift and energize one’s spirit and one’s community.

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Vegan Cafe Kailua Kona~Big Island 808.331.1122

'Ai Pono. Eating with Love, Compassion & Fairness. www.EvolutionBakeryCafe.com

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BIG ISLAND MASSAGE SCHOOLS Hokulani Massage Academy Bonnie Henshaw – Kamuela 808-339-4159 • hokulanimassage.com

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Hokulani Massage Academy Bonnie Henshaw – Kamuela 808-339-4159 • hokulanimassage.com

Aloha Massage Academy Angela Lestee, LMT 808-937-6019 • aloha-massageacademy.com

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Muscular Massage Therapy of Kona 808-443-7916

Big Island Academy of Massage Nancy Kahalewai 808-969-7676 • hilomassage.com

Big Island Yoga Center 81-6623 Mamalahoa Hwy. Kealakekua, HI 96750 808-329-9642 • bigislandyoga.com Yoga Hale 74-5583 Luhia St. Kailua-Kona, HI 96740 808-326-9642 • yogahale.com Yoganics Hawaii 79-7401 Suite B., Mamalahoa Hwy. Kainaliu, HI 96750 808-322-0714 • yoganicshawaii.com Maya Parish Yoga Kona-Kohala Resort Areas & Hawi 808-747-3277 • mayaparish.com HILO/EAST hawaii Hot Yoga Hilo 336 Kamehameha Ave. - Hilo, HI 96720 808-937-3037 • hotyogahilo.com Yoga Centered 37 Waianuenue, Hilo, HI 96720 808-934-7233 • yogacentered.com Kalani Yoga/Retreat Center 12-6860 Kalapana-Kapoho Rd. Pahoa, HI 96778 808-965-7828 • kalani.com Balancing Monkey Yoga Studio 1221 Kilauea Ave, - Hilo, HI 96720 808-633-8555 • BalancingMonkeyYoga.com

Living Love Yoga & Health 15-2874 Pahoa Village Rd. Pāhoa, HI 96778 808-965-0108 • yelp.com holistic Practitioners Lightworker Health, LLC A Telemedicine Company 844-327-3716 • lightworkerhealth.com

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Unlock Who You Really Are Emotional Trauma Energy Healing Keri Sender-Receiver, LSW 917-592-1883 UnlockWhoYouReallyAre.com

Island Spirit School of Massage Christine A. Bevis 808-825-9666 Islandspiritmassageschool.com

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Aloha Massage Academy Angela Lestee, LMT 808-937-6019 • aloha-massageacademy.com

BIG ISLAND RETREAT CENTERS Kalani Yoga/Retreat Center 12-6860 Kalapana-Kapoho Rd. Pahoa, HI 96778 808-965-7828 • kalani.com NATURAL FOOD MARKETS kailua-KONA/WEST hawaii Island Naturals Market and Deli 74-5487 Kaiwi Street Kailua-Kona 96740 808-326-1122 • islandnaturals.com

Dr. David Shapiro Chiropractic Kinesiologist Hilo Office: 465 Hinano St. Pahoa Office: 15-2958 Pahoa Village Rd 808-937-9292 • AlohaDC.com

Choice Mart 82-6066 Mamalahoa Hwy. Captain Cook, HI 96704 808-323-3994 • choicemart.net

Hilo Acupuncture Center 166 Kilauea, Hilo HI 96720 808-969-7722 hiloacupuncturecenter.com

Healthways II Natural Foods Parker Ranch Shopping Ctr 67-1135 Mamalahoa Hwy., F-137 Kamuela, HI 96743 808-885-6775 • konanaturalfoods.net

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Mamalahoa Hot Tubs & Massage 81-1016 St John’s Rd. Kealakekua, HI 96750 808-323-2288 • mamalahoa-hottubs.com

Big Island Academy of Massage Nancy Kahalewai 211 Kino’ole St Hilo, HI 96720 808-969-7676 • hilomassage.com

VEGAN•VEGETARIAN•RAW FOOD RESTAURANTS

‘Ai Pono 100% Vegan 75-5813 Alii Dr, Kailua-Kona, HI 96740 808-331-1122 • upcountrybakerycafe.com

Club Rehab Physical Therapy 75-5699 Kopiko Street, Kailua-Kona, HI (808) 329-7744 • clubrehabhawaii.com

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Abundant Life Natural Foods 292 Kamehameha, Hilo, HI 96720 808-935-7411 abundantlifenaturalfoods.com

Hawaii Massage School at Kalani Richard Koob 808-965-7828 • kalani.com

Island Spirit Healing Center & Day Spa at Pualani Terrace 81-6587 Mamalahoa Hwy. Kealakekua, HI 96750 808-769-5212 islandspiritmassageschool.com

Glow Raw Skin Spa 75-5782 Kuakini Hwy., Suite 3A Kailua-Kona, HI 96740 702-218-4930 • GlowRawWorld.com

Island Naturals Market and Deli 15-1870 Akeakamai Loop, Pahoa 96778 808-965-8322 • islandnaturals.com

HILO/EAST hawaii Island Naturals Market and Deli Hilo Shopping Center 1221 Kilauea Ave., Hilo, HI 96720 808-935-5533 • islandnaturals.com

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68-1330 Mauna Lani Dr. Kamuela, HI 808-895-2053 • underthebodhi.net Cafe Ono 19-3834 Old Volcano Rd. • Volcano Village, Hawaii 96785 808-985-8979 • cafeono.net Sweet Potato Kitchen and Take Out 55-3406 Akoni Pule Hwy, Hawi 96719 808-345-7300 • sweetpotatokitchen.com Basik Acai 75-5831 Kahakai Rd, Kailua Kona 96740 808-238-0184 • basikacai.com Sea DandeLion Cafe and Awa Bar 45-3590 Mamane St, Honokaa 96727 802-765-0292 • yelp.com Phresh Cleanses 79-7411 Mamalahoa Hwy. Kealakekua 808-443-9984 • phreshcleanses.com HILO/EAST hawaii Sweet Cane Café 48 Kamana St., Hilo, 96720 808-934-0002 • kalapanaorganics.com Prabha’s Indian Restaurant 239 Keawe St, Hilo 96720 808-640-1554 • indianfoodhilo.com

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VEGAN & VEGETARIAN CHEFS • CATERING

FARMERS MARKETS

Chef Stephen Rouelle Vegetarian / Raw / Vegan Chef 808-895-2053 • underthebodhi.com Cafe Ono’s Ira Ono Organic Vegetarian/Vegan/Gluten Free 808-985-8979 • cafeono.net SuperFood Chef Todd Dacey Plant based mentoring, classes and cooking demos 424-245-6786 • longevitysource.com

kailua-KONA/WEST hawaii South Kona Green Market Sundays: 9 AM to 2 PM 82-6188 Mamalahoa Highway Mile marker 110 in Captain Cook 808-328-8797 • skgm.org Keauhou Farmers Market Saturdays: 8 AM to 12 Noon Keauhou Shopping Center 78-6831 Alii Dr., Kailua-Kona, Hawaii 808-324-6011 • konacountyfarmbureau.org Ho’oulu Farmers Market Wednesdays: 9 AM to 2 PM At the Sheraton Kona Resort & Spa at Keauhou Bay Sheraton Kona Resort & Spa 78-128 Ehukai Street. Kona 808-930-4900 • hooulufarmersmkt.com Waimea Farmers Market Saturdays 7 AM to 12 Noon 67-1229 Mamalahoa Hwy. Kamuela, HI 96743 808-333-2165 • waimeafarmersmarket.com

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Hawi Farmers Market Saturdays: 8 AM to 2 PM Tuesdays: 12 Noon to 5 PM Under the Banyan Trees in Hawi Corner Akoni Pule Highway (270) & Hawi Road 808-333-7963 • hawifarmersmarket.com

BED AND BREAKFAST Earthsong Hawaii Eco-Sanctuary aloha@earthsonghawaii.org www.earthsonghawaii.org Banyan Tree Sanctuary 808-217-5915 • 808-217-5915 banyantreesanctuary.com

HILO/EAST hawaii Ka’u (Na’ahelu) Farmers Market Wednesdays and Saturdays: 8 AM to 12 Noon 95-5673 Mamalahoa Highway, Naalehu

Hilo’s Farmers Market Wednesdays and Saturdays: 6 AM to 4 PM Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays and Sundays: 7 AM to 4 PM Corner of Mamo St. and Kamehameha Ave. 808-933-1000 • hilofarmersmarket.com Maku’u Farmers Market Sundays: 8 AM to 2 PM 15-2131 Keaau-Pahoa Rd, Pahoa 808-896-5537 makuufarmers.wix.com/market

RECYCLE HAWAII The mission of Recycle Hawai`i is to promote resource awareness and recycling enterprises in Hawai`i. To achieve this, we educate the community about sound resource management and recycling opportunities for a more environmentally sustainable future. www.recyclehawaii.org

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As of Permablitz (noun): “Perma” is short for March 2016, permaculture, which is a design system Permablitz for sustainable living and land use. As a comprehensive design system, permaculture Hawaii has includes much more than organic food blitzed 33 gardening. Growing at least some of our homes, farms, food where we live, however, has always community been a central emphasis within the broader gardens, and picture of permaculture. “Blitz”, from German schools! for lightning, means a focused application of energy. A Permablitz is when energy is focused on installing part of a permaculture system.

The original Permablitzes began in 2006, when a collaboration between Permaculture designer ‘Sourdough’ Dan Palmer and friends, and a South American community group in Melbourne, Australia, became a revolution of people volunteering to plant edible garden landscapes quietly appearing in backyards all over the suburbs. As of 2014, 150+ permablitzes have been held in and around Melbourne and throughout Australia, and have even spread overseas to California, Calgary, Montreal, Istanbul, Uganda, and now Hawaii.

Permablitz HI is a grassroots reciprocal network that hosts permablitzes on Oahu Permablitz monthly or bi-monthly throughout the year.

Hawaii held its Anyone can come and volunteer at these first Permablitz permablitzes. Once a person has participated in 2011. in at least three permablitzes, they become eligible to receive a permablitz at their home.

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A Permablitz is a gathering involving a day on which a group of people come together to achieve the following: • C reate or add to edible gardens and ocean friendly design elements at a home, school, or other community landscape.

• Learn and share skills related to permaculture and sustainable living.

• Build community networks.

• S hare a delicious healthy potluck lunch. Potlucks are zero waste so please bring your own plates and utensils!

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Elite Massage Academy 1450 Ala Moana Blvd. #1014 Honolulu HI 96814 808-382-9505 • elitemassageacademy.com Thai Aloha Massage 94-366 Pupupani St. #206 B Waipahu, HI 96797 808-953-5074

YOGA STUDIOS Body and Brain Yoga & Tai Chi 99-080 Kauhale St. C21, Aiea, HI 96701 808-486-9642 • bodynbrain.com Open Space Yoga 3106 Monsarrat Ave., Honolulu, HI 96815 808-232-8851 • yogaopenspace.com Open Space Yoga 25 N. Hotel St., Honolulu, HI 96817 808-232-8851 • yogaopenspace.com Open Space Yoga 66-590 Kamehamreha Hwy., Haleiwa, HI 808-232-8851 • yogaopenspace.com Bikram Yoga North Shore 67-208 Goodale Ave., Waialua, HI 96791 808-637-5700 • bikramyogahawaii.com Bikram Yoga Kapolei 2114 Lauwiliwili St., #1018 Kapolei, HI 96707 808-682-9642 • bikramyogakapolei.com Yoga Loft Kapolei 563 Farrington Hwy. Unit 203 Kapolei HI 96707 808-721-9818 • yogalofthawaii.com

HMR Massage 402 Uluniu St. Suite. 404-Kailua, HI 96734 808-780-2351

North Shore Sports Therapy Massage 66-935 Kaukonahua Road, Suite 203 Waialua, HI 96791 808-778-8443 northshoresportstherapy.com Nori Kohana 44 Kainehe St., Kailua, HI 96734 808-262-0027 • norikohana.com Haleiwa Chiropractic Clinic, Inc. 66-560 Kamehameha Hwy., Ste. 5 Haleiwa, HI 96712 808-637-9752 •haleiwachiroclinic.com North Shore Therapeutic Massage 62-620 B Kamehameha Hwy. Haleiwa, HI 96712 808-637-4277 • banyanbreeze.com

Amita Holistic Spa 563 Farrington Hwy., Unit 203 Kapolei, HI 96707 808-693-8882 • amitaholisticspa.com Hawaii Massage Academy 1750 Kalakua Ave., Honolulu, HI 96826 808-955-4555 • hawaiimassageacademy.net

Anytime Fitness 563 Farrington Hwy. Unit 203 Kapolei HI 96707 808-343-6791 • anytimefitness.com

OAHU MASSAGE SCHOOLS Hawaii Healing Arts College 808-266-2468 • hhacdirect.com Hawaii School of Professional Massage 808-485-2808 • massagecenterhi.com Hawaii Massage Academy 808-955-4555 hawaiimassageacademy.net Elite Massage Academy 808-382-9505 elitemassageacademy.com

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Down to Earth Organic & Natural 98-129 Kaonohi St., Aiea, HI 96701 808-488-1375 • downtoearth.com Down to Earth Organic & Natural 4460 Kapolei Parkway Ste. 320, Kapolei, HI 96707 808-675-2300 • downtoearth.com Source Natural Foods 32 Kainehe St., Kailua, HI 96734 808-262-5604 • thesourcenatural.com VEGAN•VEGETARIAN•RAW FOOD RESTAURANTS Peace Cafe 2239 S King St., Honolulu, HI 96826 808-951-7555 • peacecafehawaii.com

NATURAL FOOD MARKETS

The Beet Box Cafe 66-437 Kamehameha Hwy. Haleiwa, HI 96712 808-637-3000 • thebeetboxcafe.com

Down to Earth Organic & Natural 2525 S King St., Honolulu, HI 96826 808-947-7678

Ai Love Nalo 41-1025 Kalanianaole Hwy. Waimanalo, HI 96795 ailovenalo.com

Kokua Market Natural Foods 2643 S King St., Honolulu, HI 96826 808-941-1922 • kokua.coop

Simple Joy Vegetarian 1145 S King St. #B, Honolulu, HI 96814 808-591-9919 • simplejoyhawaii.com

Vim n’ Vigor Foods 1450 Ala Moana Blvd. # 1014, Honolulu, HI 96814 808-955-3600 • vimnvigor.com

Loving Hut 1614 S King St., Honolulu, HI 96826 808-373-6465 • lovinghut.us

Veggie Star Natural Foods 417 Natural St., Honolulu, HI 96815 808-922-9568

Greens & Vines Natural Foods 909 Kapiolani Blvd., Honolulu, HI 96814 808-536-9680 • greensandvines.com

Ruffage Natural Foods 2443 Kuhio Ave., Honolulu, HI 96815 808-922-2042

Eden On Earth Vegan Cuisine 1118 Fort Street Mall, Honolulu, HI 96813 808-521-7979

Whole Foods Market 4211 Waialae Ave., #2000 Honolulu, HI 96816 808-738-0820 • wholefoodsmarket.com

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Impact Fitness & Dance 2106 Lauwiliwili St., Kapolei, 96707 808-674-9642 • impactdancehawaii.com

Mindful Body Acupuncture 415 Uluniu St., Suite A, Kailua HI 96734 808-262-2223 complementarycareclinic.com

Yoga4ewa 92-440A Pupu St., Ewa Beach, HI 96706 808-689-1020 • yoga4ewa.com

Lightworker Health, LLC A Telemedicine Company 844-327-3716 • lightworkerhealth.com

GYMS & FITNESS TRAINERS

Leahi Health-Kaimuki 3441 Waialae Ave, Honolulu, HI 96816 808-388-4181 • leahihealth.com

Whole Foods Market 629 Kailua Rd. #100, Kailua, HI 96734 808-263-6800 • wholefoodsmarket.com

Leahi Health-Kailua 481 Kuulei Rd, HI 36734 808-261-5683 • leahihealth.com

Celestial Natural Foods 66-445 Kamehameha Hwy., Haleiwa, HI 96712 808-637-6729

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by Emma Cornish Jacobsen

A hot morning sun reflected orange and green on the citrus orchard surrounding our small group while tangelos, grapefruit and lemons threatened to drop all around us.

“Don’t forget to taste before you pick” our harvest leader reminds us as each of my interns promptly drops their fruit picker and breaks open a fresh tangelo from a nearby tree.

It’s difficult to decide on a tree to harvest from when everysingle branch is ready to split from the weight of a forgotten harvesting season, but being directed to eat one isn’t nearly as tough when the sweet smell of the orchard has been nagging each intern since we arrived.

endeavor for them both. The pair decided to send a grant proposal to Hawaii Medical Service Association (HMSA), and $10,000 in funding was secured to launch their gleaning effort with the Master Gardeners in September 2014. During the first year of the pilot project, 450 hours of volunteer energy gleaned 9,187 pounds of produce, which was delivered to schools, afterschool programs, and food pantries across the island.

It is the last morning of an agriculture internship program taking place on the north shore of Kaua`i, facilitated by nonprofit Malama Kauai. This morning these Kauai High School students were brought to a local property to taste fresh citrus, harvest from the trees and learn about food insecurity in Hawaii. Our leader is Tuula Perry, an AmeriCorps VISTA Member who coordinates the gleaning effort Village Harvest, which focuses on rescuing unused, fresh produce and re-allocating it to those who have limited access to fresh, organic food.

“We started getting more calls than we could respond to!

Farmers and residents wanted us to pick from their trees, and lots of locals and visitors wanted to help us harvest,” says Fox. “When we couldn’t keep up with all of the produce available, we knew we had a really big opportunity in front of us to bridge those who had excess with those who had very little.”

The Village Harvest program is the brainchild of Kauai Master Gardeners Megan Fox and Keone Kealoha, directors of the local nonprofit organization Malama Kauai. With a focus on addressing food self-reliance and sustainability issues, Fox, Kealoha and their partners in the University of Hawaii’s Kauai Master Gardener Program, were naturally interested in tapping into the estimated 50% of produce that falls to waste on Kauai every year.

Although Hawaii still imports upwards of 90% of its food supply, Kauai’s nickname, The Garden Isle, is quite fitting due to its ancient reputation as a prolific breadbasket of the island chain. With daily farmers markets and strong local farming culture, this involved island community demonstrates why the gleaning program is so successful.

Village Harvest started with just a few acres of orchards at its center, but as residents and farmers learned of the project and its goals, they wanted to be involved.

The personal mission of Fox and Kealoha—to drive action towards a sustainable Kauai—made gleaning an attractive

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To date over 39,600 pounds of produce has been collected and delivered to sixteen different service agencies, including four Hawaiian-focused Public Charter Schools, three of which have no school food program. “One of the most amazing things about Kauai is that the community is so tight-knit and comes together to help one another,” explains Perry. Already, twenty-two different sites have now donated produce for picking, including GoFarm - the statewide farmer-training program, some of the island’s largest farms and several individual residents.

Malama Kauai recently expanded Village Harvest to a full time program with a coordinator through Americorps VISTA, thanks to funding by a variety of organizations including: The Bill Healy Foundation, Atherton Family Foundation, Ulupono Initiative, Sidney Stern Memorial Trust, RSF Social Finance, Matson Foundation, Friends of Hawaii Charities, Americorps HI and Corporation for National & Community Service. Since Perry was onboarded in October 2016, she and her volunteers have gleaned over 27,000 pounds of underutilized produce. The program has also donated equipment such as juicers, blenders and food dehydrators to support schools and afterschool programs in reducing spoilage and expanding nutrition education.

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In addition to those impressive numbers the program was awarded 1st Place in the Community Service category for the International Master Gardener Search for Excellence, which both Perry and Fox will present about at the International Master Gardeners Convention in Portland, Oregon this summer. Not much seems to stand in this program’s path to success, as aiming to feed residents in need and utilizing all the resources Kauai has to offer has proven inspirational to this ohana-centered and effervescent community.

Those interested in learning more about the Village Harvest program can visit www.malamakauai.org or call (808) 828-0685.

Emma Cornish Jacobsen is a writer and environmentalist located on the North Shore of Kauai; in 2015 she earned a BA in Environmental Studies, with a focus in Environmental Writing and Literature from the University of Montana.

Currently working as a Youth & Food Programs Coordinator, AmeriCorps VISTA for Malama Kauai, she hopes to address issues of food security and sustainability on the Island of Kauai.

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