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Tucked away in the hillsides of Honaunau is the community garden project Ma’Ona, a place we visited to learn about grafting techniques. The work of this community garden spills over into the parking lot, where both the vehicles of visitors and piles of mulch are...

Nowhere else in the vast universe does a sanctuary like planet Earth exist. Everything we need is right here on Earth, our home. Thus, during times of despair or frustration or stress, we can turn to nature to see that everything we are made of is beautiful. In nature...

In the preceding series of blogs, we have shared how to propagate indigenous microorganisms, make fish amino acid, and make water soluble calcium and water-soluble calcium phosphate. These simple garden amendments work in synergy to help support a thriving population...

Throughout our spring blog series, we have shared how to propagate indigenous microorganisms, how to make fish amino acid, and how to make water soluble calcium for a thriving natural farming practice. Today we will detail how to dissolve calcium phosphate in a water...

Water kefir, pronounced keh-fear, is a lightly sweet, naturally-carbonated probiotic beverage. You can flavor this health-enhancing drink with beneficial herbs, coconut water, or fruit juice. Water kefir fermentation is similar to kombucha in that it requires a...

“...when he asked his grandmother why people used to live so long, she told him it was from eating the indigenous 'weeds'--like amaranth.” (2, pg. 178) In other words, growing amaranth sustained life.  Amaranth is a sacred plant to the indigenous peoples of the...