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Executive Director's Report to Members First Quarter 2013

Posted on Apr 19, 2013 by Olin Lagon | Popularity 18
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Here's our update for January through March 2013.The Many Faces of Kanu. Interested in seeing the dozens of faces that help lead Kanu? Check out our updated team and volunteer pages. Kanu has just two staff members and relies on the generosity of selfless volunteers and advisors. Got time to help...



Video: More farmer friendly purchasing rules?

Posted on Mar 24, 2013 by Kanu Infographics | Popularity 14
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Institutions like our school lunch program must negotiate long term contracts with farmers and food distributors, a practice that makes it hard for local food to enter our institutional systems. Should we change our procurement rules to at least allow for on demand quotes? Please share your...



Executive Director's Report to Members February 2013

Posted on Mar 14, 2013 by Olin Lagon | Popularity 4
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Here's our member update for February 2013. Please let us know if you have any questions or suggestions.We have wrapped up our Hawaii Energy Project! In the end we engaged about 20,000 people, hundreds of homes, and have directly saved participants over $2 million in energy costs annually. A full...



Business Plan Competition to win a five year agriculture lease

Posted on May 15, 2013 by Olin Lagon | Popularity 1
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Passing on this information... Mahi‘ai Match-up is a statewide agricultural business plan contest for farmers and entrepreneurs looking to establish an agricultural business in Hawai‘i. Winners win an agricultural lease from Kamehameha Schools (rent waived up to five years)* and a cash prize...



Can we trust the ingredients in the organic products?

Posted on Mar 3, 2013 by Alexandra Telluselle
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According to Doreen Virtue, many of the small organic brands have been bought by large corporations and some secretly changing ingedients such as from non-GMO back to GMO or other variations. I therefor thought I'd share her list so we as consumers can we have this in mind and question the...



The Power in Peanuts

Posted on Mar 4, 2013 by Alexandra Telluselle
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What I choose to eat depends on two things: Health and Money. (And healthy things also happen to be 'ono.) My first concern is to make sure I maintain and build up a health that provides me with the energy I need to create and become productive without worry. My second concern is if I can afford...


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