Island Business

Island Business stories published in Maui Nō Ka ʻOi Magazine.

Maui’s Changing Landscape

With this first installment in a yearlong series, we explore the future of farming on our still mostly rural island.
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Ono Organic

Ono Farms is the largest tropical organic fruit farm in the state.
Sensei Farms Lanai Greenhouses tomatoes

Seeds of Change: Sensei Farms Lānaʻi

Technology meets tomatoes at Sensei Farms Lānaʻi.
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Sound Investment (VIDEO)

Haleakala Ranch goes out on a limb to conserve native forest — by harvesting trees to transform into koa guitars.
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Taking Care of Business

Sustainability doesn’t just apply to the environment.
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Heritage Crops

Heritage Crops: Part 4 in our yearlong look at the future of Maui agriculture.
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If Can, Can

With a host of national awards and a name everybody’s getting to know, this local brewpub has plenty to cheer about.
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The Wild Side of Luxury

An interview with Courtney Brown, R(S), vice president of Island Sotheby's West Maui.
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Family Tree

At Hashimoto Farm, persimmons are a way of life, generation after generation.
Kaonoulu Ranch

Kaonoulu’s Pedigree

A hundred years after its founding, this Maui ranch's lineage runs deep.
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Real Estate Trends 2013

Mary Ann Fitch, a top realtor on Maui discusses the current real estate market on Maui and how it is expanding with increased building and property land sales throughout all parts of the island.

An Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Eco-sensitive Bikini

For swimwear designer and professional windsurfer Lisa Letarte Cabrinha, green has always been center stage.
Fairmont Kea Lani

Coping with Covid: Maui Resort Update

Safety is the new luxury at Maui resorts.
Roselani Hawaii Ice cream

Da Local Scoop

Manuel Nobriga began making ice cream from scratch in 1932. Now Roselani is an island favorite dessert only available in Hawaii.
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Chocolates to Dye For

After a half a century, the Dye family is back in the chocolate business at the brand new Waimea Chocolate Company.
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Business Savvy

Old Lahaina Luau's Michael Moore gives tips on great employee relations.
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Donut Dynasty

Ninety-two years after Takezo Komoda started the family business, the last of the Makawao mom-n-pop stores is still winning customers, still making dough.
Maui pineapple fields

Aloha, Pine

When Maui Land & Pineapple Company stopped planting fruit last December, it looked like the end of an era—and an island way of life.
Mama's Fish House

Staying Power

Beloved local businesses that have become Maui institutions.
Kaupo Store

Kaupo’s Last Store

How do you stay in business after everyone else moves away? Kaupo Store maintains a slice of Maui history.
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Winds of Change

Kaheawa Wind Powerbrings alternative energy to Maui.
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Listen Up

Requests Music in Wailuku, Maui sells CDs, cassette tapes, vinyl records and even eight-track tapes.
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Shooting the Curl

Clark Little has a different angle on ocean photography. He finds it in the curve of huge waves just before they slam into the shore.
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Paper, Scissors . . . Wrappily Rocks!

This Maui mom turned a throwaway commodity into a flat-out brilliant business model.
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From the Ground Up

We explore a few of Maui's boutique crops - part six in a yearlong series on Maui agriculture.
MAPA Maui

Playing Their Part

The Maui Academy of Performing Arts could make a revolutionary difference to Maui's economic scene.
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The Few. The Small. The Delicious.

How will Maui’s landscape change, now that Big Ag is gone? The answer may lie with new “boutique” farms that offer the promise of diversity.