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Richard T Dolbeare (RA), ABR, CRS, RSPS, BS/MS - Engineering Hawaii Dreams Today

Wordless Wednesday--Maui's Kehalani

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Small park in the Kehalani Mauka community nestled on the slopes of the West Maui Mountains. Terraced terrain gives many of the homes unobstructed views of the city below with ocean beyond.

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Maui Pineapple Shutting Down

NEWS FLASH--Maui Land & Pineapple Company has just announced that they are shutting down pineapple operations on Maui by the end of the year.

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Maui Land & Pineapple Company has been sustaining heavy losses for many years and was unable to define a viable plan to continue operations. Several hundred workers will lose their jobs and fresh Maui-grown pineapples will be a thing of the past except for some small farmers. The island of Oahu went through this last year when Del Monte abruptly stopped pineapple production. Dole still produces pineapple on Oahu but has significantly scaled back operations over the years.

Agriculture is taking a heavy hit throughout Hawaii. Just last week Kauai ended their sugar cane operations after harvesting their final crop (see my post HERE). For now, sugar is still a big crop on Maui and thousands of acres of it greet incoming passengers who pass over the valley fields prior to landing.

Tourists can still get fresh Hawaiian pineapple to take back to the mainland. But those wanting to do so would be wise to visit now rather than later.

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No More Sugar on Kauai

No More Sugar

Gay and Robinson, our last sugar producer on Kauai, clebrated their final harvest yesterday. They had been producing that sweet stuff for over 100 years and the celebration was mixed with saddness. Two other sugar producers had exited the business in previous years and now there are none. Kauai still maintains extensive agrucultural lands and hopefully a new use will be found so that they don't just grow up in weeds.

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Halloween in Lahaina!

I wish I had a scary Halloween picture to include with this post but I'm away from home and don't have access to my photo collection. Nevertheless, I wanted to wish everyone a fun and safe Halloween.

I'll be in Lahaina for the Maui Halloween version of the Mardi Gras. Grab the next flight and come join in the partying! I'll try to get photos to post.

Happy Halloween

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Wordless Wednesday--Maui nights

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Photo of Kahului at night

Kahului, Maui's major city as seen from the West Maui Mountain slopes.

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