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The Man With the Plan: Mahi Pono’s new general manager Larry Nixon wants more bees and bugs and less corporate hierarchy as he rehabilitates and replants Central Maui’s cropland

By Deborah Caulfield Rybak February 27, 2019Mahi Pono, Politics

[In November 2018, MauiTime broke the story of the $262-million sale of 56,000 acres of Alexander & Baldwin sugarcane land and watershed to Mahi Pono, a joint venture between California-based…

Stand Aside and Let the Big Dog Slurp: ‘Corporate Water Theft’ bill sailing through the Hawai‘i Legislature

By Deborah Caulfield Rybak February 20, 2019Mahi Pono, Politics

[MauiTime first broke the story of the sale of Alexander & Baldwin’s old sugarcane lands in November 2018. Our ongoing Changing Maui: Mahi Pono series investigates the new owners of…

‘I’m Still Tiare’: Tiare Lawrence plans to keep fighting for her community – only now she’ll do so as Mahi Pono’s new Community Relations Director

By Deborah Caulfield Rybak February 9, 2019Mahi Pono, Politics

Tiare Lawrence strolled into MauiTime’s offices last Friday precisely on time for a noon interview. Wearing cut-off jeans, a red plaid shirt, and long hair wound into a loose bun, she…

Coffee, Cattle and Citrus, Oh My!!! Mahi Pono makes public its crop plans (and a bit of confusion) to Maui community association leaders

By Deborah Caulfield Rybak January 31, 2019Mahi Pono, Politics

[MauiTime first broke the story of the sale of Alexander & Baldwin’s old sugarcane lands in November 2018. Our ongoing Changing Maui: Mahi Pono series investigates the new owners of…

It’s the Water, Stupid: Mahi Pono hasn’t told the public what it plans to plant, but demands the water to do it anyway

Who Are These Guys? Enthusiasm over the new owners of A&B’s agricultural lands runs high, though almost nothing is known about them

By Deborah Caulfield Rybak December 30, 2018Mahi Pono, Politics

To hear the hosannas from members of Maui’s progressive community, Christmas came early this year with Alexander & Baldwin’s sale of some 41,000 acres of former sugarcane lands to a…

The Man With the Plan: Mahi Pono’s new general manager Larry Nixon wants more bees and bugs and less corporate hierarchy as he rehabilitates and replants Central Maui’s cropland

Stand Aside and Let the Big Dog Slurp: ‘Corporate Water Theft’ bill sailing through the Hawai‘i Legislature

‘I’m Still Tiare’: Tiare Lawrence plans to keep fighting for her community – only now she’ll do so as Mahi Pono’s new Community Relations Director

Coffee, Cattle and Citrus, Oh My!!! Mahi Pono makes public its crop plans (and a bit of confusion) to Maui community association leaders

It’s the Water, Stupid: Mahi Pono hasn’t told the public what it plans to plant, but demands the water to do it anyway

Finally! A farmer! Who is Californian Ceil Howe III and what is he doing as an overseer of Mahi Pono?

Mahi Pono Purchase Agreement: Lots of legalese with a few tasty nuggets

Two Activists and a Lt. Governor: Mahi Pono’s first hires seem long on charm and short on farm

Who Are These Guys? Enthusiasm over the new owners of A&B’s agricultural lands runs high, though almost nothing is known about them