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Grand Taste and Inaugural Grand Dessert at Maui AgFest & 4-H Livestock Fair [Maui Now]

The Grand Taste event at Maui AgFest & 4-H Livestock Fair just got sweeter, as presenter Maui County Farm Bureau adds on the final course: Grand Desserts. Both culinary events will take place during AgFest on Saturday, June 3, at War Memorial Special Events Field. Event organizers say, “Maui’s best chefs know that nothing tastes better than locally grown produce, island-raised meat and fresh-caught seafood.” In this year’s Grand Taste, sponsored by ʻUlupono Initiative, 11 Maui chefs will utilize specific ingredients to highlight in the competition to see who can create the best main dish or “potluck” dish. Maui’s top… Read More »Grand Taste and Inaugural Grand Dessert at Maui AgFest & 4-H Livestock Fair [Maui Now]

Grand Taste 🍧 Grand Dessert at Maui AgFest & 4-H Livestock Fair

MCFB Announces Grand Taste & Inaugural Grand Desserts!at Maui AgFest & 4-H Livestock Fair 2023 Talented local chefs gear up to present their dishes and sweet treats for judges and public. Are your tastebuds ready? The Grand Taste event at Maui AgFest & 4-H Livestock Fair just got sweeter, as presenter Maui County Farm Bureau (MCFB) adds on the final course: Grand Desserts! Both culinary events will take place during AgFest on Saturday, June 3, at War Memorial Special Events Field. Maui’s best chefs know that nothing tastes better than locally grown produce, island-raised meat and fresh-caught seafood. In this… Read More »Grand Taste 🍧 Grand Dessert at Maui AgFest & 4-H Livestock Fair

Get Ready for Maui AgFest & 4-H Livestock Fair 2023

MCFB calls for volunteers to help with celebration of island ag.With summer just around the corner, it’s time once again for Maui AgFest & 4-H Livestock Fair! This much-loved event is presented by Maui County Farm Bureau (MCFB) and takes place at War Memorial Special Events Field on Saturday, June 3, from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Marking the 14th celebration of AgFest, this year’s affair commemorates the important role of agriculture on Maui with all the popular signature events, education, food and fun—plus a few new features. Once again, MCFB will honor our dedicated island farmers with the Maui… Read More »Get Ready for Maui AgFest & 4-H Livestock Fair 2023

MCFB E-Newsletter ~ February 2023

Aloha! A new year brings new opportunities, new bills to track in the state legislature, as well as new faces to Maui County Farm Bureau; as two new directors have been elected to serve on the board this fall. Across the County of Maui, we have new members of the County Council and a new Mayor, and our Maui County Senators and Representatives continue to hold key leadership roles across various committees for the 2023 legislative session. We deeply value our partnerships with these policy makers to continue serving our members, and the community at large, to sustain viable agricultural… Read More »MCFB E-Newsletter ~ February 2023

Maui County Farm Bureau announces 2022 award winners

The Maui County Farm Bureau honored Kai Pelayo, the community affairs manager with Bayer-Maui, as its Member of the Year during a holiday gathering on Dec. 14 at the Kula Community Center. The organization’s other 2022 award winners were: The Hawai’i Farm Bureau also named Pelayo as its Outstanding Active Member for 2022. Pelayo has worked 40 years in the hotel industry and seven years with Bayer-Maui. He is part of the team that coordinates Bayer employees with the set up and breakdown of the Maui AgFest & 4-H Livestock Fair, Maui Fair horticulture and homemakers areas, and the Ag… Read More »Maui County Farm Bureau announces 2022 award winners

[Press Release] Maui County Farm Bureau Announces its Board of Directors and Officers

KULA, HI (Dec. 30, 2022)– For the new two-year term, the Maui County Farm Bureau retained eight directors and elected two new directors including Ethan Romanchak and Theresa Thompson. Warren K. Watanabe is the executive director. The Board of Directors meet on the first Wednesday of each month. General membership meetings are held in March, June, September, and December. “The board of directors will continue to serve its members and work hard in support of a viable agricultural industry,” said Warren K Watanabe. “I look forward to working with all of the directors.” Re-elected to the board and leading the way is Kyle… Read More »[Press Release] Maui County Farm Bureau Announces its Board of Directors and Officers

MCFB Annual General Meeting

Aloha Friends and Members of Maui County Farm Bureau, Mahalo to those who have already registered for the MCFB Annual General Meeting. If you have not yet registered and would like to join us for our upcoming annual general meeting, please follow the link below.  Wednesday, September 21, 2022Kula Community Center6:00 pmDinner will be provided. RSVP here.  KEYNOTE SPEAKER We are pleased to announce our keynote speaker will be the new interim Dean of CTAHR, Ania Wieczorek.   We will also be introducing and welcoming our new Director of the County of Maui Department of Agriculture, Rogerene (Kali) Arce and… Read More »MCFB Annual General Meeting

Conservation officials, ranchers, urge action on deer issues

DLNR official: Deer may be declining amid control hunting, ‘but it’s not enough’ OLINDA — Longtime farmer, producer and wildlife manager Michael Crowder, who’s also the president of the National Association of Conservation Districts, was “really shocked” to learn how bad the axis deer situation is in Maui County. Having worked with communities along the U.S. West Coast and all the way out to Palau and the Virgin Islands, Crowder said last week at the Oskie Rice Clubhouse that “we have to come together as a partnership with Hawaii and the county to make sure to find a solution that… Read More »Conservation officials, ranchers, urge action on deer issues

New weather stations aim to help farmers, climate trackers

Data could help guide crop planning, fire management, flood risks As farmers and ranchers continue to endure droughts, invasive species and axis deer impacts, a new tool is being added to better understand and forecast Hawai‘i’s complex weather patterns. New weather stations are being installed across the state in collaboration with the Water Resource and Research Center at the University of Hawai‘i at Manoa and the College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources, allowing farmers, ranchers and others to soon gain access to more climate data. Once the Hawai‘i Mesonet Weather Station Network project is complete, there will be about… Read More »New weather stations aim to help farmers, climate trackers

Major conservation conference comes to Maui this week

The National Association of Conservation Districts Pacific Southwest Regional Conference will take place in Lahaina this week, highlighting cooperative efforts on many levels. Maui County Farm Bureau is one of the sponsors of the 2022 convention, to be held at the Royal Lahaina Resort & Bungalows from Sept. 7-9, 2022. “Imua—Building Capacity with Partnerships”—is the theme of the conference, which covers the Southwest and Pacific regions with close to 175 groups in all. The Hawai‘i Association of Conservation Districts, representing 16 Soil and Water Conservation Districts across the state, will host the event. For the past 75 years, these districts… Read More »Major conservation conference comes to Maui this week