Island Business

Island Business stories published in Maui Nō Ka ʻOi Magazine.

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The Sailmakers

Sail designers and Maui's trade winds are a match made in heaven (and at sea).
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Taking Care of Business

Sustainability doesn’t just apply to the environment.
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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.
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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.
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Harvesting Maui Gold

Maui Gold harvests premium pineapple year-round, averaging 12,000 cases per week. That’s 3.7 million pineapples a year.
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Moving Heaven and Earth

In a shifting landscape, Goodfellow Bros. shows what it takes to stay in it for the long haul.
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The Wild Side of Luxury

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

The Reign of ‘Ulalena

A West Maui theatrical troupe celebrates a decade of performance art that wears a Hawaiian face.
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An Appetite for Culture + VIDEO

How Maui farmers are cultivating ancient wisdom to feed a population—and a hunger for culture.
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Best Slippah Forward

The annual 5k Visitor Industry Charity Walk is raising much needed funds for local Maui nonprofit organizations, one step at a time.

Employing Poʻokela

For twenty five years, a small West Maui hotel has built its unorthodox business model on Hawaiian values.

Sweet Charity

Philanthropy is at the center of each piece of Maui Ku‘ia Estate Chocolate.

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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Sound Investment (VIDEO)

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

Home Grown

Maui's farmers face a host of challenges. Here's what some are doing to survive—and why we all need to help.
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Winds of Change

Kaheawa Wind Powerbrings alternative energy to Maui.
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Wild Harvest

Maui offers bees a friendly environment, and their keepers the potential for sweet rewards.
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Growing Farmers

Hawaiʻi cultivates new farmers.
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Success with Aloha

A West Maui restaurant group spills the beans on what it takes to succeed.
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True to Their Roots: ‘Āina Brands

How a really bad cup of coffee resulted in support for our community.
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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.
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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.
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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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Listen Up

Requests Music in Wailuku, Maui sells CDs, cassette tapes, vinyl records and even eight-track tapes.
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Enduring Establishments

Here are four more of our favorite beloved local businesses that have stood the test of time.
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Business Savvy

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

Natural Wonder

A Maui business is working to reap a healthy yield—for its bottom line and customers alike.