Island Business

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.

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

Safety is the new luxury at Maui resorts.

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

Technology meets tomatoes at Sensei Farms Lānaʻi.

Hawaiʻi cultivates new farmers.

Maui’s new Food Innovation Center offers entrepreneurs recipes for success.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Kaheawa Wind Powerbrings alternative energy to Maui.

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

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

Old Lahaina Lu‘au’s high performance goes beyond the stage to embrace community.

Four of our favorite local businesses that have stood the test of time.

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

The Maui Food Innovation Center gives homegrown entrepreneurs the ingredients they need to build their businesses.

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

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

Maui Cattle Company is betting its brand of premium beef can save ranching in the Islands.