Category: Hawaii
Pineapple Straight From the Field
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/12/14Jan15-Maui-Gold-Pineapple-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:02 — 2.1MB)There is perhaps nothing sweeter and more delicious to taste than a pineapple cut straight out of the field. Steve…
Planting For a Bit Longer
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/12/13Jan15-Maui-Gold-Pineapple-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Gardeners and farmers are used to planting seed and then waiting in due time for their harvest. But for those…
Hawaii’s Last Pineapple Farm
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/12/12Jan15-Maui-Gold-Pineapple-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:02 — 2.1MB)There once were thousands of acres in the Hawaiian islands devoted to growing pineapple. Much has changed over time. Today…
The GMO Free Movement in Hawaii
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/12/09Jan15-Kauai-Farm-Bureau-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:02 — 2.1MB)Many seed companies have research stations in locations that can grow multiple crops each year. However, one of those locations…
The Realities of Farming in Hawaii
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/12/08Jan15-Kauai-Farm-Bureau-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Many farmers must deal with conditions that are both hot and cold, wet and dry, tough and tougher. So, on…
Bananas from Kahuku Farms
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/12/07Jan15-Kahuka-Farms-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:02 — 2.1MB)The average American eats about 25 pounds of bananas each year. It’s safe to say most of us can’t tell…
Growing Food in Hawaii
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/12/06Jan15-Kahuka-Farms-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:02 — 2.1MB)American Countryside listeners recently had a chance to tour agriculture in Hawaii. One of the highlights was a farm growing…
Farming Taro
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/11/14Dec14-Hawaii-Taro-Farmer-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)We have all heard of corn and soybeans, but most of us are not familiar with taro. However, go to…
A Sixth Generation Farm in Hawaii
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/11/12Dec14-Hawaii-Taro-Farmer-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Some long-time ag operations in the U.S. are designated as Century Farms. Family members have been stewards of those acres…
Martial Law Following Pearl Harbor
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/11/11Dec14-Pearl-Harbor-Jimmy-Lee-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:02 — 2.1MB)When we think of Pearl Harbor during World War II, we often focus on just the events of December 1941. …
Witness To Pearl Harbor
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/11/10Dec14-Pearl-Harbor-Jimmy-Lee-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)The December 7th attack on Pearl Harbor cost the lives of over 2000 American servicemen and women. Over half of…
On The Banks of Pearl Harbor
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/11/09Dec14-Pearl-Harbor-Jimmy-Lee.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Jimmy Lee’s family lived on the banks of Pearl Harbor. As a kid, one of his jobs was feeding their…
A Court-Martial and Pearl Harbor
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/12/Pearl-Harbor-Sterling-Cale-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.0KB)Sterling Cale acted with bravery and courage during the attack on Pearl Harbor. Why, then, was he going to be…
In the Waters at Pearl Harbor
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/12/Pearl-Harbor-Sterling-Cale-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.0KB)He was an eyewitness to history, a man who was in the waters of Pearl Harbor during and after the…
A Day That Will Live in Infamy
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/12/Pearl-Harbor-Sterling-Cale-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.0KB)He was a farm boy from Illinois who thought he’d received the prime spot for anyone to serve in the…
Pearl Harbor Remembered
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2010/12/Pearl-Harbor-Daniel-Martinez-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 1.8MB)Although the events of December 7th, 1941 are nearly seven decades old, Americans do remember. They honor those who gave…
Remembering Pearl Harbor
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2010/12/Pearl-Harbor-Daniel-Martinez.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 1.8MB)Hawaii has long been a place where people come to enjoy sun, sand and surf. But it is also a…
Days Americans Never Forget
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2010/12/Pearl-Harbor-Herb-Weathermax.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.2KB)Before there was a 9/11, there was December 7th. Both are days Americans will never forget. However, there are few…
What’s Left of Hawaii’s Sugar Industry?
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2010/12/Kauai-Sugar-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.2KB)Hawaii is the land of sugar and sugar cane. At least that is what we may believe. However things have…
The History of Sugar in Hawaii
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2010/11/Kauai-Sugar-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.2KB)Many of us remember the commercials that sang of C&H pure cane sugar–that’s the one. You may be surprised who…
