Keawanui Fishpond Updates 6/26/23
“E kanu mea ʻai o nana keiki i ka ha’i. Plant edible food plants lest your children look with longing at someone else’s.” The time to...
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KEAWANUI FISHPOND UPDATES
This page is dedicated to the weekly updates of Keawanui Fishpond in the Kaʻamola land section of Molokaʻi.
Keawanui Fishpond Updates 4/24/23
Every week for the month of April, 3rd graders from Kilohana Elementary School have come down to visit Keawanui! So far they have learned...
Keawanui Fishpond Updates 3/21/23
ʻĀina Momona turns 6 this month! ʻĀina Momona’s land base is Keawanui Fishpond and Cultural Learning Site in the Kaʻamola land section of...
Keawanui Fishpond Updates 3/6/23
Recently the ‘Āina Momona crew took a trip to Maui to visit the Auwahi forest persevere. Mahalo nui to the @auwahi_forest crew for...
Keawanui Fishpond Updates 2/10/23
This past week the 3rd graders from Kilohana elementary school visited Keawanui Fishpond. We taught them the purpose and importance of...
Keawanui Fishpond Updates 1/30/23
Our farm at Keawanui gives us the opportunity to develop reciprocal relationships with ʻāina, our eldest ancestor. As we mālama the ʻāina...
Keawanui Fishpond Updates 12/23/22
Mahalo nui to our STEMworks interns Kayla Holm, Kiara Lima, and Kiana Kali for all the time and hana at Keawanui this past fall! Getting...
Keawanui Fishpond Updates 11/22/22
Our kiaʻi hosted the 6th grade class from Kula Kaiapuni Kualapuʻu at Keawanui. The ʻōpio helped to clean the pūnāwai, took water quality...
Keawanui Fishpond Updates 11/19/22
Our goal and vision is "‘Āina Momona". Today feels a lot more like "‘Āina ‘eha‘eha." When we say erosion is one of the greatest threats...
Keawanui Fishpond Updates 11/14/22
With the full moons last week our kiaʻi worked on starting a new māla at Keawanui. Cultivating the land, increasing local food...
Keawanui Fishpond Updates 11/7/22
Keiki at Keawanui Cultural Learning Center spent time pulling weeds in an area they have planted. Pulling weeds and maintaining crops is...
Keawanui Fishpond Updates 10/19/22
Over the last few days kia‘i have been working to clear invasive species in front of Keawanui fishpond. There are several natural springs...
Keawanui Fishpond Updates 10/3/22
Pūnana Leo O Molokaʻi came to Keawanui this past Saturday and visited our learning center. The kamaliʻi helped with invasive species...
Keawanui Fishpond Updates 9/30/22
Our latest experiment at Keawanui is with mulch varieties. We are using both mangrove charcoal and ogo with our kalo to see any...
Keawanui Fishpond Updates 9/5/22
The keiki of Rooted are stringing crown flower lei to prepare for and celebrate Queen Lili’uokalani’s birthday. The crown flower was said...
Keawanui Fishpond Updates 8/26/22
One of the most important things we do at ‘Āina Momona is teach the next generation of Native Hawaiians about their culture, ‘āina,...
Keawanui Fishpond Updates 8/25/22
ʻĀina Momona's land base is Keawanui Fishpond and Cultural Learning Site in the Kaʻamola land section of Molokaʻi. Keawanui is a 55-acre,...
Keawanui Fishpond Updates 8/22/22
At Keawanui fishpond we have a variety of native birds that visit us and reside on site. The ʻaukuʻu, kōlea, ʻiwa and aeʻo are just some...
Keawanui Fishpond Updates 8/17/22
ʻĀina Momona is restoring ʻāina, one kalo at a time. While less-healthy and less-sustainable foods continue to be imported to our...
Keawanui Fishpond Updates 8/5/22
This week at Keawanui, keiki attending the #lahoihoiea program were split into 4 teams to compete in makahiki games. Each team practiced...
Keawanui Fishpond Updates 7/11/22
Our crew at Keawanui has been enjoying having visitors again! Mahalo Kilohana School, Kualapuu school, @iwikua, and Kamehameha Schools...
Keawanui Fishpond Updates 7/6/22
Growing kalo at Keawanui has been a lot of trial and error, but we’re figuring it out! This patch received dried gorilla ogo and mangrove...
Keawanui Fishpond Updates 6/20/22
Mahalo nui @iwikua and @paakahi_academy for hosting our Molokaʻi crew on Kauaʻi for a work exchange this week! We appreciated the space...
Keawanui Fishpond Updates 6/14/22
Turning our problems into food - at Keawanui we’ve been harvesting the deer causing damage to our farm and using the meat to feed our...
Keawanui Fishpond Updates 6/8/22
What makes good soil? Last month our crew at Keawanui worked with UH @ctahr to build upon what we’ve learned about our soil through kilo...
Keawanui Fishpond Updates 6/3/22
Our staff at Keawanui have been busy harvesting kalo with the keiki of ROOTed. This week we harvested to make poi for kupuna visiting...
Keawanui Fishpond Updates 3/28/22
March has been a productive month out in Keawanui! ʻĀina Momona was able to host Kumu Malia Akutagawa and Kumu Noelani Puniwai’s class,...
Keawanui Fishpond Updates 2/28/22
ʻAʻohe hana nui ke alu ʻia. No task is too big when done together by all. This month our team traveled down the road to our neighbors at...
Keawanui Fishpond Updates 1/26/22
In honor of Makahiki Season, we hosted Lono yesterday at Keawanui Fishpond as a part of Ka’ahele a Lono. The call of the pū announcing...
Keawanui Fishpond Updates 1/25/22
ʻĀina Momona is happy to announce that we have received funding for our Keawanui Food System Revitalization Project, provided by the...
Keawanui Fishpond Updates 1/24/22
Last week our kiaʻi harvested 26 pounds of kalo at Keawanui! This kalo will feed many of our ʻohana on Molokaʻi, helping us reach one of...
Keawanui Fishpond Updates 1/18/22
This past week our staff learned to take water quality samples through the help of Native Hawaiian researchers from Hawai’i Sea Grant....
Keawanui Fishpond Updates 1/10/22
Planting maiʻa as windbreak, harvesting fruit, tending to our kalo patches, and checking on our oysters. Itʻs been a busy two weeks at...
Keawanui Fishpond Updates 12/13/21
E kanu i ka huli ʻoi hāʻule ka ua - Plant the taro stalks while there is rain. Do your work when the opportunity affords. After the...
Keawanui Fishpond Updates 12/6/21
Our focus this week has been tending to our mala and the loko iʻa. In addition to our usual watering and weeding, we’ve also been working...
Keawanui Fishpond Updates 11/15/21
After spending the last few weeks in the mangrove, this week we focused on maintaining and preparing our food farm and fishpond at...
Keawanui Fishpond Updates 11/8/21
This past week at Keawanui Fishpond, the students of @rootedkmka along with our kiaʻi had the opportunity to blend traditional and modern...
Keawanui Fishpond Updates 11/1/21
Invasive species management has been the primary focus of our work at Keawanui Fishpond this past week. We started by weeding our māla...
Keawanui Fishpond Updates 10/18/21
Today we’re taking you along with us as we harvest and clean 34 lbs of kalo to process and make poi for our ‘ohana! To learn more about...
Keawanui Fishpond Updates 10/4/21
ʻĀina Momona's land base is Keawanui Fishpond and Cultural Learning Site in the Kaʻamola land section of Molokaʻi. Keawanui is a 55-acre,...
Keawanui Fishpond Updates 7/16/21
Now that we have regular food production happening on site at Keawanui, we have new problems to find solutions for: pigs and deer! Prior...
Keawanui Fishpond Updates 7/2/21
For the past year our team of kiaʻi have been working to restore the Kaʻamola ahupuaʻa, while simultaneously learning the steps required...
Keawanui Fishpond Updates 6/25/21
As a sea-faring, ocean-dependent people, the marine environment and resources therein are pivotal to indigenous communities’ survival in...
Keawanui Fishpond Updates 6/18/21
Sharing a little joy from our pouhana to yours. Looking over our pictures from this year, we see so much transformation happening to the...
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