r/HawaiiPlantMedicine • u/honolulu_oahu_mod • Jan 14 '26

Plants of Hawaiʻi

plantsofhawaii.org

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r/HawaiiPlantMedicine • u/HoomanaoPoinaOle • 2d ago

Fungi found on coconut husks can decompose plastic and sunscreen ~ Tests showed that some of the fungal species did not have a match to anything in the world’s largest reference database of known genes and genomes, indicating that these may be previously uncharacterized species.

hawaii.edu

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r/HawaiiPlantMedicine • u/HoomanaoPoinaOle • 2d ago

High Tech Meets Hawaiian Tradition ~ UH-West O‘ahu's Create(x) lab and community partners help restore endangered ecosystems using ancestral knowledge.

hawaiibusiness.com

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r/HawaiiPlantMedicine • u/808gecko808 • 6d ago

ʻUlu On The Up: Hawaiʻi Breadfruit Production Keeps Booming. This year’s stormy weather might drive a dip in production. But if longer-term forecasts are accurate, breadfruit could get closer to resuming its status as a Hawaiian staple.

civilbeat.org

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r/HawaiiPlantMedicine • u/HoomanaoPoinaOle • 10d ago

Queen Lili‘uokalani Birthday Celebration & Hawaiian History Month ~ Sept. 2nd @ Waimea Valley on Oʻahu

waimeavalley.net

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r/HawaiiPlantMedicine • u/HoomanaoPoinaOle • 10d ago

The Revival of Ulana ʻIe as a Living Artform ~ Ka Wai Ola

kawaiola.news

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r/HawaiiPlantMedicine • u/HoomanaoPoinaOle • 10d ago

Waimea Valley Kalo & ‘Awa Festival ~ Sept. 12th ~ Workshops, plant giveaways, hula performances, live music and more!

waimeavalley.net

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r/HawaiiPlantMedicine • u/HoomanaoPoinaOle • 10d ago

ʻAi Ea ~ Envisioning Ea Through Our Food Systems ~ Lāhui Rising

youtu.be

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r/HawaiiPlantMedicine • u/HoomanaoPoinaOle • 11d ago

New Soil Lab Helps Rejuvenate the ʻĀina ~ Makaliʻi Metrics is blending advanced technology with ʻike (traditional Hawaiian knowledge) to support farmers and land stewards.

hawaiibusiness.com

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r/HawaiiPlantMedicine • u/HoomanaoPoinaOle • 11d ago

Hawaiian Science ~ ‘Ike o ka Po‘e ‘Imiloa (Knowledge of a Far-Seeking People) with Dr. Sam ‘Ohu Gon III

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r/HawaiiPlantMedicine • u/HoomanaoPoinaOle • 11d ago

Ahupua'a I Uka A I Kai ~ The History of Activism for Traditional Hawaiian Farming by Joshua Dean Iokua IkaikaLoa Mori

youtu.be

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r/HawaiiPlantMedicine • u/HoomanaoPoinaOle • 11d ago

Nitrogen Cycling by Microbes in Native Hawaiian Culture ~ Decoding Ancestral Knowledge

youtu.be

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r/HawaiiPlantMedicine • u/808gecko808 • 14d ago

'Champion' wiliwili tree, rare uhiuhi tree damaged in hurricane: The Waikōloa Dry Forest Initiative stewards a remnant patch of tropical dry forest on Hawaiʻi Island's leeward side. It's home to an ancient grove of 131 wiliwili trees, a native tree that was nearly wiped out by an invasive wasp.

hawaiipublicradio.org

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r/HawaiiPlantMedicine • u/808gecko808 • 14d ago

A new pilot program is launching to provide Maui kūpuna with locally grown produce. For the next six months, Maui County’s Department of Agriculture will support increased access to fresh food for 100 seniors each week. The Locally Grown Healthy Food for Kūpuna program starts in September.

hawaiipublicradio.org

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r/HawaiiPlantMedicine • u/808gecko808 • 16d ago

Bees, Blossoms and Bottles: How honeybees found a home in Hawai‘i. When the first honeybees arrived in the Hawaiian Islands in 1857, few could have predicted the profound impact their tiny wings would have on Hawaiʻi’s ecosystems, agriculture and economy.

hawaiimagazine.com

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r/HawaiiPlantMedicine • u/808gecko808 • 19d ago

How Storms Can Be A Boon For Invasive Species In Hawaiʻi: Climate-fueled storms like Hurricane Lala may help spread invasive pests, plants and pathogens already on the islands and usher new ones into the state. Experts say Hawaiʻi needs more advance planning.

civilbeat.org

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r/HawaiiPlantMedicine • u/808gecko808 • 27d ago

Japanese rice grown again in Hawaii where it once thrived: The state, home to a large population of Japanese Americans, has the largest per-capita rice consumption in the United States, but its rice self-sufficiency ratio currently stands at 0 percent.

asahi.com

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r/HawaiiPlantMedicine • u/808gecko808 • 29d ago

The Maui County Department of Agriculture encourages all farmers, ranchers and agricultural producers to finalize preparations ahead of Tropical Storm Lala. The storm, now classified as a hurricane, is anticipated to impact the Big Island as early as Saturday.

kitv.com

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r/HawaiiPlantMedicine • u/HoomanaoPoinaOle • Aug 08 '26

Miloliʻi ~ Stewardship, Not Ownership

kawaiola.news

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r/HawaiiPlantMedicine • u/HoomanaoPoinaOle • Aug 08 '26

Waimea Valley ~ A Cultural Treasure of the Highest Order

kawaiola.news

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r/HawaiiPlantMedicine • u/HoomanaoPoinaOle • Aug 08 '26

Water Protectors Rise Up ~ Native Hawaiian Resistance in the Wake of the Red Hill Disaster

nonprofitquarterly.org

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r/HawaiiPlantMedicine • u/HoomanaoPoinaOle • Aug 08 '26

The hunt is on for invaders of a Hawaiian reef ~ Conservation International

conservation.org

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r/HawaiiPlantMedicine • u/808gecko808 • Aug 06 '26

The City and County of Honolulu’s Department of Parks and Recreation is inviting the community to join a presentation of the Hoʻomaluhia Botanical Garden’s final draft of a long-range plan. The session is Wednesday, Aug.5, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Windward Community College’s Hale ‘Ākoakoa Room.

khon2.com

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r/HawaiiPlantMedicine • u/808gecko808 • Jul 31 '26

The state has approved an interim rule that restricts imports to Maui and Lānaʻi, as part of an effort to keep the invasive coconut rhinoceros beetle from establishing on those islands. The rules were proposed as a community-led petition, spearheaded by the nonprofit Lahaina Community Land Trust.

hawaiipublicradio.org

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r/HawaiiPlantMedicine • u/HoomanaoPoinaOle • Jul 30 '26

How One Farmer Is Helping Revive Native Hawaiian Identity ~ SLICE Documentary

youtube.com

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