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The Details Make a Difference - Organic Food

What Does Organic Mean? The term organic refers to the way agricultural products are grown and processed. The USDA requires organic crops... Read More

By: Steve Frailey Wednesday November 6, 2019 comments Tags: organic farming, organic noni, organic noni farm, organic food

Where Does My Food Come From Series: Benefit of a No-Till System

Many industrial agricultural practices are lethal to soil fertility. These include: deforestation, use of synthetic fertilizers, and soil... Read More

By: Steve Frailey Wednesday October 30, 2019 comments Tags: organic farming, sustainable farming

New on the Farm 2019

Oct 2019 Now is generally the end of the growing season for many crops, not noni its like the energizer bunny that keeps on... Read More

By: Steve Frailey Wednesday October 23, 2019 comments Tags: organic farming, organic noni farm, noni farmers market

A Little about the Coconuts on our Noni Farm

Botanical name: Cocos nucifera The term coconut is derived from the 16th-century Portuguese and Spanish word coco meaning meaning... Read More

By: Steve Frailey Wednesday August 14, 2019 comments Tags: healthy living, healthy eating, healthy lifestyle, organic farming

Letters From Steve April 2019

Aloha! Theres a warmth in the air thats starting to feel like spring, which means its time to start dreaming of seeds, starters, and soil!... Read More

By: Steve Frailey Wednesday April 24, 2019 comments Tags: sustainable farming, organic farming, Noni farm tour

Earth Day Organics

Aloha! Steve Frailey here. Being Earth Day, I wanted to take the time and talk about organic farm ing. What we do daily on a very large... Read More

By: Steve Frailey Monday April 22, 2019 comments Tags: organic farming, sustainable farming, earth day, organic mulching, organic compost

New on the Farm 2018

Dec 2018 We just attended last weekend the Honolulu Marathon Expo. The 30,000 runners come to the Hawaii Convention Center over a three... Read More

By: Steve Frailey Monday December 31, 2018 comments Tags: organic farming, noni farmers market, organic noni farm

Say No to GMO

Natural Vs. Organic and Certified Organic vs. Non-GMO Many years ago, I was attending a trade show on the mainland for our organic Noni... Read More

By: Steve Frailey Wednesday May 30, 2018 comments Tags: organic farming, gmo

Earth Day Fun - Sustainable Farming

Why sustainable farming ? Farmers who practice sustainable farming work with nature without depleting its precious... Read More

By: Steve Frailey Sunday April 22, 2018 comments Tags: organic farming, sustainable energy, sustainable farming

Earth Day Fun- Earthworms

Aloha! With spring in full swing I suspect that many of us ask for a bit of help in the garden. Pulling weeds, planting, mulching......... Read More

By: Steve Frailey Wednesday April 11, 2018 comments Tags: Vermicomposting, vermiculture, organic farming, sustainable farming