'Ohana Newsletters

Ke Au Hou, Vol. 19
Ke Au Hou, Vol. 19Nov 26th

Last week, we completed our first series of new surveys on Maui and are excited to continue them indefinitely. With each new piece of data, we’ll be able to better understand how our work is impacting the places we help care for and the extent to which we are moving closer to finding balance.

Ke Au Hou, Vol. 18
Ke Au Hou, Vol. 18Aug 20th

Reflecting on a year of Holo ʻAi with the launch of the film, Balance, in partnership with LaCrosse Footwear and expressing all of our mahalo for all the hands that have joined in to share food with our community. Holo ka ʻai!

Ke Au Hou, Vol. 17
Ke Au Hou, Vol. 17Jun 21st

During a recent Holo ‘Ai harvest, I had the pleasure of carrying deer with one such brilliant friend, Dr. Andy Galpin, a Professor and Scientist of Human Performance and host of the Perform Podcast.

Ke Au Hou, Vol. 16
Ke Au Hou, Vol. 16May 21st

Although helping to balance Maui’s deer population will always be at the center of our mission, food-sharing has become an incredibly important and fulfilling outcome and vehicle of and for our work. And we named it Holo ʻAi.

Ke Au Hou, Vol. 15
Ke Au Hou, Vol. 15Apr 17th

As we grew our teams to meet the challenge of balancing Maui’s deer populations, we wanted team members to really understand the wide scope of positive outcomes they were bringing to our ecosystems, communities, and customers.

Ke Au Hou, Vol 14
Ke Au Hou, Vol 14Jan 2nd

In keeping with last yearʻs end-of-year review, we wanted to share Maui Nui, by the numbers, 2023.

Ke Au Hou, Vol. 13
Ke Au Hou, Vol. 13Nov 29th

It becomes more and more clear — serving community is serving our mission. In searching for innovative and effective ways to continue to serve our community, we discovered that actively building better ways to share venison is actually a huge unlock for accelerating our mission goals.

Ke Au Hou, Vol. 12
Ke Au Hou, Vol. 12Sep 30th

The past few weeks have been both challenging and transformative. As a team, we mobilized immediately to respond to both the physical fires and protein needs.

Ke Au Hou, Vol. 11
Ke Au Hou, Vol. 11Sep 28th

Talking story with Tim Ferriss

Ke Au Hou, Vol. 10
Ke Au Hou, Vol. 10Sep 13th

Imagine a work-world where every day your teammates ask one simple question, “Is there anything else I can do to help?”

Ke Au Hou, Vol. 9
Ke Au Hou, Vol. 9Apr 27th

7.2 lbs per minute (ie. one deer every seven minutes). Thatʻs the goal we set each night in order to balance Axis deer populations on Maui

Ke Au Hou, Vol. 8
Ke Au Hou, Vol. 8Mar 3rd

We believe that Humility, Work Ethic, and Emotional Intelligence are skills that, if focused on and measured, can be improved.

Ke Au Hou, Vol. 7
Ke Au Hou, Vol. 7Jan 31st

HHS, Part I, History of Hawaiʻiʻs Deer, Part II, and the launch of our all-new and much improved Venison 101 and Cut Guides.

Ke Au Hou, Vol. 6
Ke Au Hou, Vol. 6Dec 30th

2022, a year in review, living and sharing generative stories, and easily accessible protein options that offer you 10 grams of protein in under 10 minutes of prep time.

Ke Au Hou, Vol. 5
Ke Au Hou, Vol. 5Nov 30th

All the details on our unique work schedule, the "7 and 7," well-wishes of collective abundance for the Makahiki season, and digging through all the delicious data of an all-new nutrient density study.

Ke Au Hou, Vol. 4
Ke Au Hou, Vol. 4Sep 30th

Celebrating a huge jump forward in harvesting and butcher capacity on Maui as well as being able to better center Kamaʻāina Fulfillment and the launch of our new 1 oz. Sticks.

Ke Au Hou, Vol. 3
Ke Au Hou, Vol. 3Aug 29th

The exponential returns of Compounding Impact, History of Hawaiʻiʻs deer Pt. I, and our love of the Dry Salt Brine.

Ke Au Hou, Vol. 2
Ke Au Hou, Vol. 2Jul 29th

How we design our work around "Moon-fluence," taking the time for ceremony as we grow into our new space at ʻUlupalakua, and brushing up on the Barnsley Chop.

Ke Au Hou, Vol. 1
Ke Au Hou, Vol. 1Jun 30th

Scaling from harvesting 500 dear a year to 15,000, a deeper look into why we decided to start our Ke Au Hou Newsletter, and great tips to start grilling like a pro.