July 29, 2022

Ke Au Hou, Vol. 2

Maui Nui Venison
Ke Au Hou 'Ohana Newsletter
Ke Au Hou 'Ohana Newsletter
Hawaiʻiʻs people have had an intimate relationship with the moon for millennia with each moon phase named and known. The Hawaiian calendar system was counted in malama, in moons, not days. The calendar directed activities around fishing, agriculture and numerous other daily practices. For example, Mauli, the last of the waning crescents, was a moon known to be good for fishing due to lower tides. Many of Hawaiʻiʻs people have continued or returned to referencing this traditional calendar system as it relates to their daily activities - whether fishing, farming, or gathering plants. In our own harvests, we are continually learning how intuitive and intelligent this system really is.
MOON-FLUENCE. Itʻs a term we use to describe the influence each moon has on the efficiency of nightly harvests at Maui Nui.
Maui Nui on-site facilities
Our teams, like so many harvesters before us, have a close relationship with the moon
Maui Nui Dashboard
A sense of place
Over the past few months, weʻve been so fortunate to be able to create a new home for Maui Nui within ʻUlupalakua Ranch. In the midst of moving house, weʻve also undergone
Our ritual for blessing a new hale, or house, is called the moku ka piko ceremony. Moku ka piko translates to the cutting of the umbilical cord. Just as a babyʻs piko, or cord, is cut at birth
A lei is carefully plaited and hung over the door to symbolize the piko, the cord. Each plant woven into the piko lends its own superpower to the blessing and signifies its own well-wish for the kind of life the hale might have and house
Ke aloha nui no, Ku'ulani Muise
Mastering Venison. Brushing up on the Barnsley
Mastering Venison. Brushing up on the Barnsley
Mastering Venison. Brushing up on the Barnsley
Mastering Venison. Brushing up on the Barnsley
Mastering Venison. Brushing up on the Barnsley