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Kalapana Awa Band; Ghost Riders in the Sky; Uncle Robert's

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Costa Rica: Leafcutter Ants

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Costa Rica, Don Juan Farms: Sugar Cane Processing (6/6)

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How a Kauai Fruit Farmer Raises Worms for Soil (4/5)

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Kauai, NTBG: McBryde Research Garden (3/4)

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Kauai Helicopter: Wainiha, Lumaha'i Beach, and Lihue Landing (6/6)

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Uncle Robert's Awa Bar; Kalapana, Hawaii

These guys were awesome opening before the Kalapana Awa Band.

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Kalapana Awa Band; Ghost Riders in the Sky; Uncle Robert's

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Kalapana Awa Band; Ghost Riders in the Sky; Uncle Robert's

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We made it to Uncle Robert's Awa Bar just before sundown. They played my dad's favorite song, and it was their first time playing it. I cried. Kalapana, Hawaii Island.

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Costa Rica: Leafcutter Ants

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Tico Naturalist Rolo describes the complexity of leafcutter ants and the role of quality control in cultivating fungus out of the leaf material. Rolo and his family are from Monteverde, and I met him there at Don Juan Farms.

Costa Rica, Don Juan Farms: Sugar Cane Processing (6/6)

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Costa Rica, Don Juan Farms: Sugar Cane Processing (6/6)

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Julio describes sugarcane agriculture and demonstrates extraction for sugar production.

How a Kauai Fruit Farmer Raises Worms for Soil (4/5)

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How a Kauai Fruit Farmer Raises Worms for Soil (4/5)

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In this video, Steve describes how to get into worm farming to produce castings and transform the regenerative health of orchard soil. He claims this single practice increased his Noni yield from 10 months per year to 12 months continuous production and pushed it over the top in volume. Steve Frailey has been an organic fruit farmer since the 1960s. He now lives on the island of Kauai with his ...

Kauai, NTBG: McBryde Research Garden (3/4)

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Kauai, NTBG: McBryde Research Garden (3/4)

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Ron Takayama guides us through the McBryde Garden and starts to tell us about the bigger picture of National Tropical Botanical Garden's mission: research for native plants of Kauai, but also for medicinal and toxic plants from around the world.

Kauai Helicopter: Wainiha, Lumaha'i Beach, and Lihue Landing (6/6)

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Kauai Helicopter: Wainiha, Lumaha'i Beach, and Lihue Landing (6/6)

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We fly by the tiny coastal community of Wainiha between the Nā Pali Coast and Hanalei Bay, then back into the island interior. Lastly, we land back in Lihue at the airport.

Nā Pali Coast Helicopter View, Island of Kauai (5/6)

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Nā Pali Coast Helicopter View, Island of Kauai (5/6)

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We fly along the legendary northern coast of Kauai and see the unbelievably deep, fluted erosion from countless years of rain shadow. There are tunnels and sea caves going into the island, and it looks like a living, sleeping, ancient creature.

Kauai Helicopter: Mount Waiʻaleʻale Volcano Crater (2/6)

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Kauai Helicopter: Mount Waiʻaleʻale Volcano Crater (2/6)

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We fly around the mountain, which is the rainiest place on Earth for most weeks of the year, then we fly into the ancient volcano crater. This is like the birthplace of the island and one of the most incredible locations I have witnessed in my lifetime. The deep, old, fluted erosion from so much rainfall over the millennia is unlike anything I've ever seen.

Kauai Helicopter: Lihue Takeoff and Nawiliwili Harbor (1/6)

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Kauai Helicopter: Lihue Takeoff and Nawiliwili Harbor (1/6)

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Lifting off from Lihue Airport campus on the southeastern edge of the island, you can see the runways, then the city of Lihue, which is the most developed part of the island, by far, as well as its administrative seat. Next you see Kalapaki Beach, Nawiliwili Harbor and Fishery areas, then Huleia Stream as the helicopter turns inland, passing the native Menehune Fish Pond into the Huleia Valley ...

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Kauai: Alaka'i Swamp Flood (2/2)

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This is the boardwalk through the lower, flooded portion of the Alaka'i Swamp, on the Island of Kauai, Hawaii, ending at Kilohana Lookout on the north of the island. It is the highest altitude swamp in the world and one of the rainiest areas in the world most of the year, with some of the most rare and unique endemic plants of Kauai.

Kauai: Alakaʻi Swamp Wilderness Preserve (1/2)

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Kauai: Alakaʻi Swamp Wilderness Preserve (1/2)

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Here is a video of the early part of my day in the unflooded portion of Alakaʻi, the highest altitude swamp on Earth, with mostly endangered and endemic plant species of Kauai. This was at the end of May, 2023, following the boardwalk from the direction of Pihea Ridge Trail. It was unbelievably peaceful, and I'm thankful for the visit. The next video will be of the flooded swamp/marsh area.

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Kauai: Lydgate Chocolate Farm (2/2)

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Jake continues the Chocolate Farm tour and starts to explain some of the regenerative agriculture work behind growing cacao, vanilla, tropical fruits, and some companion plants.

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Kauai: Lydgate Chocolate Farm (1/2)

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Jake introduces the Lydgate Family Farm, single-source producers of ceremonial-grade cacao beans and award-winning chocolate bars through regenerative agriculture since the reign of Kamehameha III in Hawaii.

Kauai NTBG: Mamaki, Kava, Turmeric (2/4)

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Kauai NTBG: Mamaki, Kava, Turmeric (2/4)

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Ron Takayama describes the native Kauai plant Mamaki (Pipturus kauaiensis), as well as the canoe plants Kava (Awa) and Turmeric (Olena) in McBryde Research Garden, at the National Tropical Botanical Garden on Kauai, in the US State of Hawaii, 2023.