Lāhui: Valuing Community

Dr. Noa Lincoln is Associate Professor in Indigenous Crops and Cropping Systems at University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa and the Principal Investigator of the Indigenous Cropping Systems Laboratory. He is also a farmer and works with his wife on an ‘ulu (breadfruit) farm on Hawai‘i Island, as part of the Hawai‘i ‘Ulu Cooperative which they founded. 

We have a wide ranging and deep dive discussion about: the distinction between European and Hawai‘ian cosmology in relationship to earth; the impacts of foreign investment in Hawai‘i;  the true value of community based agriculture; the benefit of cooperative and collaborative farming enterprises; and the need to reconfigure the social, finance, land use and hard  infrastructure from the legacy of large scale, export based plantation agriculture to more localized infrastructure; and, we brainstorm some policy interventions as we touch on global economic issues and biocomplexity. 

In other words, we get right to the nub of the matter. And it starts with the remarkable story of why his current position at the University of Hawai‘i was created. 

For more info:

• Dr. Noa Lincoln’s bio
• Indigenous Cropping Systems Laboratory 
  Dr. Noa Lincoln’s laboratory website, including publications and other sources)
• A social network analysis of individuals and organizations engaged in local food production and food access in Hawai’i 
• Hawai’i ‘Ulu Cooperative
  An ‘ulu (breadfruit) cooperative on Hawai’i island, founded and managed by Dr. Noa Lincoln’s wife, Dana Shapiro

Credits: 

Created, produced, and hosted by Paula Daniels

Sound engineer: Keola Iseri
Project support: Sue Woodard

Theme music: Caryssa Shinozawa
Music: "Monomer" by Leroy Wild, “Makapu‘u Pali”, “Waialua By Night”, “Kolekole”, “Kaaawa Ranch” by Pacific Sounds

Logo: Reiko Quitevis, Sue Woodard

Thanks to our sponsor, the Hawai‘i Institute for Sustainable Community Food Systems at the University of Hawai‘i - West O‘ahu

Thanks also to the students at Waipahu High School for sound creation (Caryssa Shinozawa, Landon Guzman, Syd Sausal) and graphic design (Ashley Alfaro, Erika Pagtulingan, Reiko Quitevis); and their teachers, Noelle- lili Edejer and Sky Bruno.