Perhaps this topic (authentic relationships) is more important than growing food and building structures. I have been frustrated at the (over) emphasis on food sustainability as if that were the solution to all the world’s problems. Communication is far more nourishing to me. Thank you for taking the time to comment. — Karin

the land, for instance is ‘aina (with an ‘okina, “inverted single quote.

Liliko‘i also has an ‘okina

On a Mac you can make the Hawaiian “diacriticals” when you use the Hawaiian language, then the regular single quote becomes inverted, a kāhako with that horizontal stripe over a vowel makes that syllable stressed, and the vowel slightly longer Have no idea how that comes over on a Windows machine, it should be working on a linux OS.

Taro is Kalo in Hawaiian
Coconut is Niu
And I assume that of course you know the difference between coconut water (the fluid in a young cocnut, delicious and cool on a hot day!) and coconut “milk” which is older coconut meat shredded, soaked in water, then squeezed out — the resulting milky looking stuff is coconut milk.
Coconut fat is not a “good” fat, the experts say, but millions of people eat it every day of their lives so it should be all right.

Great website, it’s an interesting read. Will you be publishing a recipe book? There is a Tara yogo place over on the other coast which has a recipe book you might be interested in.

It might make it easier to deal with pigs if you had a pig trap. Then they can be caught in a convenient spot for processing. Easier to sneak up on them in a trap as well as safer, too.

A hui hou,
Niele da Kine