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It’s Tuesday, July 17 – From HPR2, it’s The Conversation. 

Vacations to get your hands dirty and keep Maui farmers in business.

Bill Greenleaf is the Legislative Chair and Treasurer of the Hawaii Farmers Union. He owns and operates Greenleaf Farms, a 2 acre boutique farm in upcountry Maui.

Feeling it in your bones- the music of the marrow

Babatunji Heath is the organizer and one of the performers for Music for Your Marrow, a benefit concert to thank bone marrow donors, at Anna O’Brien’s in Honolulu, Saturday, July 21.   

When Martian eyes are watching the whole world sees their view

Scott Rowland has been a UH Specialist since 1989. He researches lava flows, Hawaiian volcanoes, and Galapagos volcanoes, using field and remote sensing data. He teaches Hawaiian Geology, Geologic Hazards, Field Methods, Hydrology, and Remote Sensing.

Little cup, big impact: the rice taste of joy

Chris Pearce is a founder of “The Joy of Sake,” the largest sake-tasting event outside of Japan, which happens Friday night at the Pier Two Cruise Terminal in Honolulu Harbor.

Plus one of the not-so-long ago boys of summer in our backyard, today’s reality check and the Aljazeera global report… next the news… from NPR