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The University of Hawaiʻi Center for Oral History just launched a collection of interviews tapping seaweed cultural expertise across the state. The oral histories with limu experts like Wally Ito build on the work of seaweed scientist Isabella Abbott.
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A Hawaiʻi Island farm recently debuted its first limu kohu-fed and low-emissions goat cheese at the Merriman’s restaurant in Waimea. Limu kohu has long been a staple in the traditional Native Hawaiian diet, but studies have shown that goats may also benefit. HPR's Kuʻuwehi Hiraishi was on site to learn more about this process.
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Limu is not just seaweed, it's the foundation of the marine life food chain. Our partners at the Center for Oral History at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa introduce limu gatherers Wally Ito, Vivian Lehua Ainoa and Alyson Napua Barrows.
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AES Hawaiʻi discusses the opening of its Waikōloa solar farm; a Leilani Estates resident reflects on the fifth anniversary of the Kīlauea eruption; the Limu Hui shares the importance of seaweed to the marine life food chain; and a Kahuku High School senior talks about being a U.S. Presidential Scholar
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The newest building at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa will be named after Isabella Aiona Abbott, otherwise known as the 'First Lady of Limu.'
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Aquaculture generated close to $80 million in 2021, more than coffee or macadamia nuts — the cash crops often associated with the islands. The Conversation visited a Hawaiʻi Island business that propagates seaweed for cow feed to reduce the methane in their burps.
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Symbrosia was one of two companies at the Natural Energy Laboratory of Hawaiʻi Authority on Hawaiʻi Island to get a boost in funding this year. Symbrosia founder Alexia Akbay and newly hired science officer Miguel Olaizola shared their plan to scale up and produce the feed additive commercially.
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University of Hawaiʻi botanist Celia Smith spoke to The Conversation about researching the effect of coastal cesspools on our reefs so we can better protect our nearshore ecosystems. Smith recalled she was thrilled when then-Gov. David Ige declared 2022 “The Year of Limu."
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Noelani Puniwai is an ecologist and assistant professor at the UH Kamakakūokalani Center for Hawaiian Studies. She joined The Conversation to talk about why the limu survey is so important to the healing of the island which the military used to bomb for training for 50 years.
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Red Hill deficiencies at fuel facility spur EPA's order of consent with Navy; Oral history project highlights WWII Japanese incarceration; Did a shark attack a Kīhei deer?; Grim future ahead for Hawaiʻi's endemic birds; New seaweed survey focuses on Kahoʻolawe limu