Makanalani Blog

Tuesday, November 27th is Giving Tuesday, but have you heard of it? Giving Tuesday was started as a day of giving on the first Tuesday after Thanksgiving as a charitable alternative to the shopping frenzy days of Black Friday and Cyber Monday. And it’s the perfect start to the season of giving and goodwill to […]

From our newsletter. Don’t miss out, sign up for the Makanalani Newsletter here (scroll to the bottom of the page to enter your email). Last week was an exciting week for Makanalani and Coconut Marketplace!! JoJo’s Shave Ice had it’s soft opening! Now that another location is up and running, more profits can be made

Happy Thanksgiving! We wish you the very best of Thanksgivings, filled with family, food, and most importantly giving thanks to our Lord God for all that He has provided for us. This is a time to be thankful, for everything, no matter if your burdens at time seem large, the Lord knows all and His

Thanksgiving is about thanks, but also about food! Often people will refer to Thanksgiving as ‘the day of food’ or ‘the day of eating’ but it’s such more than that. Thanksgiving is about giving thanks and looking back to the first Thanksgiving the intentions were very clearly on giving thanks for their first successful harvest

From our newsletter. Don’t miss out, sign up for the Makanalani Newsletter here (scroll to the bottom of the page to enter your email). We had a new addition join us at the Makanalani farm last week. This young cow, also known as a heifer because she hasn’t been bred yet, will grow up and

Did you go to last year’s Rice Street Event? If so you may well remember all the fun events and ono grinds that were to be enjoyed. Well this year is no different promising to be the best party on Kauai! This free, fun and family focused event has something for everyone to bring the

We love any opportunity to meet up with friends and family and celebrate all that is good in life, and we love the hard working and dedicated people who work so hard to constantly think up and put on the wonderful and diverse array of events that we are so blessed to have the chance

Who can’t fail to be intrigued by dinosaurs! These ‘terrible lizards’ are a fascinating part of our history here on earth and even more so on Kauai which has been the filming location for more than one dinosaur based movie! But let’s talk about that name again, terrible lizards, there many be something more in

From our newsletter. Don’t miss out, sign up for the Makanalani Newsletter here (scroll to the bottom of the page to enter your email). Every Monday at the Makanalani farm is dedicated to picking fresh citrus from our lemon, lime, grapefruit, and orange trees. We pick the fruits, sort them for sale, and clean them

Teach your keiki about the gift of giving during this year’s national collection week. Running from November 12th until 19th. The event is hosted by Operation Christmas Child which is part of Samaritan’s Purse a well known organization that provides international relief while spreading the Word of God. All you need to do is find