#Maui Land & Pineapple Company

The 33rd annual Celebration of the Arts will take place April 18-19, 2025, at The Ritz-Carlton Maui, Kapalua, marking the final year of the event. The cherished festival brings together artisans, educators, entertainers and cultural practitioners to honor and perpetuate Hawaiian traditions.

Maui Land & Pineapple Company, Inc. has leased over 1,000 acres of land in West Maui above Kapalua Airport to Ka Ike Ranch, a local family-owned and operated business, in continued efforts to reactivate its agricultural lands and strengthen local food sustainability.

Maui Land & Pineapple Company, Inc. announced the selection of Kainoa Casco as Vice President of Land Productivity and Asset Management. Casco is responsible for developing and executing strategies to create value by increasing the productivity of unimproved land in West Maui.

After years of operating once a week under tents in a parking lot, the Nāpili Farmers Market now has a 3,200-square-foot marketplace for vendors and customers and some brick-and-mortar shops for shelter from rain showers.

Maui Land & Pineapple Company announced the recent appointment of Jasen Kaʻimikaua as Land Manager. In this role, he will support the company’s renewed mission to put its 22,000 acres of land to productive use.

Maui Land & Pineapple Company, Inc. announced the appointment of two new Independent Directors to its Board, effective Jan. 1, 2024: Catherine Ngo, a seasoned leader at the intersection of finance, technology, and law; and Maui native Ken Ota, a successful local entrepreneur with over 30 years of experience in the construction industry and water infrastructure. 

Maui Land & Pineapple Company, Inc. CEO, Race Randle was named Hawaiʻi Board Vice Chair of the Trust for Public Land. The announcement also included the appointment of Kaʻiulani Sodaro to the role of Board Chair of the Trust for Public Land. She also has ties to Maui with previous roles at Maui Land & Pineapple Company, Inc. and Pūlama Lānaʻi.

Maui Land & Pineapple Company, Inc. today announced the appointment of Ashley Takitani Leahey as Vice President of Community Development, effective Aug. 1, 2023. In her new role, Takitani Leahy will work with new CEO, Race Randle, to advance a fresh vision for growing the company’s positive impact on Maui. She will manage the Maui […]

Governor Josh Green, M.D. has named three interim appointees to serve on the State Board of Education, including University of Hawaiʻi Maui College Vice Chancellor of Academic Affairs, Kahele Dukelow.

The Board of Land and Natural Resources unanimously approved a long-range management plan for conservation activities at Pu‘u Kukui Watershed Preserve for Fiscal Years 2024-2030.

The County of Maui has acquired 51.3 acres in West Maui for a purchase price of $2 million from Maui Land & Pineapple Co. for development of a County park, Mayor Michael Victorino announced today.

The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) recently informed the Maui Land & Pineapple Company, Inc. that it is no longer on its “Watch List” and is now considered a “company back in compliance” in accordance with NYSE standards.

Maui Land & Pineapple Company has updated its management plan for the Puu Kukui Watershed Preserve through 2018.

By Wendy Osher [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSTAYat44SA[/youtube] A report filed Monday with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission shows doubts over future operations at Maui Land & Pineapple Company. The document detailed uncertainties in the company’s ability to continue after ceasing pineapple planting last week and laying off 208 employees by tomorrow, New Year’s Eve. The audit also […]

Many on Maui are calling it the end of an era as Maui Land and Pineapple Company pulls the plug on pineapple production.  An estimated 285 lay offs are planned by the end of the year in a move that was announced to workers Tuesday morning. After losing $115 million in agriculture over the past […]

After 97 years of operations, Maui Land & Pineapple Company announced today it will immediately stop planting pineapple and will cease pineapple operations by the end of the year.  The move is part of a structural change that is aimed at making ML&P more competitive, while improving operating efficiencies, and better positioning its Kapalua Resort […]

Maui Land and Pineapple Company today announced the sale of its Plantation Course. The $50 million sale to TY Management is expected to close before the end of the month. Under the sale, Kapalua Plantation Golf, a subsidiary of MLP, will renew a two-year lease to operate the course on behalf of the new owner. […]

(Posted by Wendy OSHER © 2009) (Placeholder image courtesy:  The Ritz-Carlton Club and Residences at Kapalua Bay) Maui Land & Pineapple Company today announced that it concluded a financing agreement to complete construction of its joint venture project, The Ritz-Carlton Club and Residences at Kapalua Bay. The lead lender of the project, Lehman Brothers Holdings, […]

The West Maui Mountain Watershed Partnership celebrated its 10th anniversary with a signing ceremony reaffirming the commitment to protecting 48,000 acres of forested watersheds on the Valley Isle.  Since its inception in 1998, the partnership has managed the native forests of West Maui that provide billions of gallons of water for residents, businesses and agriculture […]