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MKEC’s Chocolate Laulima program gets a ‘Sunday jazz’ boost

Each Sunday, the rooftop at Maui Kuʻia Estate Chocolate factory in Lahaina hosts chocolate tasting and fundraising. It’s part of MKEC’s Chocolate Laulima, a cooperative program that promotes support and awareness of island nonprofit organizations.

Cacao Farmers Gear Up for Harvest at Maui Ku’ia Estate Cacao Farm, Public Tours Open

Spring harvest is underway for cacao farmers David McPherson and Palani Wright at the Maui Ku‘ia Estate Chocolate’s 20-acre cacao farm with over 5,000 cacao trees to be harvested. The Lahaina farm also opened for public tours from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., seven days a week, from Monday through Sunday.

Maui Ku‘ia Estate Chocolate Promotes Lisa Foth to Vice President and General Manager

Maui Ku‘ia Estate Chocolate Inc. announced the promotion of Lisa Foth to vice president and general manager of Maui’s first farm-to-bar chocolate factory.

Maui Ku‘ia Estate Chocolate Harvests Cacao Crop

Maui Ku’ia Estate Cacao harvested the first crop of its kind on the West Side in 2018; a second harvest now provides beans for an upcoming chocolate factory.