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SWOA KEDGE
John: WELCOME BACK TO
"LIVING808."
SECOND STOP IS ANOTHER FOODIE
FAVORITE.
Mikey: NORTH SHORE MACADAMIA
NUT COMPANY TALK ABOUT THEIR
HISTORY AND HOW THEIR BUSINESS
WAS BORN.
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John: AND JOINING ME RIGHT
THE NORTH SHORE MACADAMIA NUT
COMPANY.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING WITH
US ON "TAKE 2."
I APPRECIATE IT.
IT'S OUR PLEASURE BEING HERE.
ALOHA.
John: I WANT TO KNOW REAL
QUICK FOR OUR VIEWERS, IF YOU
CAN TELL ME WHAT GOT YOU STARTED
NUTS.
LET ME START THAT IT IS, I
SOLELY WORK FOR RANDY AND MARY.
THEY'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR
NEARLY 50 YEARS.
AND RANDY IS A KAMA'AINA SON.
HIS FATHER WAS MANAGER FOR
WAIALUA SUGAR PLANTATION.
THAT'S HOW IT GOT STARTED.
HE WAS INTERESTED IN IT.
John: IT'S NOT SOMETHING
THAT YOU JUST SAY, I'M GOING TO
DO MACADAMIA NUTS.
HERE YOU ARE.
WAIALUA SUGAR PLANTATION
STARTED AT ABOUT 1895.
HIS FATHER WAS MANAGER FOR ABOUT
30 YEARS.
HE GOT INVOLVED BECAUSE IT WAS
ON 24 ACRES.
1700 TREES.
WAIALUA SUGAR MILILANI MILL.
AND RANDY, AS A YOUNG MAN, HAS
ALWAYS BEEN INTERESTED IN
AGRICULTURE BY HIS FATHER.
MACADAMIA CAME FROM AUSTRALIA.
EVERYONE THINKS IT'S HAWAIIAN
BUT IT WAS INTRODUCED IN 1882.
John: I THINK A LOT OF US
WILL BE, REALLY?
[LAUGHTER]
BIT ABOUT YOUR PRODUCT AND HOW
THEY'RE MADE?
NUMBER ONE SELLINGER IS
SALTED MACADAMIA NUTS.
THEY ARE DRY ROASTED.
WE ARE THE ONLY COMMERCIAL FARM
ON ITON THE ISLAND OF OAHU.
WE GROW THESE DELICIOUS NUTS UP
ON WAIALUA, ON MOUNT KAALA ABOVE
WAIALUA HIGH SCHOOL.
BEAUTIFUL 24 ACRES, 1700 TREES,
AND WE HAVE NOT ONLY OTHER
FLAVORS WE HAVE UNSALTED.
THEY'RE TRY ROASTED.
WE HAVE AN ONO GARLIC MAUI
UNYUN.
SWEET ONES, COCONUT, KONA COFFEE
AND 100% KONA COFFEE.
John: IT'S INTERESTING YOU
MENTIONED MOMENTS AGO THAT THE
MACADAMIA NUTS WERE INTRODUCES INTRODUCED
HERE.
WHEN YOU THINK MACADAMIA NUTS,
ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD, YOU THINK
HAWAI'I.
YES.
John: AND SOME OF YOUR
FLAVORS ARE VERY HAWAI'I.
YES.
LIKE THE GARLIC MAUI ONION.
IT'S DELICIOUS.
CHOP IT UP AND PUT IT ON YOUR
SALAD OR ON TOP YOUR MAHIMAHI.
OR POKE.
John: THAT'S DEFINITELY
SOMETHING.
WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE PART ABOUT
BEING THE MANAGER OF NORTH SHORE
MACADAMIA NUT COMPANY?
WHAT'S THE MOST INTERESTING
PART?
MY HAWAIIAN FAMILY, I CAN GO
BACK TO THIS AREA AT LEAST 1920,
IF NOT FURTHER.
I'M BACK HERE WITH MY ROOTS.
IT IS OUTSIDE AND IT'S VERY
GRAWRKS.
GRACIOUS.
WE CAN SHOW OLD HAWAI'I.
WE CAN SPEAK ABOUT THE
AGRICULTURE AND MANAO AND SHARE
BEAUTIFUL HAWAIIAN TRADITIONS.
OUTSIDE.
YOU MUST SEE IT.
LOCATION ACROSS HALEIWA BEACH
PARK.
John: THAT BRINGS ME TO MY
FINAL QUESTION, HOW DOES
SOMEBODY TAKE A LOOK AT THE FARM
AND COME AND VISIT.
YOU?
WE'RE AT NORTH SHORE
MACADAMIA NUT Cmacadamia nut company
NORTH SHORE MAC NUT.com.
ACROSS FROM HALEIWA BEACH PARK.
PUANA SIDE.
WE HAVE A SIGN OUTSIDE.
BEAUTIFUL TREES.
WE HAVE COFFEE TREES TO SHOW
YOU.
SUGARCANE, HAWAIIAN INDIGENOUS
PLANTS.
HAPPY TO HELP YOU.
John: THANK YOU FOR TAKING
THE TIME TO TALK TO US.
NORTH SHORE MACADAMIA NUT
COMPANY IN HALEIWA.
IWALANI, THANK YOU.
MY PLEASURE.
THANK YOU.
AI HUI HOU.
Tannya: COACH GREAT
AGRIBUSINESS.
MACADAMIA NUTS, I COULD POLISH A
BAG IN ONE SITTING.
IT'S A GOOD FAT.
THEY'RE DELICIOUS, ESPECIALLY
THE LOCAL VARIETY.
Mikey: SAME.
I USED TO GROW UP EATING THE
GARLIC ROASTED MACADAMIA NUT.
ANYTHING GARLIC, I LOVE.
DON'T STAND NEAR ME.
SOCIAL DANCE.
Mikey: I SHOULD HAVE SOME
NOW.
Tannya: NEXT UP, OUR FINAL
HOMETOWN HAWAI'I STOP
CELEBRATING THE NORTH SHORE OF