"Oprah's Farm on Maui yields harvest for Bio-Logical Capital's Hawaii operation"
(Michelle and Oprah's "Girl Time Revealed." They BOTH SHARE..interest in ORGANIC and SUSTAINABLE FARMING...and that's a GOOD THING.!
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Oprah's Farm on Maui yields harvest for Bio-Logical Capital's Hawaii operation
Janis L. Magin
Managing Editor- Pacific Business News
Oprah Winfrey enlisted Bio-logical Capital's Hawaii operation to create a sustainable farm on some 16 acres of land she owns in Upcountry Maui last summer, and now she's showing off her harvest in next month's issue of O, the Oprah Magazine.
Winfrey, who owns several hundred acres in Kula, said the idea to farm some of the land came from her friend, fitness expert Bob Greene, who noted that some 90 percent of the food on Maui was imported from other places.
"We realized if we could grow delicious food ourselves, we could share it," Winfrey wrote in the magazine. "So we designated 16 acres for farming, and last summer, with the help of a brilliant natural-resource-management group called Bio-Logical Capital, we planted a single acre with more than 100 species of fruits, vegetables and herbs."
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Oprah Winfrey enlisted Bio-logical Capital's Hawaii operation to create a sustainable farm on some 16 acres of land she owns in Upcountry Maui last summer, and now she's showing off her harvest in next month's issue of O, the Oprah Magazine.
Winfrey, who owns several hundred acres in Kula, said the idea to farm some of the land came from her friend, fitness expert Bob Greene, who noted that some 90 percent of the food on Maui was imported from other places.
"We realized if we could grow delicious food ourselves, we could share it," Winfrey wrote in the magazine. "So we designated 16 acres for farming, and last summer, with the help of a brilliant natural-resource-management group called Bio-Logical Capital, we planted a single acre with more than 100 species of fruits, vegetables and herbs."
The crops were planted in a half-moon shape, and Winfrey said one of the reasons for the variety of plants was to see which would thrive. So far, beets, leafy greens and beans are doing well, she said.
"The other reason: The greater the diversity of crops, the richer the mix of nutrients that can wind up in the soil," she wrote. "Here on Maui, our soil is now so good and so rich that we’re already producing 145 pounds of food each week."
Winfrey said she is currently giving away the produce, but Greene said in a video posted on People magazine's website that they plan to start selling it soon. Winfrey registered trademark applications last year for the brands "Oprah's Organics" and "Oprah's Harvest," and previously registered the business name Oprah's Farm LLC with the state Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs.
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