A message from Hawai'i

Aloha, my name is Bryce Kuhr. I am living on a farm in North Kohala, Hawaii. I am working for an institution called HIP Ag, the Hawaii Institute of Pacific Agriculture. After taking a four-week sustainable living course where we lived in t

ents and farmed the land, I decided to stay for a yearlong permaculture apprenticeship. I am still living in a tent, in an area where new students will be camping. My birthday recently passed (7/29), and I need to raise money to buy a Halé (a small cottage). A Halé is an eight by sixteen foot cottage that can fit a comfortable bed, a small closet, and a small kitchenette. I will be getting light from solar energy, water from a well and fresh breezes through the screen walls.
My goal is to be a permaculture educator, teaching others from abroad and in the community how to grow organic foods for themselves and their family. With donations to HIP Ag in my name, Bryce Kuhr, you can help me achieve my goal to increase awareness of organic foods and sustainable living. I am the happiest I have ever been eating local organic foods every day. I am also living with a community of family and friends who understand me and encourage me to grow. Through the “aloha spirit”, I have fallen in love with life again, I am excited to wake up in the morning. Through your support I can be in a better position to teach others to grow organic food for themselves and others increasing their health. I am happy to send photographs showing the progress of the Hale to anyone who donates.

“We have a special opportunity to offer a sustainable living course in one of the most pristine parts of Hawaii, North Kohala. Our courses offer a unique curriculum that facilitates the student growing physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually. I have seen this education change lives, giving students life long hands on skills and healthy living habits.”
-Dashiell Kuhr, Director

http://hipagriculture.org/
PO Box 497
Kapa’au HI
96755

This Halé will cost $3,500, and with your donation you can help change my life and maybe the world some day.
Bryce Kuhr, Permaculture Apprentice
brycekuhr@gmail.com
619-840-4164

"just another shitty day in paradise":

Last time on Food Whisperer... dun dun dun

Now what?? AMAZING FOOD! Thats what!

Sorry for no step by step pictures, when in Hawai'i you work with what you got. 

I started out taking the pork belly, which when cured in bacon, and I boiled it for 10 minutes in agua. 

Then I boiled it in this pickling liquid for 30 minutes.

4 cups water
3/4 cup apple cider vinegar
1 tablespoon kosher salt
1 dozen whole cloves
1 dozen whole peppercorns
3/4 cup brown sugar

For full recipe click HERE

Then once that is done boiling I put into a dry cast iron pan and fried it until crisp. 

A good breakfast needs fried plantains.. duh. 

 With two organic eggs from the farm, breakfast for champions. 

This meal was 100% from the land. 

I went on a run to the cliffs after this ginormous breakfast. 

See the sunburn on my chest? Hawai'i man!

We went to sushi rock, yum.

This is Ono avocado and sprouts roll with some kind of sweet and sour reduction. 

Ohmygoodness this was delicious. 

Tuna and yellow tail. 

Then we also got a mango mac-nut spicy tuna roll but we ate it too fast for me to take a picture. 

Here is one of many fruit smoothies I have been a-chuggin. 

Pork shoulder stew? Heck yeah!

This stew was lunch, and for dinner I took the meat out and shredded it for tacos. 

This was such a last minute throw together meal.

Nick who has lived in Mexico and southern California says it tasted like authentic Carnitas. So I strongly recommend impressing people with this!

Tooth brush party!

I leave this wonderful island tonight. But still stick with me for some reflections.

Also when I am living in the city I am non-stop baking and blogging so follow me on my journey through high school!