Gerry Watts to Leave Maui Pineapple Company | Reuters

 

KAHULUI, Hawaii–(Business Wire)– Maui Land & Pineapple Company, Inc. (NYSE:MLP) today announced that Gerard "Gerry" Watts, vice president and general manager of its agricultural subsidiary, Maui Pineapple Company Ltd., has accepted an offer to become divisional president of a multinational food company based in Southern California. His resignation from Maui Pineapple Company is effective May 9.

"We are deeply grateful to Gerry Watts for his outstanding work at Maui Pineapple Company," said David Cole, chairman, president and CEO of MLP. "Gerry has done a tremendous amount of work in cost containment and streamlining logistics and was instrumental in the development of our strategic relationship with Calavo Growers, Inc. In the three years he has been with us, he has helped to reshape pineapple strategy and operations. We wish him and his family well as they return to California."

The company is accelerating initiatives Gerry had undertaken to consolidate fresh pineapple operations at its Honolua plantation to take advantage of better growing conditions, shorter growing cycles, and lower operating costs. Robert Webber, COO, CFO & EVP of ML&P, will oversee the transition.

Maui Land & Pineapple Company, Inc. is committed to the integration of agriculture, natural resource management and eco-effective design principles to create and manage holistic communities. ML&P’s vision of holistic communities is based on the traditional Hawaiian model of ahupua`a, a system of self-reliance based on the artful use of land and water resources to sustain island life indefinitely. ML&P is a Hawai`i corporation and successor to a business organized in 1909. Its principal operating subsidiaries are Maui Pineapple Company Ltd., a producer and marketer of Maui-grown conventional and organic pineapple and diversified produce, and Kapalua Land Company Ltd., operator of Kapalua Resort, a 22,000 acre master-planned resort community in West Maui. For more information, visit mauiland.com.

Gerry Watts to Leave Maui Pineapple Company | Reuters

Molokai Ranch: Coconut palm removal worries condo owners

By Kate Gardiner
4/16/2008
Molokai News

Trees will be used as barricades

Kaluakoi and Ke Nani Kai residents awoke to a surprise last Wednesday morning: the buzz of chainsaws coming from the fairways of their well-used golf course.

Some looked out towards the ocean to see some of the former resort’s oldest coconut palms toppling to the ground at the hands of Molokai Ranch employees around 6:30 a.m.

Coconut palms were being cut down around the Kaluakoi Golf Course, said John Sabas, general manager for community relations for Molokai Ranch.

Sabas said that the trees are being removed, “strictly for the safety and health and liability issues. We’re not cutting down all the trees. We’re selecting the ones that are extremely tall with fruit on them that pose a risk. We are placing them around the property to minimize illegal access to the golf course.”

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Herbicide Field Day on Wedelia & Sedges

Reminder…Herbicide Field Day on Wedelia & Sedges

This Friday, April 4, 2008

To: Landscape & Golf Course Industries

Wedelia is often used as a groundcover. However, some people consider it a weed and efforts are currently being taken to place it on the invasive weed list. Recently an herbicide trial was conducted with Sedge-Hammer (SledgeHammer | Sledge-Hammer), Manage, Certainty, Monument, and Image for the control of wedelia, purple nutsedge, green kyllinga, and white kyllinga. You are invited to attend a field day to observe the herbicide effects on wedelia and the early results on these sedges.

Date: April 4, 2008 (Friday)
Place: Meet at Maui Community College Greenhouse, Kahului
Time: 11:00 to 12:00 pm
Registration Deadline April 3.

To register you may call the Cooperative Extension Service at 244-3242 x222 or x230.
Please notify us if you require special assistance or if you need directions to attend this event.

Educational Credits

  • One (1) pesticide credit from the Hawaii Dept. of Agriculture will be provided for categories 3 (Ornamental & Turf) and 10 (Demonstration, Research & Instruction).
  • Golf Course Superintendents Association of America educational credits will also be awarded.
  • One (1) UH/CES Landscape Advisor IPM credits will be provided.

This project is supported in part by the County of Maui.

Norman M. Nagata
Extension Agent (Landscape, Turfgrass, Ornamental Plant)
University of Hawaii at Manoa, Cooperative Extension Service
310 Kaahumanu Avenue, Bld. 214; Kahului, Maui, Hawaii 96732
Tele. (808)244-3242 x 230, Fax (808)244-7089