Check out our new PSA for the Hana Farmers Market, in both ‘ōlelo Hawai‘i me ōlelo Pelekane (English)!
Now playing on KOKO Radio, broadcasting in Hana Town at 96.3FM and streaming worldwide at kokolp.org.
Mahalo to Hawaii Farmers Market Association for a SNAP promotion grant to help support this project, Paulo Burns for the translation into ‘ōlelo Hawai‘i, Keaka and Pumehana Helekahi-Burns from Koali Kine Farm for the reading, Skyler Greene for the production, and Jim “Kimo” West for the background music Koali.
Here’s the copy of the PSA:
E hele mai a kūʻai i nā mea ma ka mākeke kaupokulani ma ka ʻauinalā o nā Poʻalima aloha a pau ma ke kaona o Hāna! Kūpuna wale nō ma ka hapalua hola ʻelua a hāmama ka ʻīpuka no ka lehulehu mai ka hola ʻekolu a i ka hola ʻelima. Hiki ke kūʻai mai i nā mea like ʻole mai nā mahiʻai kamaʻaina e like hoʻi me ka lauʻai, ka hua, ka huamoa, nā mea i hana ʻia me ka waiū pipi, ka meli, ka ʻiʻo, ka iʻa, a me nā mea like ʻole hou aʻe. Hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻoka mua ma o ka pūnaewele ma hanafarmersmarket.org. E kiʻi i kāu mau mea i ʻoki ʻia ma ka mākeke. Hiki ke hoʻohana ʻia ke kālā SNAP no laila e lawe mai i kāu kāleka EBT a kākoʻo i nā mahiʻai kamaʻaina o Hāna ma nā Poʻalima aloha a pau!