I Helped Bring the Same Maui Coffee Farm Back Twice

Kimo Falconer helped bring a closed West Maui coffee farm back in 2003. Twenty years later, the Lahaina fire destroyed MauiGrown Coffee's store and processing facilities—but the fields survived. This is the story of two comebacks on the same ground: a 4,500-pound first harvest that grew into a real coffee business, and the temporary Central Maui milling route that got the crop moving again after the fire. The permanent Kaanapali mills are still not rebuilt. Drought, labor pressure, coffee berry borer, and leaf rust remain real. But the coffee is moving again. Chapters: 00:00 The road was blocked 01:35 The fields survived 02:10 How the coffee experiment began 03:21 The old operation shuts down 04:03 Comeback number one: 4,500 to 500,000 pounds 05:44 The Lahaina fire changes everything 06:47 A temporary route through Central Maui 07:43 Coffee is available again 09:48 The rebuilding is not finished Original background score: "Kimo: Trees Still Alive," created specifically for this video without external samples or loops. Live Their Life tells real stories of American work, family, community, and resilience.