Natural solutions help cultivators conserve and collect water, revitalize the soil and increase production.

Many areas across Hawaiʻi are seeing increased drought conditions once again. Gardeners, farmers and foresters can be considerably affected by these severe droughts.

Even East Hawaiʻi island’s Hilo and Hāmākua districts rivers and creeks are dry much of the year now. Widespread increased drought means increased fire risk.

Thankfully, there are natural solutions that help cultivators conserve and collect water, revitalize the soil, and increase production.

To understand how to overcome drought, we need to consider what is leading to increased drought.

One of the factors behind persistent drought is the rain shadow effect, where rain is reduced behind mountains, as happens to Molo

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