{"nodes":[{"node":{"nid":"77796","title":"\u2018Aha Niu: Maui Nui Coconut Celebration Festival","campus":"Off campus","locations":"Maui Nui Botanical Gardens","college_unit":"Julie Ann Wrigley Global Futures Laboratory, Swette Center for Sustainable Food Systems","department":"","field_cost_value":"Free","event_price_level":"Free","asu_events_price_desc":"Free","body_summary":"\u003Cp\u003EThe inaugural \u003Cstrong\u003E\u2018Aha Niu: Maui Nui Coconut Celebration Festival\u003C\/strong\u003E held at the beauti\u003C\/p\u003E","full_body":"\u003Cp\u003EThe inaugural \u003Cstrong\u003E\u2018Aha Niu: Maui Nui Coconut Celebration Festival\u003C\/strong\u003E held at the beautiful Maui Nui Botanical Gardens in Kahului will celebrate niu (coconut) as a quintessential Hawaiian staple crop. The celebration will bring together food systems and Indigenous crops experts, Native Hawaiian and Indigenous cultural practitioners, local producers, chefs, backyard growers, foodies, and, most importantly, the Maui Nui community, from keiki to kupuna.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAttendees will enjoy a day full of niu sprout give-aways, keiki friendly activities, hands-on niu workshops led by cultural practitioners, presentations and talk story with coconut industry experts, and more!\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis community gathering will be hosted by the ASU Swette Center for Sustainable Food Systems in partnership with Hawai\u02bbi-based organizations.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ELearn more on the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/globalfutures.asu.edu\/food\/aha-niu-2026\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003Efestival webpage\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E. \ud83e\udd65\ud83c\udf34\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","phone":"","contactname":"","email":"Carly.Wyman@asu.edu","delta":"0","alias":"https:\/\/asuevents.asu.edu\/event\/aha-niu-maui-nui-coconut-celebration-festival?id=0","ticketing_rsvp_txt":"Register here","ticketing_rsvp_txt2":"","ticketing_rsvp_url":"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSdw_k5dP71auy81pKguc4_zCgkTIYO9iZgb2K2KVMtZ5z6q1A\/viewform","ticketing_rsvp_url2":"","website":"","image_url":"https:\/\/asuevents.asu.edu\/sites\/g\/files\/litvpz3506\/files\/2026-04\/Aha%20Niu%20Festival%20-%20ASU%20Events%20photo%20%282%29.png","image_alt":"","image_title":"","start_date":"Jun 13 2026 - 12:00pm","end_date":"Jun 13 2026 - 6:00pm","time_description":"","very_start_date":"2026-06-13T12:00:00Z","very_end_date":"2026-06-13T18:00:00Z","event_types":"Misc events, Off-campus","interests":"Community|Environment|Food|Health|Sustainability","audiences":"For the community|Hawaii (Honolulu)","event_units":"Julie Ann Wrigley Global Futures Laboratory|Swette Center for Sustainable Food Systems","event_topics":"Family friendly|Free|Open to the public|Sustainability","download":"","event_map_url":"https:\/\/maps.app.goo.gl\/Tog67MZyfCYYkY2H8","event_map_title":"","event_video":"","location_term":"Off campus","venue_address":"150 Kanaloa Ave","venue_city":"Kahului","venue_state":"HI","venue_zip":"96732","alias-indexed":"https:\/\/asuevents.asu.edu\/event\/aha-niu-maui-nui-coconut-celebration-festival?id=0","sport_tag":"","game_type":"","subtitle":"Maui Nui Coconut Celebration Festival","season":"","athletic_conference":"","tv_network":"","radio_station":"","wear_color":"","game_theme":"","history":"","history_text":"","related_stories":"","related_stories_text":"","game_notes":"","game_notes_text":"","recap_link":"","recap_link_text":"","live_stats":"","live_stats_text":"","game_time_tba":"No","sda_all_day":"No","opponent_logo":"","related_videos":"","related_videos_text":""}}]}