Ono Organics is a 10.6acre certified organic farm in Moloa’a. The garden is on 2.3 acres, and there are 70 species of fruit on the property. Lindsey teaches the Sustainable Gardening and Farming Program, and Entrepreneurship in the Food Industry at Kaua’i Community College, where he also manages the campus garden. What’s growing now: Apple [...]
One Song Farm uses organic, bio-intensive methods to grow their produce. No fuel is used to dig, plant, cultivate, weed, water or harvest. One Song saves seeds, creating plants that are suited to Kaua’i’s climate. Sun also offers handson garden workshops at the farm. What’s Growing Now: arugula, beets, beet greens, cabbage, canasta lettuce, cilantro, [...]
Ryan and Sarah Wooton of Kaua’i Kunana Dairy do more than raise goats to make gourmet goat and feta cheese. The certified organic farm also grows fruit and vegetables on three acres and maintains beehives for a line of beeswax beauty products. On a typical day Ryan can be found making guacamole, feeding chickens or [...]
Working with several small family farms, Kaua’i Roots Farm Co-op (KRFC) sells seasonal fruit and farmfresh vegetables at South side farmers markets, and offers membership in a community supported agriculture program (CSA). CSA shares are offered at six-week durations, and discounts are available for longer memberships. A Family Box ($25/week) serves four adults for one [...]
Dylan Strong’s Growing Strong Farm uses organic techniques to grow some of Hawai’i’s difficult crops. What’s growing now: Apple bananas, basil, beef- steak tomatoes, bell peppers, beets, carrots, cilantro, kale, lettuce. BELL PEPPER Peppers are not pepper. The plant that produces dried peppercorn is native to Asia, and unrelated to the juicy peppers found in [...]
Chris Kauwe sells raw honey gathered from five bee yards and 60 hives in Maha’ulepu, Kalaheo, Waimea and Koloa. “You’re tasting the flowers of Koloa,” Kauwe tells me at his Koloa bee yard. “You’re tasting cactus, kiawe, coconut any of the plants within about a mile radius of this area.” Kauwe has been a beekeeper [...]
“Food is only as good as the soil it’s grown in,” says Lisa Fuller. “As an organic farmer, that is imperative because that’s where the food is coming from.” One Song Farm uses organic, bio-intensive methods to grow produce. No fuel is used to dig, plant, cultivate, weed, water or harvest. One Song saves seeds, [...]
Kaua’i Shrimp is primarily a selective breeding business, with meat production as a secondary business. “It’s all natural selection,” says sales manager Nancy Kanna, whose husband Robert manages the farm. “Not GMO, no antibiotics, growth promoters, sulfites or polyphosphates are ever used.” To protect the environment, the farm was built without affecting sensitive habitats by [...]
Paul and Jude Huber have been growing extra-fancy dessert pineapple and rambutan tan on 38 acres in Moloa’a since 1995. They have created a five-acre microclimate similar to the native conditions in which rambutan flourishes. The Hubers are known for producing big, juicy rambutan. What’s growing: Rambutan, sugarloaf pineapple RAMBUTAN When people first see a [...]
Orchid Alley Kaua’i has been growing and selling award-winning orchids for 15 years. MidWeek Kaua’i chatted with Neill Sams about orchid care. “We have 1.6 acres in Kapa’a and grow orchids in three greenhouses,” says owner and orchid connoisseur Sams. Sams also offers classes and provides living garden design services. “I want it to feel [...]
