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Spring has finally come to our farm, and colorful flowers have begun to bloom!Even though Hawaii is known as the "Island of Everlasting Summer," we have winter, the rainy season. The days are usually chilly during the rainy season, gener...

Our first seasonal event of 2024, the "Vernal Equinox Festival," attracted well over 30 people and four large, friendly dogs, filling the small farm. The theme of this year's event was avocados and turmeric (autumn ukon), both just harve...

Dr. Vince Okada of HPU brought a group of Social Workers from Japan to our farm. They entered the profession hoping to help vulnerable people in society due to various challenges. During the meditation session, their beautiful hearts see...

Students from Hawaii Pacific University conducted the first group visit to the farm in 2024. Soaked by the cold rain, the 20 students, from freshpersons through juniors taking the Peace Studies course taught by Professor Vince Okada, ear...

Here came the best Christmas present! Electricity from the grid to our agroforestry farm was finally installed. Right after we obtained the parcel lease in 2020, the government agencies closed due to the pandemic by COVID-19. Even after ...

A few days ago, Gary was staring at Ko’olau Mountain without words for a while. "What's wrong? "A mongoose killed our chickens..." Our grown chickens are free-range while Gary is on the farm, roaming around the farm eating fruit such as ...

We recently had an exhilarating experience as an agroforestry farmer. This farm in Waimanalo on Oahu produces many tropical fruits such as bananas, papayas, ulu (breadfruit), etc. The most popular among them are creamy, delicious avocado...

In April, two wild ducks started coming daily from somewhere to our agroforestry farm. When I first discovered them, I was so excited. I thought our farm-raised ducklings, killed by wild pigs or mongooses at night last year, had come bac...

Did you see the full moon tonight? What a big and beautiful moon it was just above the horizon! I stopped the car and fell in love with it with a sigh while driving home. The full moon in October, called “Hunter’s Moon,” is the moon that...