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MA‘O Organic farms

Locale ID HI6000

Run by Gary Forth


About

Social entrepreneurship growing organic food and young leaders working for a sustainable Hawai‘i.

Food Security is the ability to acquire food that is safe and nutritious in a socially acceptable way.

A movement built around the reestablishment of living local food system to empower our community to move towards self-sufficiency: educating the next generations; fighting hunger, improving health and nutrition; producing our own organic foods; and living/working by the values of aloha ‘aina.

• MA‘O Organic Farms, a 5-acre certified organic farm, producing and selling over twenty-five different varieties of high-quality organic fruits and vegetables.

• ‘Ai Pohaku Workshop, a hands-on, culturally based program at Wai‘anae Intermediate that nurtures youth and families through traditional Hawaiian agriculture and food practices.

• Ka‘aihonua, a hands-on, learning organic garden at Wai‘anae High School that studies contemporary agriculture science in the context of traditional Hawaiian culture and knowledge.

• Youth Leadership Training, a hands-on, entrepreneurial–agricultural–educational leadership experience in which interns will earn an Associate of Arts degree from Leeward Community College.

• Wai‘anae Organic Ag Center, a partnership with Leeward Community College and U.S. Department of HUD to establish and expand expertise in the fields of tropical organic agriculture. EA: To build on individual and community assets to create new local jobs and local businesses, increasing our capacity to be self-sufficient;

KAKO‘O: To provide diverse experiences and opportunities, which mentor, educate and employ, where creativity and expression are nurtured;

KOKUA: To promote diverse cooperative approaches to work and business that build community connections;

‘OHANA: To work with the entire ‘ohana for optimum individual, family and community health; and

HO‘OMALU: To encourage and live by Hawaiian values which build a peaceful community.

P.O. Box 441 Wai`anae, HI 96792

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