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Creating peaceful communities in harmony with nature, through the eyes, hands, and hearts of the children

10/08/2026

Planting seeds of hope and peace 🌱 We wanted to share this heartfelt reflection that was sent to us by a former student of the farm. Uncle Gigi’s love and dedication for this community spans across generations and oceans and has had an incredible impact on so many! We’re super grateful to be able to help steward and continue his important work 💕

Dear Mr. Gigi,

My name is Chelsea Marion-Phair. I was a student of Hoa ʻĀina O Mākaha many years ago in 1996. I wanted you to know that because of your teachings I have moved to the native Lummi reservation in Ferndale,
Washington and started a farm called “Hard Scrambled Farm”. I never forgot all the teachings you showed us local kids from farming corn, “goodnight little seeds grow well”, to the pesto pizzas, and many meetings in the hale. Your kind and selflessness nature inspired myself and my native Lummi tribal partner to start a group for children on the reservation here in
Lummi, Washinton to farm through our “Coast Salish 4H group” headed by Washington State University.

Your vision of community gardening and peace has helped us to create a safe place here in Washington state to come together as a native community so far away from my small hometown of Mākaha. You have
definitely sewn the seeds of hope for peace that have stayed with me a lifetime, and I wanted to thank you for all your teachings.

Thank you for all you have done for the children of Mākaha like me. I am happy to now be able to pass that to those in my community.

Most Respectfully,
Chelsea (formerly Llanes) Marion-Phair

09/22/2026

Spooky season is upon us and we’re excited that our next U-Pick event will be on Halloween! 👻 Come dressed up in your costume and enjoy the activities on the farm, which will include harvesting available fruits and vegetables 🥬 , mini pumpkin decorating 🎃, and keiki face painting 🎨 Fill your baskets with farm goodies and spend time with our community! All treats, no tricks!

There is no pre-registration required and everything is by donation. Take what you need, give what you can.

09/02/2026

Our hearts are piha loa after an incredible turn out for our U-Pick event this past Saturday! There were so many familiar and new faces and the energy on the farm felt electric with everyone engaged in all of the activities together. Attendees could harvest from our fields, pick out fruits from our trees, take home plant starters, sample fresh sugarcane juice, paint a veggie starter pot with HSTA Leeward Chapter at our keiki station, pet our baby chicks, and talk story with Hale Kipa, Inc.. Mahalo to our partners, volunteers, and everyone who came! Our U-Pick events are a beautiful display of ʻohana connectedness, community building, and collective abundance.

332 people attended, 458 pounds of food shared, and 116 plant starters given away, e ola! 🌱 🥬 🙌🏽

08/19/2026

Aloha kākou, mahalo for checking in on us after Hurricane Lala ⛈️ We’re extremely grateful to say that our team, animals, and the farm are doing ok with the biggest damage happening to our trees 🌳 There are lots of branch debris on the farm to clean up, fruits that got blown off, and some of our trees got uprooted and therefore have to be removed. It’s interesting, one of the translations of lālā in Hawaiian is branch, limb, bough, to branch out, form branches, diverge.

It’s sad to see some of our beloved trees get toppled over and to see lots of fruits that we were saving for our upcoming U-Pick on the ground, but overall, we’re thankful for our safety and that there’s no major structural damage that we can see at the moment. Times like this remind us of our resilience and our capacity to rebuild and holomua together. Much aloha to everyone and we hope you’re all doing ok 🙏🏽

08/13/2026

Seed ➡️ Seedling ➡️ Field Prep ➡️ Plant ➡️ Grow ➡️ Harvest ➡️ Share ➡️ Cook ➡️ʻŌpū

From seed to ʻōpū, the practice of growing food and sharing it with others is a true labor of love and an intentional way of bringing people together. What a gift!

07/30/2026

Our U-Pick event is back on August 29 just in time for the start of the new school year! This U-Pick event will be a special one as we partner with HSTA to do a harvest and ʻOhana Resource day on the farm. Attendees can harvest available fruits and vegetables, kōkua our mahiʻai, connect with different organizations in our community, and we will have a keiki activity station.

There is no pre-registration required and everything is by donation. Take what you need, give what you can. Hele mai!

07/16/2026

Summer for us is a time of reflection and preparation for the upcoming year as we gear up to run our core programs. Last school year, our dedicated staff were able to work on nine unique farm projects with all grade levels at Makaha Surfers through our Nā Keiki O Ka ʻĀina program. Mahalo to Leia, Kupu member at Mākaha Elementary, for creating this summary presentation of these projects! It’s amazing to see how many engaging activities can be done on our farm with keiki, the learning is endless!

07/06/2026

Summer scenes from the farm ☀️ 🌱 🌼

05/12/2026

Connecting community, community connectedness! Enjoying these moments on our farm that promote belonging, support, and the bonds between ʻohana, ʻāina, and each other.

04/27/2026

How can you not smile when you see these keiki?! So many fun and engaging projects on the farm with all of the grade levels of - planting and harvesting, flower garden, kites, pin wheels, ʻulu maika league, Peace center mural, cooking, making lei, farm art to name a few! Love all of the ways ʻāina inspires our learning and sparks our creativity.

Address

84-225 Ala Naauao Place
Waianae, HI
96792

Telephone

+18086958978

Website

http://www.hoaainaomakaha.org/

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