Sustainable Initiatives by Andrea Dean

Hamakua Young Farmers: Day 15 of 60 Days of Eating Locally Grown

Join the Eat Local Challenge (Sept. 25 – Oct. 3) for a meal, a day or a week!

Tonight I went to a pot luck up in Honokaa with Eden Peart and Ramona Gamayo from the Hawaii Farmers Union and Nathan Gonsalves from the Hamakua Young Farmers.

Nathan and the Hamakua Young Farmers are resurrecting an 11 acre site that is owned by Honokaa High School. When Nathan was in high school (he graduated in 1975) they had cattle, pigs, a mac nut orchard, green house and more. They provided the school with food! The site still has all the infrastructure and a great mac nut orchard and pasture. Nathan is pulling away the weeds and the inner beauty of the site is shining through!

We had salad, greens, pumpkin, mango and ahi! I cheated with some olive oil and garnished with salt that Eden collected from Ka’u! Eden sent me home with some Hamakua oranges. So many food gifts are showered upon me, I am totally blessed!

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