Farm ApprenticeshipCareer Training & Development

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Youth Educationplace-based learning opportunities

Through field trips, in-class presentations and after-school programs, HIP Ag instructors provide interactive, hands-on, place-based learning opportunities.

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'Āina Festannual fundraiser

It is designed to celebrate and empower the vibrant movement toward food sovereignty and security, critical to our island’s resilience and ability to sustain itself.

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Kohala Food HubCommunity Aggregation and Distribution

The goal of the food hub is to increase the amount of local food grown, aggregated, and distributed to our community members and institutions.

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FarmRegenerative Agriculture

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Farm Toursat Starseed Ranch

Enjoy a visit to our tropical permaculture food forest and taste a diversity of fresh fruits, vegetables, roots, medicines and spices.

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High School Mahi'ai Programscareer experience in agriculture

Through a Mentorship Program at the Kohala High School & a 6-week Summer Internship, students explore STEM, health, and natural resource concepts in-field on the farm by gaining relevant career experience in agriculture.

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MISSION STATEMENT

To practice and teach regenerative agricultural education programs.

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OUR MOTIVATION

RESPONSIBILITY

For HIP Ag, being “ecologically conscious” means being aware of ourselves and our surroundings, and taking responsibility for how our actions impact the environment.

HARMONY

We practice natural agriculture and life systems that work in harmony with the natural ecosystem to restore the health of the land, the water and the people.

WISDOM

We find the wisdom for these teachings by studying the ways of indigenous cultures, learning from our community and listening to the guidance of the land.

SUSTAINABILITY

Sustainability honors traditional cultural knowledge while moving towards a future of self-sufficiency.

OUR EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS

KOHALA ʻĀINA FESTIVAL

ʻĀina Fest is an annual celebration of local harvest, small farmers and the movement for island-wide food security.
Held each year at the beginning of the Makahiki season, this impactful event features a lineup of world renowned musicians, performing artists, educational workshops and an abundance of organically grown, farm fresh food.

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