Meet Our Farmers

Meet Clarence Medeiros of ‘Aina Ahiu Farm who recently hauled in a 50 pound kalo to our Honalo processing facility. After farming and ranching in Kona with his wife Nellie for over 50 years this is a new world record.

One Village Farm's motivation for farming is about serving & building community through sustainable food systems, sharing abundance and enhancing the environment.

Wilson Galdones was only a senior in high school when he leased his first 1/2 acre of farmland. Even back then he was planting mostly taro – Chinese & Araimo varieties.

Wally started Wong Way Farm in 2005 growing maia, kalo, ʻulu and kukui. Since then he has added a few citrus, avocado, mango and niu trees as well as chickens, ducks and goats. 

Kaivao Farm comprises 9.5 acres planned for agroforestry – a farming method sisters Angela and Kalisi learned growing up in Tonga. ‘Ulu is the primary crop.

Aileen Lubong and her family manage Sweet Treats and Eats on Hawaiʻi island, where they grow a variety of palaʻai (pumpkins/squash), tapioca (cassava), pipinola (chayote), dryland taro, long green squash, and a wide range of fruit trees.

Māla Kaluʻulu (MKC) is one of the nine founding members of HUC and, in some ways, provided the impetus for the initial formation of the Hawaiʻi ʻUlu Cooperative.

Aunty Berta and Uncle Isaac farm in Keauhou where they grow ʻulu, mangoes, jackfruit, and other fruit trees in a diversified, highly productive homestead.

Krista and Ala Savio of Pilialoha Farms grow ʻulu, kalo and medicinal lāʻau lapaʻau plants using organic methods to cultivate introspective spaces through agriculture.