Startup looks to seaweed to cut cows’ impact on climate
/A Hawai‘i-based startup company is working to tackle climate change with tiny but mighty seaweed.
Read MoreA Hawai‘i-based startup company is working to tackle climate change with tiny but mighty seaweed.
Read MoreThe importance of Hawaiian food security cannot be underestimated. Here’s how we teamed up with seven eager students to support the Islands’ families in need.
Read MoreWe integrate our cattle grazing with our ʻulu orchard to benefit both the cows and the trees.
Read MoreSave the date – the Hāna Rodeo returns on Saturday, January 27th, 2018. There will be fun for the whole ʻohana with events, games and concessions.
Read MoreLast month, Sarah Gray from Hive Mind Maui installed three beehives here at the ranch. We’re thrilled to have new pollinators in our ʻulu orchard. They will also be busy pollinating our banana and citrus groves as well. In the future we hope to have our homegrown honey for sale at the farm stand.
Read MoreJoin us at Sugar Beach Events for our 5th annual farm-to-table celebration of local agriculture featuring local chefs and student-produced films! This year’s event will feature additional chef-run farm-to-table stations (including Hāna Ranch’s Executive Chef Gary Johnson) and an expanded silent auction with mobile bidding.
Read MoreMay 20, 2017 marks the 4th Annual Farm Day, a statewide movement to honor farmers and encourage families to visit and thank those who work hard to grow our local produce. This statewide effort is a collaboration of over 30 farms and 50 farmers markets with support from Edible Hawaiian Islands, FarmLovers Market, Kohala Village Hub, Ocean Vodka and RedBarn Farmstand.
Read MoreOur mechanic Evan recently completed transitioning on one of cultivating tractors from a gas-powered motor to an electric motor. We caught up with Evan to learn more about how he converted our tractor.
Read MoreJoin Provisions Chef Gary Johnson, trained butcher Morgan Maki and farmer Dave Fitch in a whole hog butchery workshop and lunch.
Read MoreJoin us this Saturday, May 21, to celebrate Farm Day 2016! Burgers will be half-off all day at Provisions and we will be setting up a table outside of the restaurant to talk about our CSA.
Read MoreLast month our team and their families headed to Kipahulu for the day to volunteer at Kapahu Living Farm and help dig out their taro patch and get fresh water flowing. The Kipahulu ʻOhana is a nonprofit organization dedicated to teaching Hawaiian traditions through hands-on classes and demonstrations. Since 1995 they have been sharing native Hawaiian practices in Kipahulu to residents and visitors.
Read MoreJoin edible Hawaiian Islands, Hāna Ranch, and Travaasa Hāna as they kick off the 24th Annual Taro Festival with a fundraiser Poi Supper on Friday April 29th at the ranch. All proceeds from the dinner will be donated to the Hāna Youth Center to continue to grow and support the next generation in Hāna.
Read MoreIt is common to find homemade chili pepper water in homes all over the state, and our team loves to make their own. Especially since we grow these peppers on the farm! We posted this recipe on our Facebook page a few months ago and it was a hit. This is a “family-friendly” version that Farmer Dan likes to use, if you want to spice it up more, double the amount of peppers.
Read MoreJoin Hāna Ranch and Jean-Martin Fortier, the Market Gardener, for a full-day intensive farming workshop. For more than a decade Jean-Martin Fortier and his wife have been making a living growing vegetables on their 1.5 acres market garden, selling through their 140 member CSA and seasonal market stands, they gross more than $140,000 in sales with a profit margin of around 45%.
Read MoreJoin us for an amazing evening of good food cooked by our team at Hāna Ranch Provisions in partnership with Whole Foods Market Maui and Edible Hawaiian Islands Magazine. John Cadman of Pono Pies will be pounding ‘ulu on site and all proceeds to benefit Kahului Elementary School gardens.
Read MoreOur agronomy team has just completed our second annual ecosystem testing. Our goal is to measure the ways that our ecosystem evolves under our stewardship from year to year. This event includes testing of soil chemistry, soil microbiology, soil carbon, mycorrhizal fungi root colonization, forage nutritional properties, livestock parasites, and water quality.
Read MoreThe Hāna Roping Club and Hāna Ranch are excited to announce the return of the Hāna Rodeo!
Read MoreOur farm team has been hard at work planting windbreaks with native species across the farm. These plantings will help us protect our crops from the wind, and contribute to our goal of helping protect and reestablish native Hawaiian plants. We would like to send a big thanks to our friends at Native Nursery, LLC on Maui for providing us with the plants.
Read MoreLearn about regenerative agriculture and the vision for Hāna Ranch and Hāna Ranch Provisions in our first open forum
Read MoreOur dandelion greens taste so good right now! They are sweet with just a hint of bitter and we have been putting them in everything. Retail Manager Linh Phu made these delicious raviolis filled with dandelion greens and ricotta.
Read MorePhotographs by Molly DeCoudreaux