The Food Garden Hui
What is the Food Garden Hui?
Create a Food Garden
Community gardens require basic infrastructure in the form of soil improvement and management, water harvesting and storage, by ensuring these basic needs are met.
Maintain a Food Garden
To assist in the preparation of land for crop raising, one can cultivate a field, help with the growth of crops through tilling, or provide care and labor to improve and develop the crops.
Sponsor a Food Garden
Community food gardens are created by new and novice gardeners who want to grow fruits and vegetables on their own plot of land. Volunteer your time in the upkeep of these local food gardens.
PURPOSE OF THE PROJECT
Support community efforts toward food self-sufficiency.
The goal of this project is to promote the use of land for family farms, protect against pollution of farmlands, make affordable credit available to farmers, and help farmers solve problems.
Provide resources for individual residents, nonprofits and community groups to create their own food gardens.
PARTNERS
1. Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement
The Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement (CNHA) is a member-based 501(c)3 non-profit organization with a mission to enhance the cultural, economic, political, and community development of Native Hawaiians.
​Headquartered in Kapolei, CNHA is a Native Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) certified by the U.S. Treasury department and a HUD-Certified Housing Counseling agency. We provide access to capital, financial education and individualized financial counseling services with a focus on low and moderate-income families.
3. Consulate General of The Philippines - Honolulu
The proposal aims to provide grants to individuals and organizations to help establish food gardens. Through partnerships, toolkits, training, garden implements and access to seeds will be given. Consul General Fernandez expressed his support to the initiative, as it would address the issues of food self-sufficiency, affordability, and proper nutrition.
Up Coming Events
Sustainable Schools Gardening Program
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Aloha Earth Day Celebration
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Urban Farming & Rooftop Gardens Expo
The Urban Farming & Rooftop Gardens Expo is a two-day event designed to showcase the future of sustainable city living.
Community Planting Day
Join us for Community Planting Day at Maui Community Garden—a day dedicated to giving back to the land and strengthening
Food & Garden Summit
The Hawaii Sustainable Food & Garden Summit 2025 is a premier event dedicated to promoting sustainable agriculture, food security, and
GET INVOLVED!
Food access is a huge public health issue. So we have to think creatively about how we are going to address that problem, and while backyard gardening is not the solution to everything, it’s a solution that can be done immediately.