Mohala Farms is a 6-acre farm located in Waialua on the North Shore of Oʻahu. The farm was started in 2005 with a mission to foster healthy local communities in Hawaiʻi through sustainable agriculture, lifelong education, and cultural & creative arts.
They grow a wide variety of trees, plants, and herbs for both food and other community uses. ʻUlu and niu (coconut) are widely dispersed around the farm, along with loulu (fan palm) for thatching hale, gliricidia trees for mulching and compost piles, bamboo and poumuli for building projects, and wauke for kapa making. Their fields produce lettuce, collards, kale, swiss chard, parsley, cilantro, beets, radishes, and a host of other foods and herbs that grow well in the Waialua soil.
As a non-profit organization, they have trained hundreds of young adults in the full spectrum of farming activities through a live-in work exchange program that was started in 2009. Local school and community groups regularly come to the farm for field trips and hands-on workdays. And the farm hale is a place of re-learning some of the olden-day crafts and hosting community meals and gatherings for a variety of occasions.