KEAUKAHA PANAʻEWA FARMERS ASSOCIATION
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Keaukaha Panaʻewa farmers association

 WHO WE ARE & OUR MISSION

KPFA is a  Hawaiian Homes Commission Act (HHCA) Homestead Association controlled by beneficiaries (as defined by the Hawaiian Home Lands Recovery Act, 109 Stat. 537). KPFA is registered as a Homestead & Beneficiary Association (HBA) with the U.S. Department of the Interior under 43 CFR §§ 47.10 and 48.6.

We represent over 1,000 native Hawaiian Homestead Lessees and their 'ohana residing on Hawaiian Homes Trust Lands in Pana‘ewa, Hawai‘i Island. Our 285 agricultural lots range from 40 to 5 
acres across 1,615 acres of Hawaiian Homes Trust Lands. Our programs also serve our sister residential community of over 1,200 Native Hawaiians on 311 lots on 411 acres of Hawaiian Home Trust Lands.

 KPFA was formed by native Hawaiian Homestead lessees from Keaukaha that were forcibly relocated from their homes so the State could build the Hilo airport. Today, many Native Hawaiians have built homes and live on their agricultural homestead lots in Pana'ewa.

Our mission is to support, motivate and educate Keaukaha Panaʻewa agricultural lessees to establish a viable sustainable farm community; preserve Hawaiian culture; achieve self-sufficiency, pono management, and respect for the ʻāina (land).

In partnership with our fiscal sponsor partner, the Keaukaha Panaʻewa Community Alliance, from 2018 to June 2023, we have provided agricultural and keiki to kupuna community programs/resources to over 4,500 Native Hawaiians and 2,600 stakeholders. 


​2022-2026 KPFA Board of Directors


   Maile Luʻuwai, President
  Sherilynn Acob, Vice President
   Lacey Akau, Treasurer
Elizabeth Masaoka, Secretary

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​Directors

Kihei Ahuna   /  U‛ilani Naipo  / La Verne Lucero  / Germaine Tauati / Lori Pua
Tita Pe‛a  /  Lucianne Pukahi-Viernes  / Kealoha Kinney
 Jamie Rosehill   /  Sherise Kana‛e-Kane 
Pomai Kamoku   / Ku‛ulei Kanaka‛ole / Erick Reff
            


​Community Partners



 The Keaukaha - Panaʻewa Farmers Association appreciates
our community partners & stakeholders
that support our mission

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Keaukaha Panaʻewa Community Alliance -Our 501(c)(3) Partner
The Sovereign Council of Hawaiian Homestead Associations (SCHHA)
The dedicated staff at the Department of Hawaiian Homelands
G70 Design 
Vibrant Hawai
ʻi
National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration
Hawai
ʻi Ulu Cooperative
Hawai
ʻi Farmers Union United
University of Hawai
ʻi East West Center
ʻAina Mauna Legacy Council Program

South Hilo Community Policing Officer Tyler Jelsma
  College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources, University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo
Kiersten Akahoshi,  CTHAR Extension Agent

​Hawaiʻi Food Alliance


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  • About Us
  • HHCA
  • Pana'ewa Hub
  • Keaʻahuli O Panaʻewa
  • Panaʻewa Farmers Market
  • Community Resources
  • Hoʻoulu ʻĀina Community Project
  • Contact