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Project Description
The Hoʻoulu [causing to grow] ʻĀina [land] Project(HACP) was created by members of the Keaukaha-Pana’ewa Farmers Association (KPFA) to address strategic needs of the Keaukaha and Panaʻewa farming community. KPFA is composed of Native Hawaiians who hold leases to designated agricultural lands in the Keaukaha and Panaʻewa areas on the east side of Hawaiʻi Island.
In its second year HACP continues to set-out to encourage Native Hawaiian homesteaders in Keaukaha and Panaʻewa to actively farm for the cultural, economic, health, and self-sufficiency benefits that farming provides for individuals and families. Additionally, HACP will be documenting the oral histories and farming practices of Hawaiian homesteaders.
HACP activities in its first year included gatherings such as “Aloha Panaʻewa” - that offered participants a space to engage with community elders and learn about the farming history of the area. Other types of events such as “Mālama Mahiʻai” workshops, focused on bringing farming resources and support services into the Keaukaha and Panaʻewa homestead community.
The Ho’oulu ‘Aina Community Project is being supported by the Pawanka Fund, an Indigenous Ways of Learning and Knowing Fund. It is a Indigenous-led grant-making effort supporting indigenous initiatives engaged in promoting and protecting traditional knowledge, well-being, rights and self-determined development.
Learn more about the Pawanka Fund at https://www.pawankafund.org
02.23.19 Mālama Mahiʻai: Composting with Michael Pierron
03.19.19 Mālama Mahiʻai: Grafting with Kiersten Akahoshi
04.13.19 Mālama Mahiʻai: Grow Your Own Laʻau Lapaʻau with Hui Mālama Ola Na ʻŌiwi
04.13.19 Community Impact Research Trip: Huakaʻi i Molokaʻi
08.24.19: Lā ʻOhana

Project Description
The Hoʻoulu [causing to grow] ʻĀina [land] Project(HACP) was created by members of the Keaukaha-Pana’ewa Farmers Association (KPFA) to address strategic needs of the Keaukaha and Panaʻewa farming community. KPFA is composed of Native Hawaiians who hold leases to designated agricultural lands in the Keaukaha and Panaʻewa areas on the east side of Hawaiʻi Island.
In its second year HACP continues to set-out to encourage Native Hawaiian homesteaders in Keaukaha and Panaʻewa to actively farm for the cultural, economic, health, and self-sufficiency benefits that farming provides for individuals and families. Additionally, HACP will be documenting the oral histories and farming practices of Hawaiian homesteaders.
HACP activities in its first year included gatherings such as “Aloha Panaʻewa” - that offered participants a space to engage with community elders and learn about the farming history of the area. Other types of events such as “Mālama Mahiʻai” workshops, focused on bringing farming resources and support services into the Keaukaha and Panaʻewa homestead community.
The Ho’oulu ‘Aina Community Project is being supported by the Pawanka Fund, an Indigenous Ways of Learning and Knowing Fund. It is a Indigenous-led grant-making effort supporting indigenous initiatives engaged in promoting and protecting traditional knowledge, well-being, rights and self-determined development.
Learn more about the Pawanka Fund at https://www.pawankafund.org
For more information about this project please contact
Justine Kamelamela, Project Manager at panaewa.nui@gmail.com
Justine Kamelamela, Project Manager at panaewa.nui@gmail.com
Mahalo for your support!
10.06.18 Mālama Mahiʻai: Meet Your Extension Agent, Kiersten Akahoshi
11.17.18 Aloha Pana'ewa with Kupuna Ann K. Nathaniel
11.24.18 Mālama Mahiʻai: Agroforestry Systems with J.B. Friday, PhD
12.14.18 Mālama Mahiʻai: Huakaʻi i Wailuku | Wahi Pana o Humuʻula
12.22.18 Mālama Mahiʻai: ʻAwa Propagation
01.05.19 Aloha Pana'ewa with "Uncle" Pat Kahawaiolaa
02.23.19 Mālama Mahiʻai: Composting with Michael Pierron
03.19.19 Mālama Mahiʻai: Grafting with Kiersten Akahoshi
04.13.19 Mālama Mahiʻai: Grow Your Own Laʻau Lapaʻau with Hui Mālama Ola Na ʻŌiwi
04.13.19 Community Impact Research Trip: Huakaʻi i Molokaʻi
06.29.19 Mālama Mahiʻai: Moon Phase Project with Kanani Frazier
06.29.19 Mālama Mahiʻai: Moon Phase Project with Kanani Frazier
08.24.19: Lā ʻOhana