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Welcome to KAMAUOHA FARMS!
"Building a future for our keiki's"
At KAMAUOHA FARMS, we are a "Diversifield crossmatch of energetic, "can do" folks that are environmentally savvy, focusing on agricultural development."
KAMAUOHA FARMS is a community-based economic development project of the Kamauoha Foundation, a Native Hawaiian non-profit organization working to provide jobs and business opportunities for the North Shore communities on Oahu.
Mission
The Kamauoha Foundation is a community –based organization organized for the following purposes;
a) Fostering and encouraging agricultural, resource economic and community-based economic development
b) Providing management and technical assistance for the implementation of sustainable economic and community development opportunities for the Kanaka Maoli and friends
c) Providing or facilitation the promotion of programs and services to Kanaka Maoli, communities, individuals and groups for economic development
d) Educating the public of the needs for economic, ecological, and agricultural development.
Community Involvement and Goals
The organization is actively involved with many community strategy planning organizations working together to address our community needs. The Foundation is focused on supporting the community goals of:
Supporting the diversified agriculture industry by utilizing one of the North Shore’s greatest natural resources, prime agricultural land.
Supporting the use and development of disintegrating commercial business centers once occupied by a thriving sugar industry.
Retaining cultural and historic resources by educating Native Hawaiians on the traditional uses of the Hawaiian canoe plants, including Noni and other medicinal plants and sharing those values with the community.
Diversifying the economy and creating jobs by establishing new economical alternatives to pineapple, sugar cane, and tourism and creating jobs for the most distressed, the Native Hawaiians.
Adapting the Ahupua’a concept in land use and natural resource management by caring for and respecting the land as Hawaiian culture teaches; not only to benefit a few but to be a resource for many.
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Expert Advice |
| North Shore Noni is 100% Pure Hawaiian morinda citrofolia L. Juiced & processed ol-style traditional Hawaiian practice. Passed down from the days of Hawai'i Loa. Noni la'au has been part of Hawaiian healing traditions. Noni is the Hawaiian word for morinda citrofolia L. |
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Morinda citrifolia L. |
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Noni is the Hawaiian word for Morinda citrifolia L. Rubiaceae (Rubioideae) Coffee family , Indian mulberry (English), lada (Guam, Northern Marianas), nono (Cook Islands, Tahiti), non (Kiribati), nonu,nonu atoni, gogu atoni (Niue, Samoa, Tonga, Wallace, Futuna), nen, nin (Maeshall Islands, Chuuk), kesengel, lel, ngel (Palau), kura (Fiji), canary wood (Australia), l (Kosrae), weipwul (Pohnpei), mangal'wag (Yap) |
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Training Workshops |
| Since October 2004, Kamauoha Farms has been offering free monthly training workshops on Noni Farming and plans to begin classes in Food Dehydration and Marketing beginning in September 2005. Laakea Kamauoha, Training Officer, oversees the training program that had more than 100 participants in the first year. For information about available workshops call Temia at 808-622-4446 |
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