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Did you know that the North Kohala community has a goal to produce 50% of the food it consumes by 2018?

There are many business and community project that are increasing access to locally grown food and helping the community develop a local, sustainable food system. To coincide with the Kanu Hawaii Eat Local Challenge month, this September the North Kohala Eat Locally Grown Campaign and its partners are launching a year long campaign to increase the awareness and availability of locally grown foods.

Thanks to grants from the County of Hawai’i Office of Research and Development and County Council and Kaiser Permanente this year we will be developing a community based strategic plan so we can achieve our 50% food self-sufficiency goal. And because we believe in acting and planning concurrently, we will also be running a full year’s worth of programs which connect people to healthy, local food.

Join us in September for the Kanu Hawaii Eat Local Challenge and attend some of our local food community events.

Coming up this year…

Community Events that Connect Farm to Fork

–Community Harvest Hawaii– Monthly event that brings people in the community together to harvest, prepare and share food.
-Fresh Food for Food Basket Campaign
-Farm to Table dinners at various farms
-Kohala ‘Aina Harvest Festival with the Hawaii Institute of Pacific Agriculture (HIP) School

North Kohala Eat Locally Grown Days

  -A year around coupon campaign to incentivize the community in purchasing locally grown food from local markets and restaurants.
  -Partnership with the Kanu Eat Local Challenge in September, 2011.

Growing Food

  -Workshops in partnership with Hawaii Homegrown Food Network
  -Plant and Seed Exchange at the Kohala County Fair



In-reach

-Meet people where there are- community groups, schools, hospital, library, police, churches, senior center, etc.- with educational materials, incentives, locally grown potlucks, food sharing throughout the year.

School Outreach

-Curriculum tie in through school garden programs
-School-Community local foods potlucks
-Local Fruit donations for garden and after-school activities

Public Education Campaign

-Community outreach including; one-on-one meetings, speaking to groups, social media, traditional media, electronic media, website, and signage.
-Kohala “Know Your Farmer” directory- print and online
-Expand eatlocalhi.org
-Develop sample menus and corresponding recipes for Kohala grown food to distribute in print and online.