South Kona · Hawaiʻi Island

Caring for the land that cares for us.

A new chapter is taking root on the volcanic slopes of Hawaiʻi Island. Follow it from the beginning.

Mālama ʻāina means to care for the land. In Hawaiian, ʻāina comes from ʻai, to eat: the land is what feeds us. Caring for it is a relationship as much as a responsibility. When the land is healthy, so are the people who live from it.

That idea is at the heart of this project. On the volcanic slopes of Hawaiʻi Island, we are creating a place to grow and share food, move and rest, learn something new, and reconnect with the land and one another. It will take shape slowly, through regenerative farming, thoughtful hospitality, creativity and care, guided by the history of this place and the people who have looked after it longest. The film below tells how it started and where it is going.

The film

12 min · captions on Vimeo
“If we can truly steward this ʻāina with integrity and joy, that's what success looks like to me.”
Allison Persitz

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