Kona

FARMERS’ MARKETS

KEAUHOU FARMERS MARKET
8 am–noon Saturdays
Keauhou Shopping Center, Keauhou. Locally grown Hawaii Island products only, no crafts. Fresh fruit, vegetables, fish, beef, 100% Kona coffee, macadamia nuts, flowers, preserves and more. Free demos and events – check website for schedule – Farm Bureau sponsored. Nancy Miller (769-0672) info@keauhoufarmermarket.com - www.keauhoufarmersmarket.com
NOW also Wednesday Market, 8 a.m. - noon
Locally grown produce. Crafts limited to products made from locally grown materials (wood, gourds, Lauhala, etc). Free demos, music and events: as scheduled, check website. Farm Bureau sponsored. Nancy Pisicchio (322-3118)

SOUTH KONA GREEN MARKET
9 am - 1 pm Sundays
At Amy Greenwell Ethnobotanical Garden - across from the Manago Hotel - Captain Cook - 40+ vendors, 100% Kona Coffee, fresh produce and herbs, local artists, Hawaiian plants and flowers, natural health and beauty products, prepared food and desserts, live music and cultural demonstrations. "From the Land or By Our Hand." Bring Your Own Bag! Timothy Bruno (328-8797) manager@skgm.org http://www.SKGM.org

HOLUALOA FARMERS MARKET
9 am - noon Saturdays
At Holualoa Gardens Restaurant & Café – 76-5901 Mamalahoa Hwy – Holualoa - Fresh breads, heirloom vegetables, deli items, herbs, goat cheese, flowers, eggs, etc. – Barbara Gerrits (322-5072) holuakoa@yahoo.com

KAILUA VILLAGE FARMERS’ MARKET
7 am – 4 pm - Every Wednesday thru Sunday
Across from Hale Halawai - corner of Alii Drive and Hualalai Rd., Kailua-Kona – Flowers and leis, local produce, macnuts, honey, coffee, Hawaiian crafts, soaps, etc - http://www.konafarmersmarket.com/

SOUTH KONA FRUIT STAND
9 am - 6 pm Monday – Saturday. 10 am – 5 pm Sundays
84-4770 Mamalahoa Hwy – between MM 103 -104 – Honaunau. Tropical fruits, smoothies, juices, baked good, coffee - (328-8547)

RETAILERS

KTA SUPERSTORES
Kona Coast Shopping Center
Keauhou Shopping Center

FOODLAND
Sack ‘n Save, 75-5595 Palani Road, Kona

FARMS

ADAPTATIONS, Honaunau
Grower, distributor and marketer of vegetables, herbs, bananas, citrus, medicinal plants and lemon balm, representing many Hawaii Island farmers. Call for CSA subscription.
Tane Datta / 328-9044
adaptations@igc.org
 
ATABOY ORCHARDS, Captain Cook
Grower of atemoya, lychee, avocado; sold mostly to wholesalers but fruits can be found at Hilo Farmers’ Market and Alii Drive Farmers’ Market in season.
Gunnar Freivalds / 323-2474

BIG ISLAND ABALONE
 Japanese "Ezo" abalone sold every Friday at their farm entrance from 2-4 PM of daily by calling in advance.  Located 1 mile south of the Kona Airport at the Natural Energy Lab.
989-8852

COASTVIEW AQUAPONICS
Lettuce (sold live! with the roots still attached), rainbow chard, various herbs, water cress as well as other vegetables. Sales are held Tuesday & Thursday 4-6pm and Saturdays 8-12am. They also give farm tours at these times.
www.CoastviewAquaponics.com
coastviewaquaponics@gmail.com

HOOMALU FARM, Kealakekua
Grower of certified organic mango, papaya; conventional coffee, avocado and macadamia nuts.
Bill and Brooks Wakefield / 329-9729
 
HUALALAI FARM, Kailua-Kona
Coffee sold on the web: www.hualalai.com
Frank Boteilho, Manager
 
KAWANUI FARM, Honalo
Organic vegetables and herbs, available from the farm.
Nancy Redfeather / nancyredfeather@yahoo.com
 
KEALIA RANCH, Captain Cook
Naturally raised, grass fed beef from Kealia Ranch and from the Andrade family, Paauilo. Stop here too for seasonal fresh fruits and vegetables from local farmers; Hawaiian Vanilla Co. and Original Hawaiian Chocolate Factory products, too.
86-4181 Mamalahoa Hwy.
328-8744
 
KOKOLEKA LANI FARMS, Holualoa
Grower of cacao. Grower of 100% Kona Kokoleka Lani Farms coffee, pineapple, papaya, banana, tropical flowers available at Alii Gardens Marketplace, Wed. and Sat.
Farm tours by appointment
Greg Colden / www.konanaturalsoap.com / 322-9111

KUAIWI FARM, Captain Cook
30 years growing organically in mauka Kealakekua. Certified organic by HOFA.  Growing 100% Estate Organic Kona Coffee, Raw organic Macadamia Nuts and Organic Mac Nut Butter, Cacao, Bananas, Avocado, Herbs, Pineapple, Mulberry, Veggies, Citrus. Lilikoi jelly.
Tours available on request.
Una Greenaway & Leon Rosner
www.kuaiwifarm.com / 328-8888 / una@kuaiwifarm.com

LION’S GATE FARMS, Honaunau
Grower of Kona coffee and macadamia nuts; available at the farm. Farm tours daily; 105 mile marker, Hwy. 11
Suzanne Shriner / www.coffeeofkona.com / 328-2335
 
LOVE FAMILY FARMS, Captain Cook
Grower of organic tropical fruit bearing HOFA stickers; available at Keauhou Farmers Market, Choice Mart Grocery in Capt. Cook, and sold to restaurants on the Big Island.
Ken Love / www.Hawaiifruit.net / 323-2417
 
MALUHIA ORCHARD, Captain Cook
Growers of kaimana lychee and rambutan; look for labels
Farm visit by appointment
Mary and Bob Laird / 323-9878
 
PRINCESS RADHA FARM, Captain Cook
Growers of Kona coffee and macadamia nuts. Farm tours daily
Page Trygstad / Yoko Harada / 930-4618 / www.princessradhafarm.com
 
ROYAL HAWAIIAN SEA FARMS, Keahole
Grower of limu ogo.
Steven Katase / 329-5468
 
UIKANE FARMS, Kealakekua
Avocado farmer.
Jack and Kay Prettyman / kaymaunakeasummit@msn.com / 325-7558
 
WEAVER FARM, Kealakekua
Growers of several mango varieties, available at KTA stores in season. Also produces dragon fruit; Kona Dragon Fruit Inc.
936-9779

RESTAURANTS

LOTUS CAFE
73-5617 Maiau St., Kailua Kona (across from Costco, in the Kaloko Industrial Area)
Serving local and organic pan-Asian food.
Fresh-squeezed sugarcane juice at Keauhou Farmers Market and South Kona Greenmarket.
Also offers Thai Cooking Classes.
http://thelotuscafe.com  /  327-3270

Holuakoa Cafe
76-5900 Mamalahoa Hwy., Holualoa
In the Slow Food tradition, Chef Wilson Reed uses produce and fruits not only from the island, but often from only a mile or two down the road.
322-2233

HUGGO’S
75-5828 Kahakai Rd., Kailua-Kona
Eric Von Plate Luder, owner/Loetree Berry, chef
Serves island fish, lettuces, spinach, tomatoes and other Hawaii island products.
www.huggos.com / 329-1493
 
KONA BREWING COMPANY
75-5629 Kuakini Hwy., Kailua-Kona
Lunch and dinner features a variety of locally grown products and fresh fish alongside handcrafted ales and lagers brewed on premise.
www.konabrewingco.com / 334-2739
 
THE CLUB AT HOKULIA
78-6831 Alii Dr., Kailua-Kona
Peter Abarcar, Jr., executive chef
Serves a wide array of tropical fruits like mango, poha, lychee, avocado in season; salad greens, spinach, tomatoes, beef, fish, taro, sweet potato, pipinola, hoi‘o, etc. Private club restaurant but available to local non profits for events.
www.hokulia.com / 896-8812

PLACES TO VISIT

TWELVE TREES PROJECT, Captain Cook
Kona Pacific Farmers Cooperative
82-5810 Napoopoo Road
328-2411
    In an effort to provide quality, year round supply of tropical fruit for local markets, twelve fruit trees have been chosen by island chefs, fruit buyers and growers to be planted and brought into production at this demonstration orchard. The twelve fruit are cherimoya, fig, poha, mysore raspberry, grumichama, rangpur lime, tropical apricot, pomegranate, kumquat, loquat, surinam cherry and tree tomato/tamarillo.
    Harvests are donated to the West Hawaii Community College culinary school where student chefs develop recipes for the fruit. Hopefully at the end of the project, farmers will be encouraged to plant these trees that will have been analyzed for cost of production and potential market. Visitors are welcome to a self guided tour, 8 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Mon.-Fri.

HERITAGE RANCH, based in Honaunau
    Heritage Ranch's rural community services include: educational programs in the schools, promotion of partner ag-tourism gourmet and gift products, farm and historic site tours and cultural events, and developing sustainable rural community facilities and renewable energy resources.
Call Marcy at 328-2452 to find out about cool local-food things to do!