It started small. Like, really small.
In 2011, we were two kids who had a curiosity about plants. We didn't have any space to grow food, so we convinced Brad's mom to let us plant a garden box in her backyard.
Curiosity turned into obsession, and before long we were regulars at our local plant nursery and had a seed collection that bordered on hoarding.
Then we bought a farm . . . sort of.
Technically, we purchased an overgrown parcel just minutes from where we grew up. There were (literally) hundreds of invasive trees and walls of pesky Guinnea grass standing between us and a food-producing farm, but we told ourselves, "One day we can retire and live out our farming dreams!"
Looking forward
As we cleared the invasives, we discovered terraces for growing kalo and tools used for feeding our ancestors. This was a reminder that this place has a rich history of indigenous food production. This realization changed everything.
When the pandemic hit, we turned our "one day" into "hurry up, now's the time!" and Polipoli Farms was born.
On the big screen
Seeing with Hawaiian Eyes has been featured at the Hawaiʻi International Film Festival, in-flight on Hawaiian Airlines, and broadcast on Outside Hawaiʻi/OC16.
Watch now to see how the bombing of Kahoʻolawe and the rise of the Aloha ʻĀina movement continue to shape everything we do at the farm today.
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