In response to the call to double our food production by 2020 and the demand to build resilience in the face of climate change, we propose a radically local solution: systems we create together.









Join us to learn about innovative work on Oʻahu that is generating community well-being and a vibrant economy through a culturally-rooted, sustainable food system. Speakers to be followed by a group discussion facilitated by Manulani Meyer and Neil Hannahs.





Jenai Wall, CEO of Foodland and the Sullivan Family of Companies, will set the table for the conversation and share perspectives from the interface between community and food producers.





Claire Sullivan and Kaui Sana of MAʻO Organic Farms will present the scaling of MAʻO to more than double food production and cultivation of youth, growing a future of māʻona, of plenty.





Dr. Albie Miles, Sustainable Community Food Systems, University of Hawaiʻi, West Oʻahu, will discuss the education and preparation of sophisticated food system professionals for our post-plantation reality.





Dr. Alika Maunakea, Department of Native Hawaiian Health, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaiʻi, will share the intriguing preliminary results of a JABSOM/UHERO study examining the health outcomes of aloha ʻāina education.





Refreshments and ʻawa provided.