Community Harvest Hawai'i
Hō‘umeke a Hānai 
“everyone growing or bearing fruits, presenting it in a bowl, and sharing, while caring for each other.”
Project Partners
[in-uh-vey-shuhn]
stemming from the Latin innovatus, pp. of innovare "to renew or change," from in- "into" + novus "new"
The central meaning of innovation thus relates to renewal.
“The North Kohala community will produce 50% of the food it consumes.”
Increasing access to healthy, locally grown foods for Kohala Seniors
feeding children and their families
curriculum tie in
teaching about real food
Kohala Elementary School
Kohala Senior Nutrition Program
North Kohala Community Development Plan (CDP)
"The Resource Center provides the toolbox to turn a sound idea into a viable and successful community project. And we provide the local validation, continual support and follow through as well."
- NKCRC President, Chris Helmuth
Partnering with Food Basket for Distribution
“A major concern about local food systems is whether the benefits
accrue only to those who can pay for them, leaving low-income Americans behind." (RPRI)
Community Tradition + New Twist
Project Aligned with Community Goals
potential economic opportunity through development of value-added products.
Scale Up
Increase number of particpants
Increase frequency
Expand to Ho'ea Ag Park
Nurture Product Development
Replicate in other communities



Hermann Fernandez
North Kohala CDP Action Committee
Chair CDP Agriculture Sub-Committee
Our Destiny
Hō‘umeke a Hānai 

#1 Old Idea--harvesting, preparing and sharing food--Modern Process

#2 Increases  access to locally grown food

#3 Increases the ability of the community to use that food

#3 Connects "local foods" and "low income" communities

#4 Strengthens community--multi-ethnic, multi-generational environment

#5 Economic opportunity--development of value-added products
in·no·va·tion
Jeannine Matos
County of Hawai'i
Senior Nutrition Program
Hawai'i County Senior Nutrition will serve 72,000 meals this year
62,000 meals home delivered.
Must increase fresh fruit & veggies in meals.
Ming Wei Koh
Discovery Garden at Kohala Elementary School
serves 200 families/month and 50 senior citizens
will take and distribute as much as we can provide
Miriam Reyes
Food Basket
Kealoha Sugiyama
Kohala Senior Club
Christine Richardson
North Kohala Community Resource Center
“everyone growing or bearing fruits, presenting it in a bowl, and sharing, while caring for each other.”
in·no·va·tion
Marc Kinoshita
Ho'ea Agricultural Park
Ho'ea Ag Park will increase local food production by providing affordable land, water, energy to farmers


project builds infrastructure for food distribution
nurtures value added products that can scale up at the park