Project Profile
MAO Organic Farms
Sector
Non Profit
Partner
MAO Organic Farms
Focus Area
Local Food Production
Why We Invested
To support local food production and self-reliance
MAO Organic Farms increases healthy, local food production and self-reliance of the Leeward Oahu community through youth empowerment, sustainable economic development, health and Hawaiian culture.
Our Partner
MAO Organic Farms is a community-based working farm in Waianae, Oahu. It produces fresh, organic produce as well as looks to empower young Hawaiian leaders through agriculture.
How We Partnered
Grant support provided through the Ulupono Fund at the Hawaii Community Foundation
“We need to be getting young people in the community, make them work hard, compensate them fairly and let them see there is a creative path to agriculture.”