hanalei Elementary School

Our goal is to provide experience and knowledge of growing plants that will be both educational and inspirational, encouraging student to promote gardening at home and to think of agriculture as an occupation. Especially we hope to strengthen Kauai's agricultural roots while providing students with healthy food that they can become excited about eating. Children are more likely to try a wider range of foods if they have grown them themselves. In so doing the children will educate and encourage their ohana's (Hawaiian for families) to grow and eat truly fresh food more consistently. In addition family's will be encouraged to buy more sustainably and locally grown organic produce for their meals. Building support for Kauai's local farmers will help to promote Kauai's agricultural independence, decreasing pollution and easing the expense of food costs which have to be shipped from elsewhere. Most importantly is the improvement of the health of our children and their families.