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May 2020 Update: Members, Events and COVID, Oh my!

Posted on May 12, 2020 by

May 9, 2020  La’akea community update Wow that was a sudden change!  We had a busy winter with wonderful events all of January and Feb, and La’akea was bustling with friends,farm supporters and guests.  We had enough money from the … Continue reading →

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What are these huge leaves?

Posted on May 9, 2020 by

Have you ever noticed how many HUGE leaves there are in Hawaii?  Here are some from the La’akeq land.  Do you know the names of the plants? 

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2013 Local Food Contest Entries- Volcanic Sweet Potatoes!

Posted on October 9, 2013 by

Yum!  Check out these wonderful dishes that we all enjoyed at the Seed Exchange this year!

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2013 Seed Exchange- Videos of the Speakers

Posted on October 9, 2013 by

We had a wonderful annual seed exchange this year, with a nice big crowd, lots of good food, and some really fine speakers.  Here are the links to the movies of the talks, so you can learn too! Summary list: … Continue reading →

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Local Food recipes, winner! 2012 Cookoff

Posted on September 24, 2012 by

100% LOCAL FOOD COOK OFF AND POTLUCK! Here are some of the recipe entrees for our 2012 contest…. The winner was… Alasandra, for her Mac Nut Pate! These were some of the other yummy entrees:

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Fall Equinox Festival Seed Exchange 2012 Report

Posted on June 25, 2012 by

Report on our seed exchange, Saturday September 22nd, 2012 At La’akea Permaculture Community We had a fantastic Seed Exchange, with over 130 people attending, lots of trading local plants, and yummy food!   There were informational tables on GMO food … Continue reading →

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Winter Internship and Permaculture course were amazing!

Posted on April 16, 2012 by

Winter was a busy time for us here, with non stop events for a couple of months.  It was amazing, stimulating and rewarding to have 16 people join us for the month of February, and 25 join us for the … Continue reading →

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Local Food Cook Off Recipes!

Posted on December 1, 2011 by

Wow, we had some wonderful local dishes brought to our Harvest Seed Exchange and Cook Off!  Here are some photos with recipes, in case you want to try some of them!

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Harvest Seed Exchange and Local Food Cook Off!

Posted on November 6, 2011 by

Did you miss this event?  We will have another one later… sign up on our email lists to get a notice!  and watch this video of it in the meantime! Harvest Festival Seed Exchange Saturday November 26th, 9:30 – 3:30pm … Continue reading →

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Summer Internship 2011 Wow!

Posted on August 1, 2011 by

We had a wonderful group of 9 interns stay with us for a month this summer, and they were a lively, involved and very harmonious group!  It was a joy to have them here.  Here are some photos of our … Continue reading →

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