by Kathy Becklin | May 14, 2018 | Food, Kihei Elementary School, Lokelani Intermediate, Recipes
At the end of each school year, Grow Some Good likes to have a fun event where kid get to eat lots of goodies from the garden. This year, every school is having some type of harvest day. Chef’s, pizzas, lemonade or whatever the garden has to offer! Below are...
by Malia Bohlin | Nov 20, 2017 | Kihei Elementary School, School Gardens
Chef Geno Sarmiento of Nick’s Fishmarket recently visited the gardens to give students a hands-on cooking demonstration. Together they prepared gnocchi with an herb tomato sauce and pan-seared shrimp. Garden Coordinator Jadda Miller, along with Chef Geno, take...
by Malia Bohlin | May 29, 2017 | Events, Food, Kamalii Elementary, Kihei Elementary School, School Gardens
Harvest Festival Fun Keiki farmers at Kamalii Elementary School and Kihei Elementary School enjoyed a fun Harvest Festival at each of their schools. These annual events are a highlight of the school garden program, as students make and enjoy healthy snacks with fresh...
by Malia Bohlin | Dec 8, 2016 | Kahului Elementary, Kihei Charter School, Kihei Elementary School, Volunteer, Volunteers
Hundreds of Helpers We’re thankful for the hundreds of volunteers that support our organization each year. Some come from thousands of miles away and dedicate part of their vacation to helping our community; others live just around the corner and volunteer every...
by Kirk Surry | Oct 17, 2013 | Culture, Food, Front Page Articles, Front Page Slider, Kihei Elementary School
Today we harvested two varieties of heirloom Kō sugar cane, talked story about canoe plants brought by the earliest Hawaiian settlers, and used a hand crank cane juicer to make lilikoi lemonade with K-5 grade students during Maui Family YMCA A+ after school program...
by Kathy Becklin | Jun 8, 2013 | Front Page Slider, Kihei Elementary School, Videos
This video by Emmy winning photographer Jess Craven tells the story of Grow Some Good and their work with a Maui school garden that has grown from 3 box beds to nearly a quarter acre edible schoolyard and learning lab in the heart of campus. This is an edited version...