Community Food Systems Program
This program was kicked off in 2020 with our support of 2 community gardens at the YMCA and Big Brothers, Big Sisters. With the high rate of food insecurity on Maui, we decided to name the program to encompass more… to stick with our mission to cultivate a healthy community by strengthening local agriculture and improving access to nutritious, affordable food.
Community Food Systems Focus Areas
Plant Distribution
We grow and distribute plants to people who want to learn to grow their own food. We share information on care, growing, use and storage of many types of plants that grow well in our tropical climates.
Community Gardens
We stick with what we do best! Build gardens and educate people (families and keiki) on growing food! We hope to integrate some kitchen programs to demonstrate how to prepare food that grows in our gardens.
Community Food Systems Articles
KAP_4:ND_6-8_1.2
The Soil Food Web: a complex living system of organisms in the soil and their interactions with each other, the environment, plants and animalsTHEME: Nature's Design: Systems, Cycles, Patterns, Relationships, and Adaptations in the Garden System STRAND: Food GRADE...
KAP_2:LS_6-8_1.5
Understand how different soil mixtures serve different functionsTHEME: The Living Soil--The Living Plant: We are all Interconnected and Related STRAND: Science of Living Soil GRADE LEVEL: 6-8 Key Concepts Synthesize nursery medium using proportional relationships of...
KAP_3:NF_3-5_2.1
Analyze the social, economic, and environmental impacts of food systems including the energy inputs and outputsTHEME: Nourishment: Feeding Our Mind and Body with What It Needs to Stay Healthy and Flourish STRAND: Food Justice & Security GRADE LEVEL: 3-5 Key Concepts...