Loʻi Kalo Restoration
We maintain and harvest 40 traditional taro patches on ancestral agricultural terraces — kalo grown in the same water and soil that fed Waiʻanae for generations.
Waiʻanae Valley · Oʻahu
Kaʻala Farm
A cultural learning center in Waiʻanae Valley — restoring loʻi kalo and reconnecting people to the ʻāina since 1976
From the loʻi
What We Offer
Huakaʻi & School Visits
Experiential field visits for hundreds of students and educators each year — planting kalo, making poi, and learning from kūpuna in the oral tradition. Request visits at least three weeks ahead.
Community Work Days
Open to the public and families of all ages. Come as you are, get your hands dirty, and learn alongside us in the loʻi.
Volunteer & Group Workdays
Team-building days in the valley for organizations, schools, and community groups — real work, real ʻāina, real connection.
Cultural Education
Moʻolelo, protocol, and hands-on traditional practice — ʻike kūpuna carried forward as a living curriculum, not a museum exhibit.
Our story
About Kaʻala Farm
Kaʻala Farm began in 1976 as a grassroots effort by Waiʻanae youth and community leaders to restore the ancient loʻi kalo of upper Waiʻanae Valley. Fifty years on, our 97 acres are a living classroom: 40 loʻi kalo in cultivation, native forest coming back, and thousands of students, families, and visitors each year learning aloha ʻāina the way it has always been taught — hands in the water, feet in the mud, moʻolelo from kūpuna. The kalo feeds our community; the work feeds something deeper.
- Founded 1976 — 50 years of mālama ʻāina
- 40 loʻi kalo on 97 restored acres
- Thousands of program participants every year
- Grassroots Waiʻanae community nonprofit
Come see us
Visiting the Farm
Hours
Visits by arrangement — please request at least three weeks in advance
Find the farm
Get in touch
Call or email to plan a huakaʻi, schedule a school visit, or join a community work day.