Food Waste to Healthy Taste Sharp, pungent, and zesty aren’t usually words you would use to describe something you flavor your food with. However, if we were talking about vinegar then that’s exactly what you want to hear. Hawaiian Vinegar Company produces some of...
Generations of Local Tofu-Making Aloha Tofu is the largest O‘ahu based tofu company, but it didn’t start out that way. The family business was founded in 1950 by Kamesaburo and Tsuruko Uyehara and is now run by its fourth-generation owner, Paul Uyehara and his wife....
A Farm to Cup Business That’s More Than Just Coffee Beans The smell of freshly brewed coffee greets visitors as they step into Honolulu Coffee Company. Established in 1992 out of a small kiosk in downtown Honolulu, the company’s goal was to bring the social...
Pineapples for One Hiki No Farms’ sweet and juicy pineapples are the perfect treat for one. Located on the Hawaiʻi Agricultural Foundation’s (HAF) Ag Park in Kunia, Michael Okamura grows delicious pineapples and bananas as a part-time farmer. An ad put out by...
Collective Farming is Leading the Comeback of ‘Ulu ‘Ulu, the ancient fruit brought to Hawai‘i by native Polynesians voyaging through the Pacific Ocean, is making a comeback thanks to Hawai‘i ‘Ulu Cooperative. For over a thousand years ‘ulu, also known as breadfruit,...
Bringing Sugar, Spice, and Everything Nice to Hawai‘i For J’s Hawai‘i has created some of the most savory seasonings and condiments made locally. Started in the kitchen of Janis Tanga’s home whose flavors and recipes beckoned friends and neighbors alike for more, she...
