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Everyone Grows Organically (EOGO) 

Private Community Garden in Nīnole  - Operating since 2006

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We are a local group of people who love our Hawaiʻi home.

 

Our work is centered around living as sustainably as possible–growing delicious local food, cultivating our community with each other to give back to our planet, one seed at a time.

 

In our time on the big island of Hawaiʻi, we noticed a number of factors negatively impacting the island’s small farming practices and further causing Hawaiʻiʻs precious resources to be wasted. We made it our goal to come together within the community to find a more sustainable path amongst local farmers through collaboration and sharing of resources and practices.​

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8 Conditions Affecting Hawaiian Farming
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85 Years of Communal Experience

In our time on the big island of Hawaiʻi, we have recognized the following 8 conditions affecting small local farmers that we aim to address:​

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  1. Agricultural land in Hawaiʻi is extremely expensive, costing more than anywhere else in the U.S. Small farms are significantly harder to finance.

  2. The land on our island with the best soil has limited access to water for irrigation. On the windward side, the surplus of rain limits the growing success of produce, making greenhouses the most viable option.

  3. Farm labor is hard to come by, with volunteers and work exchange being the primary source for help in small local farms.

  4. There are fewer individual and family farms, with multi-generational farms being largely non-existent.

  5. New farmers have difficulty finding a direct market of buyers; selling directly to customers increases profit margins

  6. Small agriculture plots have difficulty creating enough to justify the high cost of new, basic, and specialized machinery.

  7. Soil, plant, and tree amendments are not sold in bulk like they are on the mainland, meaning the price of these items are much higher.

  8. Leafy greens - the most ideal crop to grow in windward conditions - lost appeal due to lack of understanding of rat lungworm causing avoidance in customers.

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How We Aim to Address the Local Farming Issue

Our beliefs and practices include the following:

  1. Expanding a sustainable and private food system

  2. Reducing the amount of all resources burned, time and effort used by sharing the process

  3. Trading, selling, or giving any surplus food to others

  4. Being independent within a small group of community members, setting a model for other local communities
     

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