Where in Hawaii to find pick your own farms and orchards for fruit, vegetables, pumpkins and canning & freezing instructions!
This month's notes: May 2013: The cool weather has delayed blooms and slowed growth by a couple of weeks, but don't miss strawberries: they started in most Southern areas in late April, and in late May up north. Click here for strawberry facts and picking tips, and this page for easy strawberry jam making directions. Blueberries will come in June in most areas. Of course, Florida, southern Texas, and other very warm areas are already picking both crops! See this page for hundreds of easy canning and freezing instructions/recipes, canning equipment guide! Also make your own ice cream - see How to make ice cream and ice cream making equipment and manuals. Then see each state's crop availability calendar for more specific dates of upcoming crops. Organic farms are identified in green! See our guide to local fruit and vegetable festivals!. Please tell the farms you found them here - and ask them to update their information!!
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Hawaii U-Pick Farms and Orchards, sorted by county
- Farm markets, roadside stands, local meat, milk, eggs, local honey, horse riding, farm B&B's etc.
- To find pumpkin patches, corn mazes and other Halloween activities, click here.
- To find choose and cut-your-own Christmas tree farms, click here.
Hawaii County
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Lions Gate Coffee and Macadamia Farms -
No pesticides are used, Kona
Coffee, Macadamia Nuts
84-5085 Mamalahoa Hwy 105 Mile Marker, Honaunau, HI 96726. Phone: 808-989-4883. Alternate Phone: 808-328-2335. Email: sales@coffeeofkona.com. Open: Seven days a week, 9am to 5 pm closed Christmas, New Years. Directions: Located at 105 Mile Marker on the main Highway 11 in Honaunau. Turn towards the ocean at the Lions Gate sign and proceed 300 yards to the Lions Gate farmhouse. Click here for a map and directions. We do not use pesticides on the crops. Payment: Cash, Check, Visa/MasterCard, Discover, AmEx. Click here for our Facebook page. (ADDED: January 07, 2012) -
Hawaiian Noni Juice - Pick your own Noni, White pineapples,
avocado, mango, jac fruit, and apple bananas
Kalapana Highway, Pahoa, HI, 96720. Phone: 808-959-3153. Email: ay@healingnoni.com. Open: all year round. Transitional organic. They also have small cabins to rent: $250 to $550 per month. *
Honolulu County
Kalawao County
Kauai County
Maui County
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Kula Country Farms - pumpkins, strawberries, gift shop,
concessions / refreshment stand, porta-potties, picnic area, face
painting, farm animals, school tours
375 Koheo Road, Kula, HI 96790. Phone: 808-878-8381. Fax: 808-878-8081. Email: info@Kulacountryfarmsmaui.com. Open: Same as above. Click here for current open hours, days and dates. Directions: On Kula highway Across from Rice Park. Past Mile Marker 13. Strawberry U-pick open from March to June Pumpkin Patch: Last week of September to October. Payment: Cash, Debit cards, Visa/MasterCard, AmEx. Click here for our Facebook page. (ADDED: May 08, 2013)
Farmer's Markets, Farm Stands and Roadside Stands, Etc. (NOT pick-your-own, unless they are also listed above)
Hawaii County
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Lions Gate Coffee and Macadamia Farms -
No pesticides are used, Farm
stand / farm market on a farm, all produce is sustainably grown, all
produce is grown using IPM (integrated pest management), Preserves,
jams, jellies, Other fruit or veg,
84-5085 Mamalahoa Hwy 105 Mile Marker, Honaunau, HI 96726. Phone: 808-989-4883. Alternate Phone: 808-328-2335. Email: sales@coffeeofkona.com. Open: Seven days a week, 9am to 5 pm closed Christmas, New Years. Directions: Located at 105 Mile Marker on the main Highway 11 in Honaunau. Turn towards the ocean at the Lions Gate sign and proceed 300 yards to the Lions Gate farmhouse. Click here for a map and directions. We do not use pesticides on the crops. Payment: Cash, Check, Visa/MasterCard, Discover, AmEx. Click here for our Facebook page. Kona coffee, macadamia nuts, lilikoi jams, jaboticaba jelly, surinam cherry jelly, pepper jelly. (ADDED: January 07, 2012)
Maui County
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Kula Country Farms - Roadside stand, Farm stand / farm
market on a farm, Wide variety of seasonal, locally grown fruits and
vegetables, some produce is certified organically grown, some produce
is grown using IPM (integrated pest management), all produce is
sustainably grown, beans, beets, blueberries, broccoli, carrots, corn
(sweet), cucumbers, eggplant, flowers, herbs/spices, lemons,
persimmons, pumpkins, raspberries (red), summer squash, tangerines,
strawberries, tomatoes, other vegetables, Other fruit or veg, gift
shop, concessions / refreshment stand, porta-potties, picnic area,
face painting, farm animals, school tours
375 Koheo Road, Kula, HI 96790. Phone: 808-878-8381. Fax: 808-878-8081. Email: info@Kulacountryfarmsmaui.com. Open: Same as above. Click here for current open hours, days and dates. Directions: On Kula highway Across from Rice Park. Past Mile Marker 13. Strawberry U-pick open from March to June Pumpkin Patch: Last week of September to October. Payment: Cash, Debit cards, Visa/MasterCard, AmEx. Click here for our Facebook page. Kale.Spinach,lettuce(variety),Banana's ,Papaya's,Daikon,Lots of Honey., Sweet Potato, Everything we sell at our farm stand is 100% local from our county. (ADDED: May 08, 2013)
Wholesale Foods
Hawaii County
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Lions Gate Coffee and Macadamia Farms -
No pesticides are used, Local
sales at our farm, Local delivery, National delivery, Global delivery,
all produce is sustainably grown, all produce is grown using IPM
(integrated pest management), Preserves, jams, jellies, Other fruit or
veg,
84-5085 Mamalahoa Hwy 105 Mile Marker, Honaunau, HI 96726. Phone: 808-989-4883. Alternate Phone: 808-328-2335. Email: sales@coffeeofkona.com. Open: Seven days a week, 9am to 5 pm closed Christmas, New Years. Directions: Located at 105 Mile Marker on the main Highway 11 in Honaunau. Turn towards the ocean at the Lions Gate sign and proceed 300 yards to the Lions Gate farmhouse. Click here for a map and directions. We do not use pesticides on the crops. Payment: Cash, Check, Visa/MasterCard, Discover, AmEx. Click here for our Facebook page. Kona coffee, Macadamia nuts. (ADDED: January 07, 2012)
Community food festivals:
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Kauai Coconut Festival - coconut festival
Kapaa Beach Park (next to the Library), Kapaa, Hi 96746. Phone: 808-651-3273. Email: info@kbakauai.org. Open: Saturday, October 1st, 2011 - 9 AM to 5 PM, Sunday, October 2nd, 2011 - 10 AM to 4 PM. The festival offers non-stop entertainment on a main stage, keiki (children's) stage, cooking demonstrations by Kauai's best chefs, the largest gathering of Kauai artisans (featuring certified Kauai Made Vendors), crafters and Polynesian products of any festival, kooky coconut games, pie eating contests, local folks competing to win a coconut cook-off contest, hands-on activities, an area dedicated to teaching the uses and by-products of this unusual seed, cultural and historical presentations, hands-on activities, and everything you can imagine to eat made with...Coconut!
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