Produce Farms near Kula, HI

Pacific Produce has grown hydroponic butter lettuce on Maui since Geoff Haines and Paul Singleton started the operation in 1997, using nutrient film technique across roughly 88,000 plants. The farm now produces up to 4,500 pounds of specialty lettuces a week — butter, red leaf, mini romaine, and watercress — vacuum-cooled and shipped to wholesalers who supply restaurants and retailers on Maui and Oahu. It is a wholesale grower and does not sell direct to the public.

Makawao

Oko'a Farms sells its fresh, organically grown produce through two Maui storefronts — the Kulamalu Shopping Center in Makawao's Upcountry and Wailea Village — both open daily 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. The farm is committed to sustainable growing practices with a wide range of fruits and vegetables.

Haiku

Maui Moon Farm in Huelo runs the largest in-ground aquaponics system on Maui — powered entirely by solar and filled with rainwater. The sustainable farm doubles as a learning center for hands-on education about natural systems, with wheelchair-accessible, child-friendly grounds and tours by appointment.

Haiku

Hale Akua Garden Farm & Eco-Retreat is a nonprofit working-learning organic farm and retreat center in Haiku, Maui, on the Road to Hana, where stays combine growing food on the land with Hawaiian healing traditions like Lomi Lomi and Hula. The farm offers educational tours, wholesale produce, and retreat hosting, and donates $2 per guest stay to Leilani Farm Sanctuary.

Haiku

Awalau Farm is a 30-acre sustainable vegetarian farming community hidden in the hills of upper Haiku, Maui, bordering a 62,000-acre state reserve, with ancient caves, waterfalls, forest trails, and a menagerie of alpacas, goats, sheep, horses, and tortoises. Known for its Haunted Haiku Hike and family-friendly Enchanted Farm Tour, the farm also offers permaculture classes, educational farm stays, and hand-harvested Hawaiian clay skincare.

Wailuku

Noho'ana Farm is a Native Hawaiian family-owned regenerative farm on two acres of ancestral kuleana land in Waikapū, Maui, restoring lo'i kalo (taro patches) and 'ulu agroforestry fed by Waikapū Stream since 2004. Through its Manawaiulu Food Hub the farm produces poi and 'ulu flour, aggregates kalo from other kuleana farmers, and runs a bilingual 'āina-based education program spanning keiki to kūpuna.

Wailuku

Lā Kāhea Community Farm in Waikapū hosts one of Maui's best farm tours — the Taste of Hawaii experience, with tropical fruit tastings, fresh-pressed sugarcane juice, and a look at regenerative syntropic farming. Built with grit and no big investors, the farm also offers a farm-to-taco cooking class featuring its own Aina Tacos and Maui-made tortillas.

Wailuku

Maui Tropical Plantation in Waikapū celebrates Maui's agricultural bounty with its Tropical Express tram tour through working plantation fields, plus on-site dining and shopping. Open Tuesday through Saturday on Honoapi'ilani Highway.

Wailuku

Kumu Farms, established in 1980, farms nearly 250 acres on Maui and Moloka'i, producing certified organic and conventional produce for Hawai'i and mainland markets — its signature crop is the GMO-free Sunrise papaya. The Country Market in Wailuku carries the farm's artisan goods too: papaya jam, raw Hawaiian tropical blossom honey, macadamia nut butter, Maui macadamia nuts, and Maui Oma artisan coffee blends.

Lahaina

Honolua Farms runs a 100% solar-powered shave ice and bakery trailer at Honolua Bay on Maui, growing its own bananas and other fruits on the farm. Visitors rave about the shave ice and call the banana bread the best on Maui.