Farms Near Waimea, HI

Waimea

Waimea

Waimea

Waimea

Mills was born in East Texas and originally studied performance art and opera at Centenary College of Louisiana, before deciding to focus on cooking. He attended the California Culinary Academy in San Francisco and worked with many of the city’s great chefs, eventually working up to becoming a chef himself. In 1999, Mills moved to Hawai’i Island to focus more on farm and ranch work. He was the Executive Chef for Roaring Lion Ranch Hawai’i and Montana for 10 years until his first daughter Hali’a

Waimea

In 2014, Ulupono Initiative partnered with Parker Ranch to create the Paniolo Cattle Company, a joint venture aimed at statewide local beef production. The pasture-to-plate enterprise taps into a growing demand for high-quality, affordable, locally raised beef. In 2022, Parker Ranch, Inc. acquired equity interest in Paniolo Cattle Company, making it a wholly owned entity of Parker Ranch.

Waimea

Kekela Farms is a family-run vegetable farm in Waimea on the Big Island, established in 2002, growing more than 30 different vegetables in over 100 varieties on Mana Road. Though not certified organic, the farm uses OMRI-approved organic fertilizers and amendments; the on-farm market is open Tuesday afternoons 2–5 and Saturday mornings 8–noon.

Waimea

The Kuhio Hale Farmers Market is the Hawaiian Homesteads farmers market in Waimea on the Big Island, open Saturdays with an array of locally grown produce and other items made and grown on Hawai'i Island.

Waimea

Parker Ranch in Waimea on Hawai'i Island has ranched the slopes of Mauna Kea and the Kohala mountains for over 175 years — home of the paniolo, Hawai'i's cowboys, whose history intertwines with Hawaiian royalty. Parker Ranch 1847 beef is locally born, grass-fed, and finished on-island, sold in curated boxes, while visitors enjoy self-guided historic home tours, hunting packages, and the annual July 4th rodeo.

Rare Hawaiian Honey Company has produced organic Kiawe honey since 1990, sourced from a single 1,000-acre kiawe forest on the dry side of Hawaii Island — the reason the company calls its white honey the world's rarest gourmet variety. The visitor center at 71-1580 Hawaii Belt Rd in Kailua-Kona runs free honey tastings and bee safari tours, Monday through Friday, 10am to 4pm. Call 808-775-1000 or toll-free at 888-663-6639.

Waimea Town Market sets up on the Parker School campus at 65-1224 Lindsey Road in Kamuela every Saturday, with vendors selling as early as 7:30am and the market running to noon. More than 50 vendors bring produce, macadamia nuts, meats, cheeses, baked goods, soaps, and ceramics, with rules requiring goods to be grown, made, or prepared in Hawaii, preferably on the Big Island.

Kamuela

L & E Farms operates out of Kamuela in Hawaii Island's cool upcountry Waimea district, an area known for cattle ranching and small diversified growers at elevation. No independently verifiable details about crops or operations turned up online.

Starseed Ranch runs entirely off-grid on 26 acres along the northern coast of Hawaii Island, powered by hydroelectric and solar systems with rainwater harvested for irrigation. Guests stay in Balinese-style hales built from bamboo and ohia wood, or in platform canvas tents, and can book farm tours, farm-to-fork lunches, and farm-to-table dinners. A yoga studio and open-air Balinese bathhouse anchor the property. Find the ranch at 52-4700 Akoni Pule Hwy, Kapaau.

The Hawai'i Institute of Pacific Agriculture runs an educational farm in Kapaau, in Hawaii Island's North Kohala district, where staff cultivate native Hawaiian and Polynesian plants, tropical fruit orchards, and market garden crops. The nonprofit teaches regenerative farming through a beginner farmer training program for ages 18-28, K-12 farm-to-school classes, and community workshops. Produce from the market garden supplies the Kohala Food Hub CSA and local farmers markets.

Honokaa

Big Island Farms in Honokaa is an educational farm whose gardens hold over 200 species of edible and medicinal plants — coffee, banana, papaya, cassava, taro, ginger, turmeric, cacao, avocado, breadfruit, and more. Privately guided farm tours include fresh fruit tastings, with medicinal workshops, immersive programs, and seasonal macadamia nuts for sale.

Honokaa

Honokaa

Honokaa

We believe the best way to support Hawaiʻi is to eat locally, so we've made it our mission to make local meat more accessible to residents all across the state. Kaunamano Farm raises world-renowned Royal Berkshire hogs on the Big Island of Hawai`i using sustainable practices. In addition to our own farm, we partner with other farms all over Hawaiʻi to bring HI-quality, local meat directly to your door through our statewide, farm-to-table delivery service (this website).

Kapaau

Touching The Earth Farm in Kapaau (North Kohala) is a regenerative tropical fruit tree farm focused on building healthy soil and communities. The farm crafts soil amendments from local Hawaiian ingredients — worm castings, fish scraps, and macadamia nuts — including its GrowFAAST line, which one local organic turmeric farmer credits with a 45% yield increase.

Kapaau

Kapaau

Island Harvest grows organic macadamia nuts in Kapaau on the Big Island, farming with care for the land, trees, employees, and community — no harmful pesticides, in support of regenerative agriculture. The nuts come sea-salted, unsalted, chocolate-covered, or with Hawaiian chili pepper, plus organic macadamia nut butter, with free US shipping over $40.

Kapaau

Kapaau

Kapanaia Farms sits above Kapanaia Bay in North Kohala — the historic canoe landing of King Kamehameha I — growing fruits, vegetables, greens, and herbs picked at peak ripeness and delivered to market within hours. The farm uses companion planting, crop rotation, and homemade fertilizer teas brewed from comfrey and banana peels, never chemical pesticides; offerings run from Jimmy Nardello peppers to mango, apple banana, and dragon fruit via the Kohala Food Hub.

Hawi

Hawaiian Vanilla Company became the first commercial vanilla farm in the country when it launched in 1998, growing its crop in a Hamakua Coast rainforest near Paauilo. The family-owned operation runs farm tours alongside a restaurant, gift shop, and gallery, with a Vanilla Experience Luncheon most Wednesdays through Fridays pairing a farm walkthrough with a meal built around house-grown vanilla. The bread pudding and vanilla ice cream draw return visitors as much as the crop itself.

Paauilo

Hāmākua Meat Processors is situated on the Hāmākua Coast, on the island of Hawaiʻi. This region is known for its lush pastureland, perfect for raising livestock. Owner/General Manager Brad DeLuz sources cattle for Farm Link from several Big Island ranchers. These cattle are born locally and pasture-raised in Hawai'i. They are 100% grass-fed and grass-finished. Each animal is individually selected to ensure it is of the highest quality. After initial processing by Hāmākua Meat Processors, the bee

Paauilo

Paauilo

Hawaii Beef Producers has run a USDA-inspected processing plant in Paauilo, on the Big Island, since 2003, slaughtering and packing beef under the Hawaii Big Island Beef label. The operation supplies grass-fed, island-raised beef to grocers and restaurants across Hawaii, keeping local beef on shelves that would otherwise come in frozen from the mainland.

Paauilo

Paauilo

Kaloko Coffee grows organic Kona coffee on the western slope of Hualalai above Kailua-Kona, a family-owned operation that also sells macadamia nuts and gift baskets built around Hawaii-grown treats. Beans are grown, processed, and roasted under organic standards, with medium roast the house style. The farm keeps its retail presence mostly online, through its website and social media, rather than a walk-in storefront.

Kailua-Kona

Beyond Organic Consulting works with home gardeners and commercial growers on Hawaii Island, using soil analysis to raise the nutritional content of food crops. Director Jana Bogs wrote the company's own reference book, "Beyond Organic: Growing for Maximum Nutrition and Flavor," and the firm offers one-on-one consulting alongside educational videos out of its Kailua-Kona office.