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ʻĀINA In Schools Farm to School Month Activities

To celebrate National Farm to School month, ʻĀINA Schools were busy with chef & farmer visits, connecting with the community at our recent Kōkua Learning Farm Fun Day, and harvesting fruits and veggies from their very own garden beds! Chef & Farmer Visits To celebrate National Farm to School Month, we invited chefs, farmers, Learn more

Farm to School Month on the Kōkua Learning Farm

We can’t think of a better way to celebrate Farm to School Month than having students on the farm through the Kōkua Learning Farm Field Trip and Youth Internship programs! We welcomed 80 Lāʻie Elementary 3rd graders in late September through early October and 72 students from Haleʻiwa Elementary School from grades K, 1, & Learn more

Kōkua Learning Farm Fun Day!

We had a blast with over 250 friends and family at the Kōkua Learning Farm Fun Day! With a focus on Halloween and Farm to School Month, families enjoyed enriching activities for all ages, including taking festive photos in our pumpkin patch, drawing and decorating pumpkins, tasting farm fresh foods and beverages, saving and planting Learn more

Help Us Reach Our Kōkua Learning FarmRAISER Goal!

As we enter the season of giving, we want to thank each and every volunteer, member, student, parent, and teacher who got involved in one or more of our school programs or participated in a Kōkua Learning Farm event and every customer who stepped foot in our mission-aligned storefronts to support local businesses. We encourage Learn more

Farm to School DonorsChoose Campaign — Johnson ʻOhana Foundation

In celebration of Farm to School Month, our friends at Johnson ʻOhana Foundation (also founded by Kim and Jack Johnson) will double donations to qualifying farm to school and school garden requests as part of a DonorsChoose campaign. Farm to School celebrates food education, school gardens, and lunch trays filled with healthy, local ingredients. Learn more

Welcome Back ʻĀINA In Schools Lessons SY2025-26

In August we welcomed the new school year with ʻĀINA Program Trainings on the Kōkua Learning Farm and garden parties at participating ʻĀINA schools. Training sessions were held on Friday, August 1 for ʻĀINA Team Coordinators (ATC) and ʻĀINA Lead Teachers (ALT) and Saturday, August 9 for ATCs, ALTs, classroom teachers, volunteers, and administrators to Learn more

DonorsChoose — Johnson ʻOhana Foundation Match!

In celebration of heading back to school, our friends at Johnson ʻOhana Foundation (also founded by Kim and Jack Johnson, learn more below) will match qualifying music and arts requests as part of a DonorsChoose campaign. If you are a teacher seeking funding to support a music and/or arts project in your classroom, please Learn more

Closing out the 24-25 ʻĀINA school year

We closed out the ʻĀINA school year with more chef visits and kuʻi ʻai demonstrations! At Kahala Elementary, students made super sundaes with Chef Kenwei Chong from La Gelateria Hawaiʻi, and learned how to add ingredients from the other ʻĀINA food groups to make it a beneficial snack. Students at Nuʻuanu Elementary made ānuenue (rainbow) Learn more

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Recent Updates & Stories

ʻĀINA In Schools Farm to School Month Activities

Farm to School Month on the Kōkua Learning Farm

Kōkua Learning Farm Fun Day!

Help Us Reach Our Kōkua Learning FarmRAISER Goal!

Farm to School DonorsChoose Campaign — Johnson ʻOhana Foundation

Welcome Back ʻĀINA In Schools Lessons SY2025-26

DonorsChoose — Johnson ʻOhana Foundation Match!

Closing out the 24-25 ʻĀINA school year

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