HACBED has been privileged to provide ongoing support to Kaʻala Farm and its people in carrying out its crucial and wonderful mission. 

Kaʻala Farm is…
 

• An ancient agricultural complex, restored and producing kalo as our ancestors did for centuries.
• A Cultural Learning Center where learning comes alive for thousands of school children in our hands-on science program every year.
• A cultural kīpuka (an area of land surrounded by lava flows) where Hawaiian traditions are practiced daily to make people and communities stronger.

Uncle Eric Enos has been leading Kaʻala Farm as a Cultural Learning Center in Waiʻanae for the past twenty years as its Executive Director. Kūpuna and founders included Aunty Stella Pihana, Uncle Walter Paulo, Uncle Pops Raposa, Aunty Puanani Burgess, and so many others, who have lifted up Kaʻala Farm over the last five decades. HACBED’s pilina (relationship) with Ka‘ala Farm stems from Uncle Eric and Aunty Pua being part of the core group of practitioners who founded HACBED.