Kohala Food Hub

10/09/2026

🌺 Happy Aloha Friday! The Kohala Food Hub market is open now, and it’s packed with island goodness. Shop from over 250+ local farmers, ranchers, fishermen, and food makers in one place!

🐖 Ground Pork and 🐑 Ground Lamb are back, raised at Blazin’ Acres in Honokaa
🐄 Grass-fed Ground Beef, a great value for the week
🐟 NEW Swordfish from Kona Seafood Market (only 7 filets, so these will go fast!)
🎣 Opah, Ahi, Kanpachi, and Ono, frozen fresh
🥑 Wurtz and Ota Avocados from Nibecker Farms, in a 3lb bundle
🍊 North Kohala Tangelos, in a 5lb bundle for eating or juicing
🍄 Premium Shiitake Mushrooms, grown with aloha in Waimea

Every order supports Big Island farmers, ranchers, and fishers and helps build a stronger local food system.

Shop now: https://kohalafoodhub.localfoodmarketplace.com/Products

10/02/2026

🌺 Aloha! The Kohala Food Hub online market is OPEN today at noon, and we have some fun new finds from our Hawaiʻi makers:

🌶️ Spicy Ninja Hot Sauce: farm grown Hawaiian heat made right here in Kohala, in new flavors like Bengali Spice Pirates, T-REX (carrot, turmeric and kava), Silence of the Yams, and Tipsy Coco Mango Madness

🧀 Vegan Cheeses: Hawaiʻi-made macadamia nut "Brie" (black truffle and herbed), creamy "Cheddar," and grated "Parm" from The Vegan Cheese Shoppe & Co.

🐝 Meli Wraps: new Papaya and Dragonfruit bulk rolls of plastic-free beeswax wrap, made with local Hawaiian beeswax, plus Swedish dish cloths and kitchen towels in fun Hawaii-inspired prints (great gifts!)

Every order helps us build a stronger local food system by giving Hawaiʻi farmers, ranchers, fishers, and makers a place to sell.

🛒 Shop now through Monday at midnight: https://kohalafoodhub.localfoodmarketplace.com/Products

📦 Pick up or delivery options available across Kohala, Waimea, Waikoloa, Kawaihae, Mauna Lani, Honokaʻa, and more. Find your spot here: https://www.kohalafoodhub.com/how-it-works

09/28/2026

Gyms in Kohala be like… 🍈

These GIANT green papayas were grown by HIP Ag Hawaii right here in North Kohala!

What other giant fruits will we show next? 👀

09/26/2026

Volunteers Needed Monday in Hāwī ‼️

We urgently need help portioning food this coming Monday morning, 9am-12pm. If you can lend a hand, please fill out the form below to sign up. Mahalo for being part of this community, storm or shine.

Sign up to join our volunteer roster - minimal hours - flexible - no commitment necessary.

09/26/2026

🌧️ Storm Nolo is on the way, stay safe out there!

In the meantime, the online market's open through Monday night and it's a good week to shop:

🌺 Hā Tonics just landed,4 flavors ('Awa, Limu, 'Ōlena, Noni)

☕ New Kona Moon and Kona Peaberry coffee, plus Espresso Bites (coffee you eat!)

🐟 Fresh Ahi, Kanpachi, Marlin and Opah, local tofu, and 4 kinds of mushrooms

+ over 600 more local products!

Shop now, stay safe, and mahalo for supporting local 🌴

[Shop the Market] 👉 www. kohalafoodhub.localfoodmarketplace.com

09/21/2026

🌺 TONIGHT: Talk Story, Eat Local 🌺

Join us for a FREE community meal made with 100% locally grown and raised food — everyone welcome!

📅 Today, Monday, September 21
🕔 5:00 – 6:30 PM
📍 Honoka'a Hongwanji

🍽️ On the menu tonight 🥘
Japanese-style local beef and vegetable stew over rice, green bean and shiitake stir fry over Oshiro tofu with sesame dressing, Waimea greens with orange chive vinaigrette, a trio of salads (Indian cucumber tomato chaat, purple sweet potato and pickled carrot, and mixed fruit with honey mint), and lemon pudding cake with starfruit to finish 🥗 All made with local ingredients, farm to table!

Bring your 'ohana, pull up a chair, and talk story. Meet your neighbors, support local farmers and ranchers, and celebrate the abundance of the 'āina — with live music too! 🎶

No RSVP required to attend, but it helps us plan — RSVP here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdGi1gPCkvVD_mxzlcochKQSSgYQWio-Y2vYzMiL8OcirMMHA/viewform?usp=sharing&ouid=104711864907357221738

Questions? Call or text (808) 896-3179.

See you tonight!

Thanks for taking a moment to RSVP for our Talk Story, Eat Local community meal in Honokaʻa! This free community dinner will celebrate our local farmers and ranchers, volunteers, and the wider community with a meal made from 100% locally grown and raised food. Your RSVP helps us prepare enough food...

09/19/2026

We are getting so excited for THIS MONDAY’S FREE COMMUNITY MEAL in Honoka’a! SEPT 21 at the Honokaa Hongwanji Mission 🙌

Check out the menu chefs Sandy & Jim have come up with! We hope to see you there. Please share with your ‘ohana and friends- EVERYONE IS WELCOME 🌱 5:00-6:30 PM

09/19/2026

What if a farmers market had 250+ booths, all local, all Big Island grown & made? 😍 That's us. Order local goods online and we deliver!

Here’s what’s new on the online market this weekend:
🌽 Raize Tortillas are here, handmade with heirloom Purple, White & Yellow Corn. Real corn, real deal.

🌾 Sweet Cane Cafe dropped fresh sugar cane juice in Original, Limeade & Lilikoi, plus Cacao Nectar Juice. A taste of old Hawaii's sugar cane days, made fresh in Hilo and delivered frozen.

🍯 Waiholoku'i Garden Organic Hawaiian Vanilla Cane Sugar for your baking and morning coffee.

🎉 Back in stock: Ulu Chips, Sweet Potato Chips, and Hawaii Tart Company's Pot Pies (yes, the Old Fashioned Chicken Pot Pie everyone's been asking about).

🍝 Kai(n) Cuisine also brought new fresh frozen and dried pasta shapes to round out your pantry!

Shop local, support our farmers and food makers, and grab these before they're gone 👉 https://kohalafoodhub.localfoodmarketplace.com/Products

09/17/2026

That wave when you pick up your order? 👋 It hits every time.

Picking up at Kohala Food Hub isn’t just grabbing groceries, it’s showing up for the farmers who grew everything on this table. And yeah, you’ll probably leave with a little something extra too 😅.

Order online Friday 12pm through Monday midnight, then swing by Kohala Food Hub in Hawi on Wednesdays 2:00-4:30pm to pick it up.

Home delivery is also available in Hawi, Kapa’au, and Mauna Kea Resort.

Head to www.KohalaFoodHub.com/how-it-works to sign up.