Hui Māla ʻAi

Connecting Food Gardens Across Hawai'i

Hui Māla ʻAi, a state-wide network for food gardens, aims to improve public health by increasing access to gardening opportunities for people in Hawaiʻi, and to support food gardens that play a critical role in promoting health equity and food security.

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What We Do

Facilitating monthly collaboration calls

Hui Māla ʻAi hosts monthly calls that bring together diverse stakeholders from across Hawai‘i to share projects, address challenges, and exchange ideas. This collaborative space connects funders with implementers, landowners with gardeners, and policymakers with community members, fostering strategic partnerships to expand food gardens statewide.

Supporting Community-led Food Garden Initiatives

Through strategic partnerships and shared resources, Hui Māla ʻAi empowers community members and organizations to create and maintain food gardens that support health equity, food security, and sustainable urban development. This includes providing guidance on land access, volunteer engagement, and policy recommendations tailored to Hawai‘i’s unique landscape.

Securing Funding for Community Food Gardens

Hui Māla ʻAi seeks to connect funders with community-led food garden projects to increase financial support for new and existing gardens across Hawai‘i. By fostering partnerships with grantmakers, government agencies, and local businesses, Hui Māla ʻAi helps secure resources that enable gardens to flourish.

Purpose of the Network

Enhancing Health Equity through Accessible Food Gardens

Hui Māla ‘Ai aims to improve public health by increasing access to food gardens, which provide fresh produce and serve as a critical resource for promoting health equity across Hawai‘i.

A person is picking fresh lettuce from a lush garden.

Fostering Cross-Sector Collaboration to Address Food System Challenges

 Hui Māla ‘Ai unites diverse organizations, government agencies, and community members to create a coordinated network that supports the creation, sustainability, and accessibility of food gardens, ensuring efforts are strategic and aligned to maximize impact.

Building Community Resilience and Engagement through Food Garden Initiatives

Hui Māla ʻAi seeks to connect funders with community-led food garden projects to increase financial support for new and existing gardens across Hawai‘i. By fostering partnerships with grantmakers, government agencies, and local businesses, Hui Māla ʻAi helps secure resources that enable gardens to flourish.

Group photo of hui members who attended the in-person convening in May of 2024. The group is standing in front of the Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement garden. A banana tree, papaya trees, cane sugar and other plants are in the background, and the members are smiling and throwing shakas in the foreground.

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Food access is a huge public health issue. So we have to think creatively about how we are going to address that problem, and while backyard gardening is not the solution to everything, it’s a solution that can be done immediately.